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Post by kto17 on Jan 19, 2014 11:10:11 GMT -8
This thread is for your vintage tow vehicle pictures. If you use it to tow or just dream of towing with it, lets see it! Its mine but it doesn't have a hitch YET... 1965 Buick Riviera dream tow vehicle! Its as long as the 19 Deluxe and weighs twice as much! Thats my lovely bride in the background on our wedding day. We used it for our getaway car!
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Post by bigbill on Jan 19, 2014 12:02:54 GMT -8
I bet you are on a first name basis with the people at the gas station, but I like both your rides.
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Post by 54campin on Jan 19, 2014 12:40:14 GMT -8
Here's my 78 2wd blazer.
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Post by kto17 on Jan 19, 2014 15:59:57 GMT -8
I bet you are on a first name basis with the people at the gas station, but I like both your rides. Yes I am, and I can't drive by without stopping.
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Post by universalexports on Jan 19, 2014 17:37:26 GMT -8
if I win the lottery, I'll be towing with a 57 nomad! I know,,, not as popular as the 55, but I love the fins.
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Post by bigbill on Jan 19, 2014 19:18:07 GMT -8
Any of the tri-five Nomads are beautiful when done right. They would all look good towing a vintage camper. Ideally paint to match.
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Post by kirkadie on Jan 19, 2014 19:47:26 GMT -8
Someday I'll learn to post pics but for now; '53 ford ranch wagon, 3 on the tree, hand me down from my dad after he wore it out, caught Christine's eye although it took her 45 years to realize the potential of it's freshly post pubesent new pilot. My brother "accidently" drove it into Lake Erie, full of fraternity brothers and some hopped up story about beer pancakes, which I naively believed and then for a while felt sorry for him. My 'Grey Ghost' got junked after getting dunked, my brother drove back to college in his '57 fairlane convertible (which he never lent to me), and I finished high school riding my rusty 3 speed Schwinn. Probably took Chris 45 years just to erase that image. Ah, to have an extra $20K lying around, eh?
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Post by Hamlet on Jan 19, 2014 20:55:47 GMT -8
For Hamlet, a '59 (or '60?, Compact? No pic, but we would love to pull him with a 1960 Buick Special. Or a Rambler American or Mercury Comet of the same year.
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 19, 2014 21:57:59 GMT -8
On my vintage tow vehicle "looking list" is a two door Ford wagon. 1956 Ranch, or the deluxe trim 1956 Park Lane, or in 1957 it's a Ranch or the deluxe trim 1957 Del Rio model.
V8, automatic, looking for a nice "driver".
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Post by universalexports on Jan 20, 2014 7:08:18 GMT -8
I got a friend who has a couple I would like to have. he restored an old Ford truck with a fuel injected 351 and just got a 55 Ford Country sedan he is going to restore for his wife.
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Post by bigbill on Jan 20, 2014 15:47:58 GMT -8
You guy all tow with these late models I will pull with my 1941 Plymouth 2 dr. sedan when I get the 1500 done. Once every thing is finished I will post a picture of it and trailer hitched up ready to go. The Plymouth looks stock on the outside but it has a few up dates such as four wheel power disk brakes, a narrowed and centered nine inch ford rear end, power rack and pinion steering, late model GM inline six highly modified, 700R4 OD automatic transmission, Digital cruise control, Vintage Air heat and air conditioning, tilt wheel, reclining bucket seats, power windows, and electric windshield wipers, just to mention a few things. It is also apart right now getting a complete repaint hope to have it done by mid Feb. Then get Shasta done and post pictures. My secondary tow vehicle is a 2011 Silverado extended cab pick up with full towing package, and it doesn't do a bad job of towing either.
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 20, 2014 20:17:05 GMT -8
You guy all tow with these late models I will pull with my 1941 Plymouth 2 dr. sedan when I get the 1500 done. Once every thing is finished I will post a picture of it and trailer hitched up ready to go. The Plymouth looks stock on the outside but it has a few up dates such as four wheel power disk brakes, a narrowed and centered nine inch ford rear end, power rack and pinion steering, late model GM inline six highly modified, 700R4 OD automatic transmission, Digital cruise control, Vintage Air heat and air conditioning, tilt wheel, reclining bucket seats, power windows, and electric windshield wipers, just to mention a few things. It is also apart right now getting a complete repaint hope to have it done by mid Feb. Then get Shasta done and post pictures. My secondary tow vehicle is a 2011 Silverado extended cab pick up with full towing package, and it doesn't do a bad job of towing either.
LOL, Bigbill older is not necessarily better for towing. I built a receiver hitch for my 1932 Ford High Boy Steel Roadster and have towed tear drop trailer to events but it tows like poop! It has plenty of power with a small block Chevy V8 with three carbs, but then again as a roadster, it has no side windows, and has great "fresh air" climate control. Not exactly my idea for a nice long distance tow vehicle.
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Post by SusieQ on Jan 20, 2014 21:41:19 GMT -8
This is what my first car, '67 Camaro, looked like. It is in my garage waiting patiently to be restored. Of course, I'd have to have my Shasta Compact painted to match. It was my dream car and still is.
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Post by soup on Jan 21, 2014 4:55:32 GMT -8
My Baby. 1964 Dodge Dart 1st year V-8, last year push button automatic tranny. Still looking for hitch. This has been hands down the best car I have ever owned and will NEVER sell it. Now if I can just get that hitch, we can pull our 63 Compact with it. U-Haul hitch center offered me a free hitch if I can get me and my car out west for a couple of days so they can design one. (The car even almost makes me look good in the pic! HA HA!)
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Post by bigbill on Jan 21, 2014 5:25:36 GMT -8
LOL, Bigbill older is not necessarily better for towing. I built a receiver hitch for my 1932 Ford High Boy Steel Roadster and have towed tear drop trailer to events but it tows like poop! It has plenty of power with a small block Chevy V8 with three carbs, but then again as a roadster, it has no side windows, and has great "fresh air" climate control. Not exactly my idea for a nice long distance tow vehicle.
Yes I would not even consider putting a hitch on my roadster but we have been towing trailers all over the country with the P.lymouth for ten years. It tows like a dream. Of course it weighs close to twice what my roadster weighs, has suspension designed to tow trailers plus power rack and pinion steering, and as mentioned above has Vintage Airs best climate system. It also has reclineing buckets with 3 point seat belts, mp3 player and a 400 watt amp to drive premium speakers so it has all the comforts of home. With the 700 R 4 along with 3.50 rear gears. it has the power tow plus the overdrive to drop RPMs to around 1800 at highway speeds. We were out west in 2008 with it towing the roadster behind it on a trailer and hit a day that had 50 to 70 mph cross winds and you could see the trailer whipping in the wind but barely feel it in the Plymouth. As I mentioned above I built it with the thought of pulling a trailer, it has large sway bars and premium shocks which allows it to ride like a new caddy yet handle like a Porsche. I also have a class IV hitch. This is an example of what I am saying when I talk about having a vehicle set up for towing or a vehicle not properly equipped. I discovered long miles in an open roadster with the sun and wind beating you can be extremely tiring I limit my roadster driving to 400 miles a day or less when ever possible, that is why it has a trailer. I took it to Pike's Peak in 2010 and we planned 900 mile days so I loaded it on it trailer and towed it with my truck. Turned out we drove the entire first day in strong storms so I was very glad it was on the trailer covered up. I also discovered that since I have gotten older 900 + mile days are more than I care for.
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