Sounds like it was one of the old Laserline systems?Graeme4130 wrote:I had a sapphire cosworth. It had a little circular fob with three metal studs in it that you pushed into a receiver on the steering column before you could start itkmpowell wrote:Yup, I remember Vecta. It was the upside down triangle window sticker wasn't it? They were fitted to Cossies and higher end cars. I had the Clifford immobiliser on my car, which was a version that worked via a jellybean transponder on my key ring that you didn't have to plug into the dash.MikeFish wrote:If you forget about the GPS bit its just a bog standard immobiliser that we all used to have on our cars 20 years ago before the manufacturers started building the immobiliser transponder into the key.
Who remembers the Vecta immobiliser? I was a trained installer for them and you couldnt get insurance on a Cosworth without one back in the day. Clever immobiliser mainly due to the way they taught us to install and cut vital circuits like the power to the ECU, feed to the starter relay, fuel pump and even headlights as most cars were stolen at night and that would bring more attention from the police if seen driving at night. You could also wire the horn to the starter switch so if anybody tried turning the key (or screwdriver) while the immobiliser was active it would sound the horn.
I had that as well as a TOAD alarm.
The things I did to protect a Corsa GSi!
Not sure what brand it was, but it was thatcham approved for the insurance
Those cars used to get stolen a lot back then
The father of an ex-girlfriend of mine, back in 99/00, had one on his 2WD sapphie.
