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1. Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Harris Goldstein <hgoldstein@ibm.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 10:19:54 -0600; A colleague described a towbar he had built (and used) for a B. It involved a bar with holes at each end that apparently attached to the wishbone pivot. The front nut was removed, the bar added, and; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00254.html (7,742 bytes)
2. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Chad Cooper <mgb72@airmail.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 15:42:09 -0600; The strongest point is where the bumper bolts in. Drawback is that the bumber has to be removed, but it's not that bad. Chad '72 B Daily Driver, towed from Seattle to Dallas, with this towbar arrange; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00276.html (8,367 bytes)
3. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 16:59:58 -0800; A couple of months ago I flat-towed my '77B from central Vermont to Plymouth, Mass., about 180 miles. I simply removed the front bumper from the B and attached my towbar brackets using the holes that; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00280.html (8,745 bytes)
4. RE: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 15:13:02 -0700; Not that bad? If the bumper hasn't been removed in a while remember to bring your nut splitter. Larry Hoy http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com/; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00281.html (9,281 bytes)
5. RE: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 15:42:47 -0700; Bud, Bud, Bud; whadaya wanta start this fur again? Larry Hoy http://home.cwix.com/~larryhoy@cwix.com/; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00285.html (9,558 bytes)
6. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 18:30:20 -0800; But Larry, I never said a word about the driveshaft. (Though you may recall I did give in and uncouple mine.) Bud Krueger; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00292.html (10,091 bytes)
7. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Dave McCauley <cozypow@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:21:12 -0600; MGB's are quite easy to tow with a bar. In fact I just towed mine today. My towbar is a simple A-frame triangle made of 1 1-4" round stock welded to a ball tongue on one end (the peak of the 'A'). on; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00299.html (9,707 bytes)
8. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.bc.ca>; Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 18:20:44 -0800; Someone want to write a quick article on how to disconnect the driveshaft and secure it for the layperson? I'll put it up on my site. Skye Hasn't towed his car anywhere -- 1966 MGB GHN3L-70307 __,__\; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00640.html (8,246 bytes)
9. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>; Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:12:47 -0500 (EST); Probably the most inportant thing is to remove it from the rear axle. If not it will continue to turn and if for some reason the transmission tunnel is missing would cause a very dangerous situation; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00683.html (8,841 bytes)
10. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:43:11 -0600; Here ya go Skye: To disconnect the driveshaft on a manual trans MGB for towing: Don't bother, it's not necessary. If you have an automatic transmission or just don't want to believe the above: * Jack; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00693.html (10,885 bytes)
11. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>; Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:56:03 -0800; Okay Skye, I will add my $.02: From my experience, those bolts/nuts may have been associated with each other for the past twenty-or-so years and there isn't much room to work. In my case, the nuts we; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00698.html (12,460 bytes)
12. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:58:15 -0500; You might want to think twice about getting someone else to disconnect your driveshaft when you tow the car...When I bought my first 'B in Florida, the seller offered to disconnect the driveshaft for; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00704.html (9,793 bytes)
13. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 10:43:05 -0500; On 12/11/98 11:56 PM so and so (Bud Krueger) said. (And I quote:) Well to add fuel to the fire. I firmly beleive you should disconnect the drive shaft for a long haul. I towed the Midget twice for ov; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00710.html (9,591 bytes)
14. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 10:43:32 -0600; What gets me about this whole "disconnect the driveshaft" exercise is that it's entirely unnecessary, despite what some doomsayers profess. Charley Robinson '69 B -towed from TX to VT and back with t; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00717.html (8,291 bytes)
15. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>; Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 15:43:22 -0500; On 12/12/98 11:43 AM so and so (ccrobins) said. (And I quote:) Reminds me of the old saying... Better safe than sorry Larry Macy 78 MIdget I know some one with exactly the opposite result. Larry B. M; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00719.html (8,862 bytes)
16. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison); Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 22:14:04 EST; How about the drive shaft, suitable inserted where the sun don't shine?; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00729.html (8,547 bytes)
17. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 09:16:07 -0600; Oh, yeah? Who are these people? Trot them and their experiences out. Regards, Charley; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00747.html (9,258 bytes)
18. RE: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: "Dan Dwelley" <ddwelley@UU.NET>; Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:01:01 -0500; You may be one of the lucky few. Most of the time, you'll risk frying the transmission or....the car will pop into gear and you WILL KNOW IT. It may tear the rear end out. Just my .02. I've been a p; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00775.html (9,084 bytes)
19. Re: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 21:26:27 -0600; I'm hardly "one of the lucky few." When I broached this subject last summer, the only people who advised against leaving it in were those who'd never tried it. I received over a dozen replies to my; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00831.html (11,829 bytes)
20. RE: Towbar for MGB (score: 1): Author: "Dan Dwelley" <ddwelley@UU.NET>; Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 07:30:14 -0500; I'm only looking at this from MY experience with it. There is a difference between a stationary vehicle in neutral being revved and a vehicle being towed at X MPH down a road with the usual bumps, d; /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00844.html (12,892 bytes)

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