Re: Towing a T3

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

Sorry, boys, yes it is a standard tranny (and girls).  For an auto tran,
rent a trailer.  It's worth it.

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> From: Todd Daley <todd@datacom.ca>
> To: type-3@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: Towing a T3
> Date: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 7:13 PM
> 
> >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
> >
> 
> Is your Type 3 standard or automatic....... that is the topic of
> conversation.... not just towing any type 3, I have seen a type 3
automatic
> that was damaged ( and still is sitting ) because of towing. If it is a
> standard there should be no problem at all.
>  
> 
> 
> Todd Daley               
> Ontario, Canada
>          
> '80 Rabbit Convertible 
> '71 Type 3 Squareback    
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