> When I was looking at vanagons to buy, I found one
> van that had hasps welded on all three doors and the
> rear hatch.  The idea was you could put padlocks on
> all the doors so the thief would have to crawl into
> and out of the van through the windows.  Or use some
> bolt cutters to get in.

There was an old Vanagon Joker westfalia near me that had the same thing.
In addition to that it had expanded metal grate screens over all the windows
except the front windshield.  It looked ridiculous and must have been
difficult to see through all that metal. The van was imported by some
germans for their tour of north america.  The van broke down and ending up
staying here.  I remember looking at this thing and thinking "what the heck
do these people think it's like here in north america"?

Gary Lee
who's van has been broken into, but does not have anything worth stealing so
is not too worried.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/vw.htm