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Old 09-12-2008, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Mark DiSilvestro View Post
A few years ago, I saw a TV clip regarding a South African installation of an automobile flame-throwing antitheft device. Set to activate when tampering was detected, it shot a wall of flame from under the car, aimed to incinerate any nearby hoodlums!

Happy Motoring, Mark
There was a program on History/Discovery/TLC? about armored passenger vehicles for VIP's and that was one of the items they featured, I think it was in a South American country. Might deter a car-jack or two, also!
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