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From: jwl@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (James Wilbur Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.auto
Subject: Re: Stealth audio system
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Date: Thu, 26-Jun-86 01:31:51 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 26 01:31:51 1986
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In article <461@ur-tut.UUCP> aptr@ur-tut.UUCP (The Wumpus) writes:
>In article <9810@ritcv.UUCP> laa8399@ritcv.UUCP (Lindon Archer) writes:
>>
>>I need help from fellow netters,
>>
>>I live in the New York City area, so I am very concerned about car
>>stereo theft.  I want to by an Alpine stereo system for my car, but I don't
>>want to buy it for a thief's enjoyment.  I have heard about
>>something called a stealth system for your car stereo.  The premise is 
>>that your expensive equipment is hidden from view, while the stock radio
>>is visible( to discourage thieves).  Does any one have any idea about how to 
>>go about installing such a system?  Are there any places in the Metro-New
>>York area that perform such installations?  
>>
>>                         Thank you,
>>                               Lindon Archer
>
>[.....]
>
>Of course you could always do what I did which was to install the radio in
>the dash (replacing a '67 Motarolla that was installed in'67) and leaving
>the body work on my car undone. (Given the choice between comfort and
>beauty, comfort wins.)  With the apparent condition of my car from the
>outside, I doubt that anyone would even look for am expensive stereo in it.
>
>The Wumpus        UUCP:   {seismo,allegra,decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!aptr
>                  BITNET: aptrccss@uorvmA

Don't count on it.  I own an incredibly battered '73 Dodge Dart, affectionately
known as 'The Ugly Brown Dodge'.  In the past 3 years I have had two stereo
systems stolen.  And neither was in what you'd call a high-crime area....one
was stolen while my car was parked in a student lot at Penn State;  the other
got snarfed barely 30 feet from my apartment in North Oakland (one of the
better parts of town).  :-( :-( :-(   I still haven't replaced it; when I
do, you can bet I'm going to take it out of the car when I'm not using it!

Oh yeah, I also found out the hard way that most car insurance policies 
specifically exclude car stereos from theft coverage.  Grrrrr!

-- Jim Lewis
   UC Berkeley