[NoVa-Corvairs] Corvair Towing Question

[Daniel Goldberg]

Nothwithstanding the anti-Explorer edict, another option is to rent a car transporter.  A transporter differs from a dolly in that all four wheels of the towed car will be off the ground.  Since this car runs, you can drive it onto and off the transporter without any problem.  U-Haul will probably insist that you use a transporer with a Corvair -- the price differential isn't too severe.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Curtis L Shimp" <clshimp at juno.com>
To: novacc-list at corvair.org
Subject: Re: [NoVa-Corvairs] Corvair Towing Question
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:24:39 -0500

> 
> 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.
> >
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