<VV> tow bars

[Rick Norris]

All,
I have a tow bar like the one offered from Harbor Frieght!
Mine came from J.C. Whitney and it works quite well. I remove the bumper and 
I use the largest thick washers that will fit where it attaches to the body. 
This spreads the load over the widest area. Yes, it's sheet metal but strong 
enough. I would not be concerned a bit to tow cross country with this rig.
Now lets see... do you tow a convertible backwards ..or......GGG!

Rick Norris
CORSA Lifer
#36 Sunoco Corvair
66 Crown V8 Vair

> The Corvair unibody rails end at the front bumper attachment points, so 
> attaching the tow bar to the front bumper mounts is attaching it to the 
> unibody structure. If you build a tow bar to go under the body and find 
> the crossmember, that would be indirectly attaching to the unibody 
> structure. Kind of like a tow dolly.
>
> So my recommendation is to use the holes at the end of the frame rails, 
> aka front bumper mounting holes.
>
> Do not use the bumper mounting holes at the corner of the car, there is no 
> structure there to speak of. You could incorporate the center bumper 
> mount/ license plate bracket holes as that is the center of the front 
> cross rail, but it is not necessary.
>
> Remember, the front suspension hangs from the front frame rails, so this 
> is a very strong area in the unibody.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
>
> Matt Nall wrote:
>> Usually I'm the one to take the Cheap / Easy / lightweight  approach to 
>> things...
>>
>> I  would never tow a Unibody at the bumper for any long distance......
>>
>> Just like V W Beetles prior to 72 [ Super Beetle]   Use one attached to 
>> the fron suspension crossmenber...
>>
>
>
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