[NoVa-Corvairs] Corvair Towing Question

[Curtis L Shimp]

Ron:

There are people in the club that have a lot more experience towing
Corvairs than I have and I hope they will respond.

>From what I have seen and learned you back the Corvair onto the tow dolly
and use a bungee cord to tie the steering wheel into a semi fixed
position.

Also I have a tow bar the bolts to the front of a late model Corvair. 
You remove the front bumper and bolt the tow bar in its place.  I flat
towed a Corvair from Chicago to L. A. this way and had no problems. 
Knowing what I know today I would not flat tow a Corvair that far again.

					Curt

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 07:40:16 EST RVTUM at aol.com writes:
> Good morning everyone!
>  
> I'm thinking about buying a 65 Monza convertible located in NW  
> Pennsylvania 
> (350 mi).  It runs but is not driven daily. The seller admits  it 
> probably 
> shouldn't be driven this far without some work, so if I  decide to 
> get it, the 
> plan is to bring it back on a tow dolly.  So the  question is, what 
> is the best 
> way to load it on a dolly? From the  front or rear?  It's got a 
> manual trans 
> (4spd) and the rear  window zipper seams are not the best. It seems 
> logical  
> that it should be loaded with the front wheels on the  dolly. 
> Correct?  If 
> anyone is wondering why the tow dolly is the  weapon of choice here, 
> U-haul has 
> banned putting anything on the back of any  Ford Explorer. And 
> according to 
> U-haul, my 97 RWD Dakota does not have  enough balls to haul their 
> auto transport, 
> only a tow dolly.  I've used a  tow dolly before, so I'm fairly 
> comfortable 
> with one.  I guess my concern  is causing damage to the diff or 
> trans towing it 
> this distance. Any  guidance would be appreciated.
>  
> Ron              
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