Best Tow Car

[John Leichtamer Jr]

Just sold my Bock Dragstar trailer this year, one hell of a trailer.

Hammer

[treessavoy]

Jerry Stein towed his '64 Plymouth Max Wedge A/SA to Atlanta one year with a matching '64 plymouth station wagon with a 426 street wedge and open trailer.

JimR

[Mark Yacavone]

"Went from the Olds & tow bar to a ramp truck. There went the gas mileage. "

Yeah Ed , but the one ton ramp truck was the safest way to tow.

Very little swaying ,decent ride, you only feel each bump twice instead of four times, easier on tolls, (that would be the Will Rogers Tnpk for you) and you could haul *** at 80 mph, all day and night..

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

"Went from the Olds & tow bar to a ramp truck. There went the gas mileage. "

Yeah Ed , but the one ton ramp truck was the safest way to tow.

Very little swaying ,decent ride, you only feel each bump twice instead of four times, easier on tolls, (that would be the Will Rogers Tnpk for you) and you could haul *** at 80 mph, all day and night..

Id like to see everyone go back to open trailers and ramp trucks. There would be more room in the pits. Cant turn back the clock though.

[vic guilmino]

x tech man
you would get rid of evereybody over 50
with the heat they have heat strokes and die!

[Paul Ceasrine]

vic,
Is that a good thing?

Best Tow Vehicle.
1968
TV Tommy Ivo's Dodge truck, with side glass panels.
You could see the (2) rails inside the box panel.
Push car over the cab. 1968 Corvette 327/350HP, 4-speed, w/3.70 gears
pc

[Aubrey N Bruneau]

In 1986-1990, my 63 Pontiac Parisienne Safari station wagon did the job, pulling my 61 Biscayne on a dolly trailer. Factory 340 HP 409 4 speed. I changed the rear gears to 3.55 for towing the car.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by X-TECH MAN

Id like to see everyone go back to open trailers and ramp trucks. There would be more room in the pits. Cant turn back the clock though.

Some of us STILL HAVE open trailers and dream of stepping up to a ramp truck !...............LOL

[treessavoy]

Back in the day it wasn't unusual for guys to flat tow stocker's or trailer dragsters with old Hearses. Some painted them but most just left them black, if you were lucky you could find a hearse flower car that had a small pickup bed for your tools and stuff.

Neatest combo I saw was a 1950 Studebaker with a Pontiac OHC 6cyl, 4 speed and 1956 Olds rear flat towed by a Hearse flower car with the funeral home name still on it. The car ran in the six cylinder gas class, I think it was I/gas. Pretty neat rig built by a bunch of Airmen from the local Air Base.

JimR

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

"Went from the Olds & tow bar to a ramp truck. There went the gas mileage. "

Yeah Ed , but the one ton ramp truck was the safest way to tow.

Very little swaying ,decent ride, you only feel each bump twice instead of four times, easier on tolls, (that would be the Will Rogers Tnpk for you) and you could haul *** at 80 mph, all day and night..

We also have the Turner Turnpike between Tulsa and OKC. I ran 80 all the time towing. Did pay double at the toll gates. Oklahoma really likes toll roads. I have a Pike Pass under a tee top in the race car, and one in the motor home now. It reads the one in the race car, inside the trailer. Whoda thunk it?