Best Tow Car - Page 4

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

Dan Bennett · 07-29-2010, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by rx dealer

70 El-Camino with an LS-6, auto, and A-C." get the F out of the way"...Luke SS 311

I had a very good friend who had this exact truck - other than the AC. The interesting thing was that the order was originally accepted with air conditioning. After waiting months and months, the dealer finally got a letter that the Elky would have to be built without Air.

Best tow was another friend's 74 Mark IV with a 460. Weirdest was the Olenynik box truck I bought (with a 350 yet!) from the guy who had the El Camino.

Most miles towed was with a 76 GMC half ton with the world's strongest 350. I never did figure out why that truck ran so good and neither did the next two racers after me. All agreed it was something special as it would pull without breaking a sweat.

Paul Ceasrine · 07-29-2010, 03:02 PM

Maybe not the 'Best Tow Car', but a unique one.
1962 Ford Ranchero (little pick-up car).
Not sure of the engine, but I'm guessing a 170ci 6-banger.
And just what did it flat tow, of course a 64' Falcon M/Stocker.
Don't think that Ranchero ever got above 40 mph (going downhill)
PC

Don Whitmore · 07-29-2010, 05:07 PM

If you had a Bock Dragstar open trailer, you were running w/ the big dogs and if somehow, you had a Chaparral trailer, well, you must have died and went to heaven...

Philip Saran · 07-29-2010, 07:12 PM

Back in the mid 70's I had two different buddy's with interesting tow
vehicles:

(1) 1970 Fury S/W with a added in 440-6 pak flat towing a 1966
Belveder II with a hemi/auto.

(2) 1969 Dodge Superbird with hemi/auto flat towing a 1966 Belveder II
with a hemi/auto.

It may have been the same 1966 Belveder II a few years apart, but that
was many years ago and my memory is not what it was.

It was always interesting going to Orange County raceway.

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	#31
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,416 Likes: 522 Liked 330 Times in 178 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	#32
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	#33
FED 387 VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,416 Likes: 522 Liked 330 Times in 178 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	#34
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	#35
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, 03:02 PM	#37
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car Maybe not the 'Best Tow Car', but a unique one. 1962 Ford Ranchero (little pick-up car). Not sure of the engine, but I'm guessing a 170ci 6-banger. And just what did it flat tow, of course a 64' Falcon M/Stocker. Don't think that Ranchero ever got above 40 mph (going downhill) PC

07-29-2010, 05:07 PM	#38
Don Whitmore Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 140 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Best Tow Car If you had a Bock Dragstar open trailer, you were running w/ the big dogs and if somehow, you had a Chaparral trailer, well, you must have died and went to heaven...

07-29-2010, 07:12 PM	#39
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 Back in the mid 70's I had two different buddy's with interesting tow vehicles: (1) 1970 Fury S/W with a added in 440-6 pak flat towing a 1966 Belveder II with a hemi/auto. (2) 1969 Dodge Superbird with hemi/auto flat towing a 1966 Belveder II with a hemi/auto. It may have been the same 1966 Belveder II a few years apart, but that was many years ago and my memory is not what it was. It was always interesting going to Orange County raceway. __________________ Phil Saran Parker, Colorado

07-29-2010, 07:17 PM	#40
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