Re: Towing a T3

["Kenik Hassel" <kenik@telisphere.com>]

Guys, quit whimpering about towing your type 3.  Trust me, I know better
than probably everyone on this whole damn news list what it's like to tow a
type 3.  My fastback was towed via bumper bar from California to North
Carolina through the South (over 3000 miles I might add) back in 1980. 
Then after various moves the car was towed from Texas to Georgia.  Then
from Georgia to Kentucky.  Then from Kentucky back to California.  THEN
from California to sunny Washington.  The moral of this story?  Towing a
Type 3 will harm it no way WHATSOEVER.  The damn joints on the car have
never been replaced!  The car has over 300,000 documented miles, my dad
being the original owner, and I just sank some serious bucks into it
restoring it.  I didn't even touch anything to do with rolling wear and
tear because there was nothing to touch.  Just when you tow, make sure it's
out of gear, and the wheel is unlocked.  There, I said it.  Let's put this
pitiful controversy to rest and talk about something cool like stroker
motors.

Kenik Hassel
71 fastback

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> From: Ben R Lowry <spacemanspiff@juno.com>
> To: Adriaan@NORTON.CTECH.AC.ZA
> Cc: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: Towing a T3
> Date: Tuesday, October 28, 1997 4:26 PM
> 
> What about if you just tow 2 or 3 miles SLOWLY?
> Maybe not the most prudent thing, but will it do harm?
> 
> Ben
> On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 15:16:15 GMT+0200 "Adriaan Loedolff"
> <Adriaan@NORTON.CTECH.AC.ZA> writes:
> >Hello all      
> >
> >>  I have also accasionally wondered if you could tow an 
> >> AT car with the engine idling and I think it would be fine.  The 
> >only 
> >> potential problems I can see would be if the transmission 
> >> accidentally slipped into gear, or if something (like the oil 
> >> pressure light) happened to the engine and there was no one there
> >> to notice.
> >
> >I once had to do just that after a brake caliper seized and I had to 
> >get towed. You still have to take it real slow because even with the 
> >engine idling, the lubrication of the transmission will be 
> >insufficient for high speed towing.
> >
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Adriaan Loedolff
> >adriaan@norton.ctech.ac.za
> >'69 Variant Automatic (200 000 miles + and still cruisin' after all of 
> >these years!)
> >