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Re: Triumph trailer hitches

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Subject: Re: Triumph trailer hitches
From: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:34:07 -0400
I don't know if this is the same outside of the "Rust Belt" but when I sold
car parts (Up until last spring) I was told that trailer hitch companies
made a point of not making hitches for anything over either 10 or 15 years
old - The reason is, they cannot guarantee the structural integrity of the
frame that their hitch is being attached to.  This isn't a problem where a
lot of you are, but up here a 10-year-old vehicle has usually been through
its first gas tank and complete set of brake and fuel lines ... The rest of
the underbody being in similar shape!  So, I don't think that any of the
major companies will make one for classics - Probably a specialist thing,
though I have no idea who would specialise!

Luke
'71 Spit "Fireball"
London, Ontario, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: <Oldlbc@aol.com>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Triumph trailer hitches


> I don't know of anyone who makes one.  I've thought that the same
application
> might be pretty neat myself.  Or, adapting one of the little trailers that
> are pulled by a big motorcycle, but the teardrop would be slick.  I would
> think that it wouldn't be to difficult to fabricate one though.
> Andy H.

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