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Could be used on a speedster but would require fabrication of shifter base attachment points on your center tunnel and the use of a modified 356 shift rod (attaches differently than a VW rod at both ends. Would not work on most Spyders.
IF you like Berg shifters, they've had the locking option since 1980-
Just let them steal it. If they can. It's what insurance is for...
@DannyP posted:Just let them steal it. If they can. It's what insurance is for...
Why? Why not protect your "rose" if you can.
After all the time waiting for it to be made, becoming intimate with its working parts, and the chance that Life will never let you get another one...
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I would think the CIP1 one would work.
I would rather have my battery disconnect.
I'm sure the whole security thing has been covered ad nauseam.
I've just never noticed factory made Shifter lock before and thought they'd be cool to have.
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The locking steering needs 2 tabs welded to the steering column,
the “lock” pushes a hardened shaft that sits between the welded tabs to prevent the shaft from turning .
@americanworkmule - please forgive the question (I always forget with the "waiting guys"), but you have a Beck Spyder on order, correct?
I understand battery cut-out switches - they have some utility beyond theft deterrence. I understand locking doors (if for nothing besides saying, "please don't just open the door and sit in this car") - I have them, but wouldn't put them on another car. I'm lost on the odd-looking and rare locking column/shifter stuff.
If you want something more "physical" than a battery disconnect, I'd get a steering wheel bar ("The Club" or the like) or a steering wheel/brake pedal interlock. Store it behind one of the seats or in the frunk. If you have them installed, a thief can see them from outside the car.
I know the wait is long, and I understand that the mind goes down rabbit-holes the longer something you're really looking forward to takes. That said, I'd really resist the urge to add a bunch of complexity.
Do as I say, not as I do. K.I.S.S. - don't be like Stupid Stan.
@Michael McKelvey posted:I would think the CIP1 one would work.
I would rather have my battery disconnect.
This looks cool...
"For late 356-A's and 356-B T-5's there was a factory accessory anti-theft switch available for under the dash.
This was mentioned in the 356-A Factory Accessory Catalog dated February 1959, and later in the 356-B T-5 Factory Accessory Catalog dated February 1960. This anti-theft ignition cut off switch does not appear in the later 356-B T-6 or 356-C Accessory catalogs.
Little information is available about this item. It is not shown in the electrical wiring diagrams. Below are images reported to be of a factory original anti-theft ignition kill switch. It is not known exactly how this switch is wired. If anyone has any additional information about this rare accessory, contact this author at the email address below."
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@Stan Galat posted:@americanworkmule - please forgive the question (I always forget with the "waiting guys"), but you have a Beck Spyder on order, correct?
I understand battery cut-out switches - they have some utility beyond theft deterrence. I understand locking doors (if for nothing besides saying, "please don't just open the door and sit in this car") - I have them, but wouldn't put them on another car. I'm lost on the odd-looking and rare locking column/shifter stuff.
If you want something more "physical" than a battery disconnect, I'd get a steering wheel bar ("The Club" or the like) or a steering wheel/brake pedal interlock. Store it behind one of the seats or in the frunk. If you have them installed, a thief can see them from outside the car.
I know the wait is long, and I understand that the mind goes down rabbit-holes the longer something you're really looking forward to takes. That said, I'd really resist the urge to add a bunch of complexity.
Do as I say, not as I do. K.I.S.S. - don't be like Stupid Stan.
Thanks, I'll take your advice.
I'm not to worried about theft in the outside world because I've learned to stay with a machine from having a Harley.
My concern is at home when I am away. It stems from back to when my brother in law, who doesn't know anything about motorcycles, decided to hop on my Harley. He of course knocked it over and being the narcissistic sociopath he didn't feel he was responsible for the damages and the whole family still thinks I was being the asshole for demanding he pay, which he never did.
I guess I could get one of these and put a factory Porsche sticker on it. That way people know it is a bonafide deterrent ! ;-)
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@DannyP posted:Just let them steal it. If they can. It's what insurance is for...
I rarely even take my key out of the ignition when I’m out and about. Granted, I live in a relatively bucolic area, for a town, but I figure if anyone could figure out how to start my car, then figure out how to get it in gear, they probably deserve it. 
I was thinking more of a board full of nails to, somehow, strap to my seat when I'm not around.
Preferably rusty and maybe with a touch of fecal matter on the tips.
worked in Nam but bamboo nails
One thing you need to do with the above VW shifter lock is they use a stock diameter shifter , so it’s not going to work with the fancy shifters.
there are also 2 diameter shifter shafts , I think most are using the larger shifter shaft that started I think in 1968.
these work on VW pan based cars, I have no idea how non Pan based chassis are set-up.
Can you see it now?
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A little padding over the nails, covered in matching vinyl, would do the trick. Just don't forget to swap the cushion out before you get back in.