I saw an MGB with a really cool custom trailer a few years ago. It had a
trailer that was made out of the back half of an MGB, the trailer was
basically half an MGB with and A arm welded onto the front of it. If you had
a parts car with a half way decent rear section you could make a Roadster
trailer, that would look cool.
On the subject of MGBs, I saw a photo of an MGB at a strawberry farm, they
had it slung between 2 trees suspended like a hammock, it was full of dirt
and they were growing strawberries in it.
Alan Bent - Queensland , Australia
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1965 Silvia CSP311
1966 Fairlady SP311 - 1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310
1964 Fairlady 3 seater SP310 - 1964 Cedric Wagon WP31
1963 Bluebird P312 - 1963 Bluebird P312
1963 Cedric P31 - 1964 Cedric Wagon 1964
1969 Super Six G130
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/index.html
Ronnie Day wrote:
> >Hello all:
> >I've been thinking about buying a motorcycle trailer (the kind you pull
> >behind a motorcycle) for several years. The wife and I enjoy taking 2-3
> >day roadster trips around the Mississippi river area and never seem to
> >have enough room. With the roll bar installed and the top down I can't
> >even fit a small cooler in the back. With all of the road trip stuff in
> >the truck, there's little room for luggage. Anyway, my mailman is a big
> >Harley nut and has a almost new trailer for sale including the tow
> >hitch. With a little modification the hitch could be installed on the
> >roadster. Has anyone installed a hitch to a roadster? If so, how did you
> >build the hitch frame? Any help is appreciated.
>
> Sounds like fun, Steve. I'd suggest you find a trailer/hitch dealer in
> your area and consider a custom built hitch rather than adapting
> something, although the Harley hitch might be used in conjunction with
> additional angle iron or square tubing. If you have a hitch built, you
> could use a removable draw bar/ball and paint the whole thing flat black.
> Without the draw bar installed you probably wouldn't even see the hitch.
>
> I'd think a custom hitch would consist of a couple of roughly triangular
> pieces of 3/8 plate bolted or welded to the frame rails and extending
> down far enough to run a length of (at least 2 inch?) square tubing
> between them. Most commercial hitches have holes cut in the side plates
> through which the square tubing passes and is welded on both sides of the
> plates. Another piece of tubing is welded (perpendicular) to the long
> cross piece to take the draw bar/ball assembly. All of these joints are
> gusseted and reinforced. If you can weld you might be able to do it
> yourself.
>
> Just thought of something else, wiring. I don't remember if the roadster
> has separate stop lights and turn signals, but if the lighting setup on
> the trailer differs from that on the roadster you'll need a trailer light
> adapter (trailer supply, U-Haul, most real auto supply stores) that
> allows towing trailers with single/combination lights behind vehicles
> that have seperate stop and turn lamp systems. In any case, run a
> seperate ground wire through your harness, don't depend on mechanical
> grounding through the ball/hitch, and use a bracket to mount the
> connector on/near the hitch. Having the wiring dangling down looks bad
> (IMHO) and doesn't do the wiring any good either.
>
> FWIW, Ron
>
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> Ronnie Day
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> Dallas/Ft. Worth
> '71 510 2-dr (Prepared class autocrosser)
> '73 510 2-dr (Street Toy)
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