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>I've got a tow dolly that I've used several times for moving type 3's around >and it works great. This time though, I've got a little different situation. >I'm picking up a '71 Notchback in Wyoming and towing it back home to Idaho, >a distance of about 500 miles. This notchback has no windshield in it. Will >it have any problems caused by the air rushing into the car and having a >rear window to stop it? Will the air pop the back window out? I want to be >careful with this because the car has rear heated glass, and it's a little >too pricey to allow something to happen to it. Will the problem be eased by >opening the door glass? I really don't think this will be a problem unless you are going 100 mph or some crazy thing. Don't know if I would recommend towing it backwards after the 360 that the caravan from Washington and Oregon experienced on the trip to Parma. I would definitely roll the door glass down to help reduce the drag and make the fuel economy a bit better. Better still would be to block the doors open 6 inches or so and hold them shut with bunge cords. This would create a low pressure area along the rear edge of the door that would help to pull some of the ram air from the missing windshield out of the car. To be on the safe side, I like the idea of lashing the rear window in place. Just run a tie down or two around the window and through the propped open door openings and cinch them down. Cheap simple insurance. Of course you might also consider covering the car with a tarp (in case of rain) and then you could strap it tight over the windshield opening and most of your worries go away. Later, John Jaranson '71 FI AT Fasty (Jane - Darkside Project) '66 Square (Sophy - Daily Driver) About Half a Late Square (Organ Donor) http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/ http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/notavwclub/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/