Tow bar for my T

[chopper tom]

Any body got any good ideas on how to make a home made towwing out fit for my T?
Some thing that i can bolt on and off for brake down emergency tows?

 

[blownt]

I remember Mark Fuess had a towbar for his when he towed it to the 1st Tbucket Nationals at Branson in 1999. Wish I could remember what he bolted it to. I think it had rod ends and maybe bolted it to the front radius rod brackets with longer bolts?????

 

[oldtman]

In the old days most race cars got towed to the tracks. beam axles had holes drilled in them, tube axles had a top and bottom C bracket lined with a piece of carpet , like the VW bug tow bars . they usually leave marks, etc when used. On the first T I built in the 50's I used an essex frame that originally had parallel front springs. I used a 40 ford front suspension , suicide, and cut off and welded the front 12 in of the essex straight up for a combination headlight and tow bar attachment,

 

[RPM]

Yea back in the day. We flat towed a 57 Chevy gasser. Had some simple brackets on the front end and the tow bar went in with some big quick relaes pins. I saw a VW tow bar for dune buggys that simply dropped over the front beam and use a quick pin.

You could do something like that with the front axle.

 

[chopper tom]

those are some good ideas but i already have a car hauler ..i think i can come up with a way to bolt or pin a trailer hith under the fram rails and pull it like a trailer just take off the front tires so you dont have to worry about the steering or any thing.
I'm kinda suprised ,i figured this would have already been done by some of you guys a long time ago.
but i would like to be able to carry the out fit behind the seat of my dayly drivin truck,just for emerginces if i was to brake down and my wife could come and get me?

 

[Leon renaud]

I have an old stock car tow bar here from the 50s its a Ford front wishbone with just the ball cut off on that end a piece of 3/8ths plate is welded on with a piece of tubing welded on top of the plate and a hitch reciever mounted on that.On the other end the axle mounts have been cut off the end were heated and hammered flat and 1/2 inch bolt holes were drilled 1 in each end the flattened ends are about 8 inches long and they were bent to just fit the outside of a 30s era ford frame.to use it you just bolted it into the origional bumper bolt holes in the frame horns it had 2 bolts that had been drilled for a cotter pin and they had castle nuts that just got snugged to the bar then 2 hairpin clips got put in the ends so the nuts couldn't back off.This was used for several years by a local racer to flat tow his modifieds until he built a trailer from a junked Joyce lift deck and some Rambler front spindles.Thats 50s tech if you want that look but you can buy some pretty good tow bars for VWs that would do the job quite well for around 30$I have one that is foldable and could very easily have mounts made to work with a T

 

[chopper tom]

I have an old stock car tow bar here from the 50s its a Ford front wishbone with just the ball cut off on that end a piece of 3/8ths plate is welded on with a piece of tubing welded on top of the plate and a hitch reciever mounted on that.On the other end the axle mounts have been cut off the end were heated and hammered flat and 1/2 inch bolt holes were drilled 1 in each end the flattened ends are about 8 inches long and they were bent to just fit the outside of a 30s era ford frame.to use it you just bolted it into the origional bumper bolt holes in the frame horns it had 2 bolts that had been drilled for a cotter pin and they had castle nuts that just got snugged to the bar then 2 hairpin clips got put in the ends so the nuts couldn't back off.This was used for several years by a local racer to flat tow his modifieds until he built a trailer from a junked Joyce lift deck and some Rambler front spindles.Thats 50s tech if you want that look but you can buy some pretty good tow bars for VWs that would do the job quite well for around 30$I have one that is foldable and could very easily have mounts made to work with a T

That sounds cool,i'll check to see what i can find on the vw thing!