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> my '71 squareback has a trailer hitch. Mounts to the bumper
>brackets with a couple of extra bolts. Big bar in the rear bumper,
>hitch welded to the middle of that. Fits perfectly. Are these
>common? It doesn't look like a kludge, so it makes me wonder if
>this was some kind of dealer option or something.
Available from a number of sources they are a very bad idea, especially now
that these cars are old. The problem is that the bumper brackets just bolt
to a plate that is spot welded to a rather thin piece of sheetmetal. There
is nothing here that could remotely be considered structural.
In the best case you will simply pull fragile chunks of body off the back of
your car. Worst case: your trailer comes loose and kills someone, and you
get to spend the rest of your life with that on your conscience.
Please remove it.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
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Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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