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To: "warthodson@aol.com" <warthodson@aol.com>, Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>, HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7
From: Robert Markovich via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 12:22:55 +0000 (UTC)
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A fuel-pump shutoff switch is a perfect antitheft device=E2=80=94and easy t=
o install by splicing into the appropriate wire at the fuse block. I have o=
ne in my BN7 to address dieseling after nothing=C2=A0else worked. Simply ru=
n the system=C2=A0out of fuel before switching off the ignition.=C2=A0

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On Saturday, January 31, 2026, 3:04 PM, warthodson--- via Healeys <healeys@=
autox.team.net> wrote:

 My father purchased a used '62 Corvette in the late 60's. He worked in the=
 insurance industry & he heard that 90% of all Corvettes were stollen somet=
ime in their lives, in Chicago, where we lived. His solution was to install=
 a manual shut off valve in the fuel line. The valve was hidden behind the =
drivers seat & operated by a "T" shaped handle which was removable. His the=
ory was that if someone broke in thru the canvas top & hot wired the igniti=
on, they would only get a block or 2 before the engine would die. The crook=
 would panic & run away.Gary H=C2=A0
    On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:13:30 AM CST, HealeyRick <healeyrik=
@gmail.com> wrote:  =20

 Lockable doors don't seem to be much of a theft deterrent. Having lived in=
 Boston for many years in the age of British sports cars, I saw plenty with=
 broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defeated locked doors=
. Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutoff might be more e=
ffective
On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 7:38=E2=80=AFPM Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotm=
ail.com> wrote:

My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, =C2=A0had lockable door handles with=
 push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990=E2=80=99s I had th=
e original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were =
wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the =
conversion was not a major big deal.=C2=A0
Len Berkowitz=C2=A0_______________________________________________

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A fuel-pump shutoff switch is a perfect antitheft device=E2=80=94and easy t=
o install by splicing into the appropriate wire at the fuse block. I have o=
ne in my BN7 to address dieseling after nothing&nbsp;else worked. Simply ru=
n the system&nbsp;out of fuel before switching off the ignition.&nbsp;<div>=
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ing-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Saturday, January 31, 2026, 3:04 PM, wa=
rthodson--- via Healeys &lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:</p><blockquot=
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        <div dir=3D"ltr">My father purchased a used '62 Corvette in the lat=
e 60's. He worked in the insurance industry &amp; he heard that 90% of all =
Corvettes were stollen sometime in their lives, in Chicago, where we lived.=
 His solution was to install a manual shut off valve in the fuel line. The =
valve was hidden behind the drivers seat &amp; operated by a "T" shaped han=
dle which was removable. His theory was that if someone broke in thru the c=
anvas top &amp; hot wired the ignition, they would only get a block or 2 be=
fore the engine would die. The crook would panic &amp; run away.</div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Gary H</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;</div><div><br clear=3D"none=
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. Having lived in Boston for many years in the age of British sports cars, =
I saw plenty with broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defe=
ated locked doors. Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutof=
f might be more effective</div><br clear=3D"none"><div class=3D"yiv43784402=
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<div>My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, &nbsp;had lockable door handles=
 with push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990=E2=80=99s I h=
ad the original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons =
were wrong and I wanted my car to be more original.
 If I remember correctly the conversion was not a major big deal.&nbsp;</di=
v>
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<div>Len Berkowitz&nbsp;</div>
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