<VV> Towing a 4 speed 140 engine (humor)

Louis Armer carmerjr at mindspring.com
Wed Mar 12 20:01:32 EDT 2008


Well at last we have discovered why "ChoirBoy" has had so many engine 
failures in the last few years.
Everyone knows that tow dollying a Corvair with a 140hp engine will 
cause multiple seat failures in the
engine heads !!! <GGG>

da Chuckster
Chuck Armer
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At 11:27 AM 3/12/2008, you wrote:

>Due to all of the 'no problems' posted maybe a better question would 
>be, has ANYone had any problems with the tranny/diff when towing a 
>manual with the real wheels down?  I went to flat towing last year 
>and would like to hear.Barry(expecting the sound of crickets)> 
>Subject: <VV> Towing a 4 speed> > Bob,> I flat towed my 66 Monza to 
>the Oregon convention, then on up to Tacoma, Washington and back to 
>Bullhead City, Az with no problems. The only time I started and ran 
>the car thru its gears was when I disconnected it in Portland and 
>again in Tacoma. > This car was an automatic and I towed it the same 
>way numerous times to Palm Springs, Phoenix and various trips to 
>California behind our motorhome. Never had a problem with it but I 
>did start the engine every 100 or so miles and put it thru the 
>forward/reverse gears while still hooked up to the motorhome.> Vic 
>Howard> 
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