I had a 1958 Cadillac that I wanted to use as a tow vehicle. It had a
very clever receiver mounted behind a hinged license plate. I hooked
it up to my open trailer, stuck some blocks on for weight and headed
down the driveway. Nearly took out the gate. Brakes! That's what
matters, brakes. Cars don't have 'em. Big trucks do. the only
alternative is good brakes on the trailer, prefereably disk. and even
then, who can trust them. F350 with the tow package. doesn't
qualify, and it's not all that cool, but my trailer is. Or at least
it's getting there. I'm going to use it for the Columbia River
Classic even though it's not done.
By the way, in the tradition of spitfire Suzy (we were talking about
you today kid, your ears must have been burning). diane and I are on
our way to Monterey, I'm in Eureka CA tonight, and we were trying to
come up with a name for the Airstream, and for the Ambro project. I
mentiioned that Suzy names her cars and they are always cool names.
so since the Airstream has a Nero Wolfe kind of 1950's decorating
theme (anyone who has seen the A&E Series knows what I mean) we
decided to call it Nero's Peyote Pad or Nero for short. And since
the Ambro is Peyote's little brother we're naming it Mescal (or
Mezcal). tried 'em both, liked them enough to never try them again.
But good names.
Ignore the typos, too much wine for dinner, or at dinner, whatever.
On Aug 15, 2006, at 5:12 AM, Henry Frye wrote:
> No doubt it would go. Like uncle jack says, corners could be iffy.
> Before I got too excited about the concept, look at the brakes. As
> much
> as I love the concept of Vintage Racing with Vintage Tow Vehicles, the
> part of the concept that gets overlooked hitting the 'whoa' pedal...
>
> Our family had one of these beasts when I was a kid. Ours was a '68.
> Fake woody over white. My brother moved a _huge_ rock a couple feet
> when
> he totaled it.
>
> But as uncle jack also said, my opinion is highly suspect, I have a
> bit
> over the mandated $10,000 sunk in my tow apparatus! ;-)
>
> Cheers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J. Bradakis
> Subject: [FOT] Thoughts on a TR tow vehicle
>
> So what do you think might be the towing capacity of a 1967 Ford
> Country
> Squire station wagon with the 390 cubic inch motor?
>
>
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