Best Tow Car

FED 387 · 07-29-2010, 10:18 AM

I had a 63 Catalina 2 door HT with an automatic trans and the 421 engine I bought used from my neighbor I too used tow bars and freewheeling hubs then went "big time and bought a open flat bed trailer and another used 68 Bel Air wagon with a 427 engine---that car would pass everything but a gas station-----then I bought a Chevy 1 ton crew cab with a 28 foot Oleynik box on the back---I think I must have thought I was a PRO with that set up.That truck is still around a Corvette road racer runs those Vintage races still has it---Comp387

Paul Ceasrine · 07-29-2010, 10:33 AM

Free-Wheeling Hubs....
Me, I got to crawl under my fathers Cuda, and un-bolt the driveshaft,
laying down on a gravel-based driveway (large native stone).
Then had to stick a dummy-yoke into the tail of the 4-speed transmission, with large rubber-bands to keep the yoke in-place.
Also, put on worn GoodYear slicks for the tow.
My favorite mission, writing on the back window with white shoe polish
'Car in Tow'.
Anytime I saw a guy with a Bock Dragstar Trailer, I was in awe.
1971 price, $1595.
Just where did they come up with that kind of money???
pc

FED 387 · 07-29-2010, 10:43 AM

I FINANCED my trailer thought my wife was gonna divorce me cuz the payments were $29 per month paid for with my part time job $2.95 per hour in 1969 working at a Walgreens stocking shelves at nite after my regular job----I musta been nuts- I KNOW I AM NUTS! --my wife and kids all tell me I may grow older BUT I'll never grow up---Comp 387

Paul Ceasrine · 07-29-2010, 11:06 AM

FED,
My father was from the old 'Italian School'.
Wouldn't finance anything.
Of course, 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes a day.
$29/month for finance payments on the trailer.
That just about covers a carton of Marlboro's today.

Our Tow Package.
Homemade tow-bar, w/2" galvanized steel pipe.
1" x 1" square steel-bar as a cross-brace.
Thing must have weighed in at 80 lbs.
pc

SuperStock 1890 · 07-29-2010, 01:37 PM

almack
you was at the 1988 gs nationals???
so was I

Vic, I first met you at the 89 GS Nationals.

Flat towed to local tracks with a 69 Skylark. Power 4 wheel drums brakes. I'm smarter now.

Scaz

Philip Saran · 07-29-2010, 07:17 PM

1971 price, $1595.
Just where did they come up with that kind of money???>

Paul,

I suppose that same question could be applied today to the toter
homes/stackers and MH/enclosed car trailers.

$150 to $300K for alot of these rigs, definetly out of my ball park.

07-29-2010, 10:18 AM	#1
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,419 Likes: 528 Liked 332 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car I had a 63 Catalina 2 door HT with an automatic trans and the 421 engine I bought used from my neighbor I too used tow bars and freewheeling hubs then went "big time and bought a open flat bed trailer and another used 68 Bel Air wagon with a 427 engine---that car would pass everything but a gas station-----then I bought a Chevy 1 ton crew cab with a 28 foot Oleynik box on the back---I think I must have thought I was a PRO with that set up.That truck is still around a Corvette road racer runs those Vintage races still has it---Comp387

07-29-2010, 10:33 AM	#2
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car Free-Wheeling Hubs.... Me, I got to crawl under my fathers Cuda, and un-bolt the driveshaft, laying down on a gravel-based driveway (large native stone). Then had to stick a dummy-yoke into the tail of the 4-speed transmission, with large rubber-bands to keep the yoke in-place. Also, put on worn GoodYear slicks for the tow. My favorite mission, writing on the back window with white shoe polish 'Car in Tow'. Anytime I saw a guy with a Bock Dragstar Trailer, I was in awe. 1971 price, $1595. Just where did they come up with that kind of money??? pc

07-29-2010, 10:43 AM	#3
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,419 Likes: 528 Liked 332 Times in 180 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car I FINANCED my trailer thought my wife was gonna divorce me cuz the payments were $29 per month paid for with my part time job $2.95 per hour in 1969 working at a Walgreens stocking shelves at nite after my regular job----I musta been nuts- I KNOW I AM NUTS! --my wife and kids all tell me I may grow older BUT I'll never grow up---Comp 387

07-29-2010, 11:06 AM	#4
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car FED, My father was from the old 'Italian School'. Wouldn't finance anything. Of course, 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes a day. $29/month for finance payments on the trailer. That just about covers a carton of Marlboro's today. Our Tow Package. Homemade tow-bar, w/2" galvanized steel pipe. 1" x 1" square steel-bar as a cross-brace. Thing must have weighed in at 80 lbs. pc

07-29-2010, 01:37 PM	#5
SuperStock 1890 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 87 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car almack you was at the 1988 gs nationals??? so was I Vic, I first met you at the 89 GS Nationals. Flat towed to local tracks with a 69 Skylark. Power 4 wheel drums brakes. I'm smarter now. Scaz __________________ You don't know what you don't know yet.

07-29-2010, 07:17 PM	#6
Philip Saran Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Parker, CO. Posts: 728 Likes: 165 Liked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car 1971 price, $1595. Just where did they come up with that kind of money???> Paul, I suppose that same question could be applied today to the toter homes/stackers and MH/enclosed car trailers. $150 to $300K for alot of these rigs, definetly out of my ball park. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado