<VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 10 -- Top Down Cruise

[Norman C. Witte]

My plan is to eventually buy a winch and power it off a booster pack; I have
picked out the winch and the booster pack I want, but I just haven't gotten
to the point of purchasing them.  And after all, who needs that stuff when
you have your 70 year old mom to push the car around?!

As far as the engine in the Vair stuff is concerned, the gutted car weighs
considerably less than a complete car, and the dummy powertrain is pretty
light.  I am more concerned about having the engine lid open on the highway
and cause a ton of sheetmetal damage than any weight and balance issues at
this point; I have always towed my hardtop nose first and haven't had a
problem with that as long as I load it forward on the trailer.

Anyway, I always thought you were supposed to trailer convertibles nose
forward.  ggggg

Norm

> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of Ken Campbell
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 7:52 AM
> To: virtualvairs@corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Turbo Odyssey Part 10 -- Top Down Cruise
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Norman C. Witte" <ncwitte@wittelaw.com>
>
>
>  daughter Allison came out at just the perfect moment for that last
> > boost up the ramps and the car was on the trailer.  Dad
> used to work Mom
> > pretty hard cutting firewood and such and I think having
> her help made the
> > task easy.
> > Here are some pictures of the car after strapping it down.
> A friend of
> mine
> > borrowed my trailer and got it muddy, but I will probably survive.
> **************
> About 1977 I bot a used 3 head hydraulic tracer bridgeport,
> and had to move
> it to my shop ...  4 x 6 x 8 ft of cast iron .... hmmm ... so
> I invested
> about $150 in a 12 volt come along winch, wired the winch to
> the front of
> the trailer, hooked it to the 12 volt with some long jumper
> cables .... I
> hired 2 guys to pray for me, poured grease on the ramps, and
> shizam pulled
> her right up on the trailer.
>
> Since then it has been worth it's weight in gold for some short notice
> duties ... amazing what a little 3/16 cable will pull when
> the roads are
> icy, greasy, etc.  This thing weighs about 30 lbs, and I bet
> that harbor
> freight or your local tractor supply has one on sale
> occasionally for $98 or
> so ... you don[t need the HD warne Pro-rockclimber winch to
> do a lot of
> handy things .
> Just a thought ... ken campbell, iowuh
> Hey, you got your tow truck on the wrong end of that trailer
> in the ephotos
> ...  if the engine is in the vair... (g)
> ******
> reminds me of the winch scene in the movie " the gods must be
> crazy I " ...
> heh heh
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