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Re: Now, onto the alarm
"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
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>> OK, I guess it's some day now. The Supra was originally assigned to the
>> son of a high ranking executive (the family name happens to be the
>> company name) while the son was attending college in the Boston area.
>> The car was stolen, written off, and forgotten about for 3 or 4 years.
>> Lo and behold, the Boston PD recovers it many years later in very good
>> condition. They called our office and asked if they could keep the car
>> to test a new theft recovery device and since the car was already written
>> off, the manager agreed. They installed a prototype LoJack and parked it
>> in some unsavory neighborhoods. The car got stolen and recovered about
>> twice a week. The Boston PD was happy with the chance to confirm that
>> the LoJack worked, and the car got a little fame in our office.
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>> Ray O
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> HAHAHAHA! I remember you telling me about the Supra that got stolen, but
> you never mentioned the part about LoJack!
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> We had LoJack here for a while before it spread, because the company is
> from Cambridge, I think, and it was developed in conjunction with the MASS
> State Police and the Boston Police.
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> Interesting that Toyota was a manufacturer that helped them develop it![/color]
Actually, Toyota did not help them develop the LoJack system, just provided
a vehicle to help convince the Boston PD of its effectiveness.
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> And, I wish I had that Supra. Except for being stolen a few times, it's
> probably low miles...[/color]
In the 3 or 4 years that it was originally missing, it only had around
12,000 miles, and the Boston PD put another 4 or 5 thousand miles.
According to the officer that returned it to our office, it had about a
dozen driver's windows installed and around 40 or 50 driver's door and
ignition lock cylinders installed, plus lots of body work on the driver's
door.
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Ray O
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