[Roadsters] Towing question

[Fred Schroeder]

I didn't but the folks at the shop did.  We were moving cross country at the
time.  We stopped into a truck stop and they fixed it up for us.  The original
angle iron 'bumper' (with the tow bar hitch attached) was attached to the
original bumper mounts and they broke.  So the guys made new mounts out of
angle iron and welded it together.

Best regards,

Fred Schroeder
roadster2 at schroeder-family.us
Home page: http://schroeder-family.us
NRA Life Member

Behold the superfluous. They are always sick. They
vomit their gall and call it a newspaper.
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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: ljordan704 at netscape.net
  To: Fred Schroeder
  Cc: Steve Harvey ; Datsun List
  Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Towing question


  You welded the part at a truck stop??

  Linda

  Sent from my iPod

  On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:39 AM, "Fred Schroeder"
<roadster2 at schroeder-family.us> wrote:

  > I once towed my roadster using the front bumper mounts.  It tried to pass
us
  > going through Hartford, CT!!  And, it nearly succeeded. God bless safety
  > chains.
  >
  > I have a better suggestion.  Remove the bumper and mounts.  Take two
pieces of
  > heavy angle iron and drill them to bolt on in place of the bumper mounts.
  > Take a third piece of angle iron and weld it across the newly made
mounts.
  > Four bolts to change it out and you could suspend the car from it!  This
was
  > done at a truck stop outside of Hartford 35 years ago and I still have
it.
  > Quick, simple, and absolutely bullet proof.
  >
  > Best regards,
  >
  > Fred Schroeder
  > roadster2 at schroeder-family.us
  > Home page: http://schroeder-family.us
  > NRA Life Member
  >
  > Behold the superfluous. They are always sick. They
  > vomit their gall and call it a newspaper.
  > Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche   1844-1900
  >  ----- Original Message -----
  >  From: Steve Harvey
  >  To: Datsun List
  >  Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 5:11 AM
  >  Subject: [Roadsters] Towing question
  >
  >
  >  Group,
  >
  >  Has anyone ever towed their roadster behind a motor home? I'm thinking
  > about
  >  doing this myself. It appears that I would need to build the attachment
  >  points on the front of the frame myself since there aren't any
manufactures
  >  that make attachment brackets anymore for our little cars. I would also
  > have
  >  to disconnect the driveshaft when towing plus install a light and
indicator
  >  connection to the car. Any other considerations that I've missed?
  >
  >  Thanks
  >
  >  Steb
  >  Milwaukee
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