Old Car towing pictures

[Tod Lane]

Originally Posted by Robert Swartz

No Tod, I don't have any pictures of THAT! Stopping that whole contraption was a treat. I remember towing up to Indianapolis Raceway Park a few times. Dragging that Mustang down I-465 sure made that old Pinto whine.

I think an even funnier sidenote to this. After I bought the trailer, you and Perry Smith borrowed it to haul your car. Of course I won't mention the fact that I didn't own a truck myself, at that time.

All you guys that had towing hubs. Man, you were hi-buck! I just pulled the driveshaft and stuck another spare input into the transmission to keep it from leaking.

Hey, if it weren't for old stories, what would some of us FOG's talk about,

Robert Swartz

I do remember those people fleeing their picnic when they spotted you flying around that sharp curve, I was following you in the Camaro and wondering if you was going to make that turn lol

Do you have any pictures of the Meeks brothers bus? That one was scary

[Robert Swartz]

Originally Posted by Tod Lane

Do you have any pictures of the Meeks brothers bus? That one was scary

Now there was a tow vehicle (smirking) ....!

You never had the pleasure of riding in that thing. It wasn't bad, going to say, Edgewater, Ohio Valley or maybe Bunker Hill. I remember coming back from a Div 3 points meet up in Saginaw, Michigan, it started acting up around Ft. Wayne, took us forever to get home. I don't think it'd run over 30-35 mph, LOL.

About two weeks later, Toby went up to Gary, Indiana to some speed shop to buy a trailer.

Robert Swartz

[Rich Erickson]

Towed by a 68 Cornnet 440

[Travis Miller]

In 1970 I had a T/S '57 Chevy 4dr wagon and flat-towed it with my '57 sedan delivery. On the way home from the track one Sunday afternoon while towing I blew out the left front tire on the sedan delivery. Got the whole set-up stopped without incident but realized I had no spare. So I jacked up the left front and removed the flat. Then I unhooked the racecar and drove it a few miles to a service station to get the flat fixed. Of course the wagon had open headers but who cared, it was fun back then.

Travis

(Disclaimer: Opinions and old stories expressed by me on this forum are exactly that, my opinions and my old stories.)

[Rich Biebel]

Blew the rear in the sedan delivery (racecar).....had no way to get it home so parked it at the track and went home. Borrowed tow hubs from a friend......got it all set to get home......heard some funny banging noises as we were getting on the interstate so I said let me ride in the racecar to listen for the noise...... Just got up to speed and went a little further and the left front wheel came off the sedan delivery while I'm in it! This was not an uncommon happening back in those days as I recall......front fender got wrecked as the tire exited......could not find the tire......had no other one to put on other than a slick.....7" Casler probably.....got it all home and discovered the slick was ruined as the sidewall hit the upper a-arm and was all cut up......So that weekend we blew a rear, lost a tire, wrecked a fender and ruined a slick......Not good on our budget........and this same car suffered a freeze cracked block later in it's life.......and that was the end of the line for me and that car.......

[Red LeBlanc]

I can beat that Travis . Can't remember exact yr. Probably 1971 but was going to Lakeland international raceway outside Memphis Tn. About 5 miles from the track my truck quite . I unloaded my SS/J Cobra Fairlane . Hooked a chain to the truck with trailer pulled them to the track with the racecar . Ran the race fixed the truck .And towed back home . End of Story ..I guess you guys can picture it .. Red Le Blanc LOL

[art leong]

Back in the 70's we had some "quality" tow trucks. I remember on one truck the pillow block bearing broke off and we tied it up with wire it would hold for about 50 miles then we had to tie it up again.
On top of that neither Ray or I had a drivers license. We were on the side of the road fixing something, and a state tropper decided to look us over he was nice, just asked who was driving. I pointed at Ray, he pointed at me. We then told him the driver went to get parts.Luckily he was called away told us to wait till he got back. "RIGHT" We hammered down the state line was about 6 miles away and we made it.
Those were the good old days.

[bill dedman]

"Little" George Cureton flat-towed his '56 sedan delivery Stocker to the Tulsa World Finals in '67, from Wilmington, Delaware, and won the race!!!

Jack Clifford towed his Hudson Hornet race car (Stocker) from southern California to Indy with another Hudson, and won class with BOTH CARS...

Hard to top that... It was sometime around 1967, I think.... not sure.

[Bob Miller]

I remember my dad taking us to the races in '67 flat towing his 66 ss396 chevelle with my mom's 67 Olds 98 with the free wheeling hubs he made. Then in 68 or 69, the dealer he worked at supplied a 4 car transport to take all the cars to the track, I will have to get the pics on here, it was cool for the day. I would love to find his car today.

[Sean Haning]

Originally Posted by art leong

Back in the 70's we had some "quality" tow trucks. I remember on one truck the pillow block bearing broke off and we tied it up with wire it would hold for about 50 miles then we had to tie it up again.
On top of that neither Ray or I had a drivers license. We were on the side of the road fixing something, and a state tropper decided to look us over he was nice, just asked who was driving. I pointed at Ray, he pointed at me. We then told him the driver went to get parts.Luckily he was called away told us to wait till he got back. "RIGHT" We hammered down the state line was about 6 miles away and we made it.
Those were the good old days.

HAHA! That sounds like something you'd see in a movie!