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Anyone fitted a tow bar?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 1:06 pm
by paolo_mangusta
Has anyone on here fitted a tow bar to their old Mope? I'm thinking of putting one on the Dart and wondered if anyone had any pointers, either for a company in the South East who could be trusted to fit one without too much hacking, or other cars I could scavenge suitable bits off to do it myself?
Cheers
Paul
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 1:31 pm
by Pete
I have a '62 "B" body tow bar you can copy if you wish.
Pete
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 1:45 pm
by paolo_mangusta
cheers Pete, that'd help me in the right direction - is it mounted on a car or loose, so to speak? Even if I could see a pic of it it might help me work out a plan.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 2:01 pm
by Pete
Loose and in storage not near me.....how much of a hurry are you?
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 2:03 pm
by paolo_mangusta
Not much, just want to do it by the spring so I can tow the slingshot :-)
(which also has to be done by the spring!)
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 11 2:33 pm
by Pete
I could take it to the swap meet and you could take some dimensions off it?
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 9:54 am
by paolo_mangusta
That'd be great, but I don't want to put you out too much, especially if I'm not sure how well it would translate to a '70 A-body - I'll have a closer look at the car and do a bit more digging on t'internet and let you know (if that's ok)
Cheers for the help
Paul
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 10:56 am
by MattH
John R has one on his Barracuda I think, and I have a Valiant Charger one here which is 1973 A body, but came off a 69, so is probably the same as what you need. Its quite substantial.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 11:36 am
by paolo_mangusta
cheers Matt, that's a really useful pic. I haven't any way of bending tube so I might have to make something similar by cutting square tubing but really useful to see how it mounts
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 2:23 pm
by paolo_mangusta
http://www.foundationpc.com/brochure/trailer2.jpg is useful - should be able to make something like that
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 6:28 pm
by TrevD
on my 73 duster i put the hitch behind the number plate, totaly hiden when not in use, it went on to the bumper mountings with a bar going to the botom of the spare wheel well, towes a caravan no problem.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 7:10 pm
by Anonymous
Eu rules apply here ....
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 7:43 pm
by TrevD
mitch wrote:Eu rules apply here ....
not if it was fitted to the car 20 years ago
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 11 7:51 pm
by latil
mitch wrote:Eu rules apply here ....
Stuff the EU,I'm English and live in England.
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 11 10:00 am
by JohnR
yep have one on the car and made it myself will get a pic now that it is off , very simple to make just a couple of bits of angle bent in the right place and some flat plat mine fits under the bumper irons and comes down to fix under the spare wheel well quite strong if you put a plate in the well
