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Summary: Learn how putting a boot, or tire immobilizer, on your vintage automobile can help prevent auto theft with expert car tips in this free online car security video clip.
George Dunbrook is a veteran mechanic. He owns a Mobil gas station shop located in Albany, NY--at Western and Delaware Ave.--and has been working on classic car engines and bodies for...read more
"Hi! I'm George Stonebrook for Expert Village here talking to you today about preventing theft to your vintage car. Another theft insurance is to actually immobilize the wheel of the car itself without removing it. To do that we demonstrate with this item called a Denver boot or its just a tire mobilizer which is simply a clamp that will go on the inside of the car here and then clamp over the lug nuts so it makes the tire impossible to remove. It is very simply applied. Just a matter of putting it inside of the tire like this, putting this over the lug nuts and then tightening the bolts . Now figure this out. There we are and then tightening the bolt. This is to allow the tire from the car moving absolutely; stays right where it is. The minimal amount of intrusion to the vehicle itself. "
eHow Article: Using The Boot for Vintage Auto Theft Prevention