RE:[T3] Type3 Tow Bar

[BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com]

 Erick wrote:
 >Just make sure your mounts are
>strong and speaking form experience make new "L"
>shaped bumper mounts out of some heavy guage steel oriron because the mounts 
>are not strong enough to hold if you have an emergency like stopping really 
fast or
>swerving at an unexpected moment. Lastly if you do this make sure you bungee 
>the steering wheel in its straight 12 o'clock position. This will help get 
the car >straight after a turn. I did not do this and my bumper mounts 
litterally tore off!!! 

 This Is why I made an adapter plate and attached it to my front beam.I 
haven't looked in the JC&co catalog lately, but my guess it won't work for 
what you want to do. I think they are for american cars with heavy duty 
bumpers and mounts.  The one I made towed my Squareback and my Notchback from 
Texas to Michigan, and I loaned it to a friend who used it to tow a 
Squareback from north of Saginaw back to Port Huron. All of these trips were 
uneventful, other than people asking about them in the rest areas. :)  The 
super beetle tow bar needs to be lengthened about 20" to be used, it is more 
compact design than my plate system(built over kill) but works really nice, 
as I have seen one designed this way using the super beetle tow bar.  I hope 
this helps you out.
Bo 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof

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