Classic Tracker Case Study – Theft Recovery. You own a classic, don’t make it history…

With forever increasing rarity, interest and value of both classic & performance cars, the need to take proactive and preventative steps to protect them is rising significantly.

‘Theft to Order’ has become an expression used with increasing regularity within our community.

On a night, no different from any other, our customer was woken by an app-notification on his mobile phone; “MG BGT exiting SafeZone - Home”. His MG BGT classic car had been removed from his garage by a thief whilst he slept. The assailant having successfully pulled the vehicle from the garage in silence, had subsequently ‘hot-wired’ his 1968 classic pride & joy and was driving at speed away from the owner.

Unlike the greater majority of conventional trackers, the Classic Tracker fitted to his MG also had a remotely controlled immobiliser supplied as standard with each Classic Tracker SAFER bundle. Immediately upon receiving the notification, he opens the app, sees the car moving in real-time on the map and he subsequently flips a switch. The car which is now less than 500 metres from his home is brought to rest as a result. He then calls the police to report the theft. 

The local police arrive shortly afterwards, but the thief has long departed.  The car has clearly been cranked over-and-over as the thief tried to restart the engine – but it won’t start as our customer has disabled the ignition from the Classic Tracker app.  The police collect the client and take him to his beloved classic, whereupon our customer re-flips the switch on his app, reenabling the cars’ ignition. He starts the car normally and returns the car to his garage, entirely unscathed.

This is a clever and easy to use alternative for those who have classic vehicles, where provenance matters and any disruption to the mechanics of the vehicle might create originality issues.

We work with Classic Tracker who offer such a product.  There are a number of options available for the discerning classic car owner ranging from simple SMS text message movement-alerts, to live tracking with anti-jamming & power tamper alerts and a premium service involving incident interaction with local Police forces.

The details of our customer, the incident and his vehicle remain anonymous in order to preserve confidentiality & privacy.

For more information, please contact:

Classic Tracker Ltd.

www.classic-tracker.com

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+44 (0)800 433 23 43