History How long have kill switchs been in use and do you use one?

The kill switch on my 32 is very handy when working on the wiring and you want to stop for a break and do not want to pull a battery cable. The length of a olde mans break will decide if you recall turning off the kill switch.....

 

All outstanding ideas.Keep em coming.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Father inlaw is terrible about leaving his keys in his 63 Galaxie.
Is a 352/3 on the tree, he never connected the choke on it. A cold blooded ford it is.
One night they did try to steal it, between the choke and column shift, they made it about 50 feet and abandoned the idea.

 

Here is another "killer switch" for the youngsters that steal a 56 Chevy then run out of gas and can't figure out the secret.......

 

In this day and age ou really don't need a kill switch. Just have a standard shift most young thugs can't drive them.

Gary

 

The local Army Navy Surplus store in the 1950s an some in the 60s had cheep old aircraft panels an switchs etc. So they were good to use in a few dashs. I don't have a kill switch per-say,but a gas line valve that I close each time I park. Beside it not letting the rod run more then a few feet,also when the tank is full,gas is higher then the carbs are,so good safety if a float seat desides to leak when its parked. I helped my son build a T-bucket,great fun,he wanted aircraft safety flip switch for fast off..

 

A cousin of mine had a hidden switch on every car he had, which would ground the coil. A variation on this I've thought of is a row of toggle switches in plain sight, wired in parallel and installed so that some are up for on and some are down for on. You'd have to get the combination right to ensure that none of the switches are on. This ***umes that the back of the switches aren't that easy to get to, or that it isn't too easy to get the switches out from the front.

 

Yep use them on my rods and only had to use it once when my volt meter shorted out under the dash. I hit the kill switch which only left minor damage. I reckon my 34 would have gone up in flames otherwise. Cheap security and battery saver too.

 

Years ago I installed electrical solenoids in the fuel line of both my 70 GTO hardtop and my wifes 68 Corvette roadster. I like to refer to it as a defeat device, not a kill switch. The idea was the car would start but die by the time the carburetor bowls emptied out.
It as highly effective.
The GTO got broken into while parked at the airport. The ignition got reamed out and started with a screw driver but the car never crossed the curb in the airport lot as it slowly died after maybe 45 seconds. Thief just left it there and went looking for something else to steal.
Same with the Corvette.
I came out of Sears at the Burlington Mall to find it parked where I left it but the ignition switch was hollowed out and left in the on position but no longer running.
The thief screwed from that car when he couldn't get it to restart.