Show PLAIN HINTS TO FOIL CAR THIEF cleveland auto distributor gives some practical suggestions to owners REMOVE distributor ROTOR unique and effective scheme la Is to have blind switch in ignition system other methods to discourage robbers some Ingen loua bet ct simple ways mays to foil oil the automobile thief mho a ho often laughs at locksmiths lock smiths when hen be he begins tinkering with nith motorcars are suggested by amil C hertz a cleveland automobile distributor mr air hertz s first suggestion Is to remote remove the distributor rotor without this rotor there can be no spark he lie says and without the spark no gasoline motor will run the rotor Is one of the easiest things to get at so its removal by the car owner when he leases his vehicle parked in some street Is all the easier As there arc ore several different kinds of rotors it Is all the more difficult for the thief since he would mould have to carry almost every eer type to have the correct one available when nhen needed even ev en though half of all the automobile thieves were mere equipped with mith complete sets ot rotors the car stealing hazard would be reduced 50 pei pel cent unique and effective scheme perhaps the most unique and rind efreb five scheme to protect a car continued mr Is to have a blind switch mitch in some concealed part of the main ignition system probably nine out of ten thieves would be utterly baffled if the circuit were mere broken in this way may because it Is a device they would least expect they would mould naturally look for the commoner methods of disabling cars but there Is no standard way a available to the thief for locating the trouble caused by a blind switch another simple though less effectual way may to baffle the amateurish thief Is to disconnect the wire mire at the coll coil in connection with the generator in many makes of cars there Is only one wire exposed on the coll coil and rind it may be detached at either end with mith little trouble there Is still another way to age the motor car thief and that Is to cross the spark plug wires to say the fourth and fifth or the fifth and sixth cylinders of a I 1 six this cross ing of the wires causes back firing and resultant heavy artillery when the engine Is started will mill often cause the less hardened thief to flee in dismay asserts mr hertz some car owners however ho uever would not approve of this method of thwarting the thief because of the danger of blowing off the muffler of the cars caes mechanism keep record of numbers finally be sure that vou ou record the numbers of your motor and tires in a memorandum book and keep keel the book where vou can always lay y your our hands upon it advises mr hertz who cites an instance of a car which was stolen in boston roston mass blass and rind recovered and identified four months later by one of the original tires |