Vanagonauts,
Be advised I had a removable faceplate CD/radio stolen from my Vanagon while in the mechanic's fenced in yard.  No, I didn't leave the faceplate attached.   I still have it.    
My nickels worth.
Dan "AM Radio" Hall
PS Das Boot is still in drydock.  It took the FLAPS at N*P*  5 days to tell me that they couldn't get me a distributor, only send mine off to get it rebuilt.
4-6 weeks??   Geez!!

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From:   David Bogle[SMTP:bogle@BWAY.NET]
Sent:   Tuesday, January 26, 1999 10:06 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: Vanagon in Rough Neighborhood -precautions?

"LouiZe!" wrote:
...
> would like suggestions/discussion thread on preventive "pre-emptive strike"
> measures....

LouiZe,

I asked a similar thing before buying my syncro westfalia and bringing
it home to Brooklyn.  Got some good tips, partly from searching the
archives and partly by p-mail.  You might try the archives 'round last
August.

I use a "club" for a visible deterrent.  These are de rigeur around
here.  I had a ~$400 Clifford alarm installed for more deterrence,
mainly against those who would ransack the bus looking for stuff.  The
alarm has a "dual-zone" sensor to give a warning scream if it is bumped,
before the alarm would be set to go off.  I also got a removeable
faceplate radio.

Ultimately, if someone who is smart enough and can get enough money for
it wants to steal it, they will regardless of preventative measures.  I
don't think vanagons are a big target for theft.

Good Luck.
--
Regards,
David Bogle
Brooklyn
'87 Syncro Westfalia