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#453020 - 05/02/08 07:41 PM $50 tow kit
zimmy Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1388
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
harbor freight ...cant beat it ......z

tow kit


Edited by zimmy (05/02/08 07:42 PM)
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#453025 - 05/02/08 07:55 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: zimmy]
George Zeck Offline
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Jedi Trainee

Registered: 10/12/03
Posts: 352
Loc: Avon Lake, OH USA
And just my luck - I ordered a trailer hitch setup on Wednesday !!

Tx-

George
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Cleveland, OH

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#453026 - 05/02/08 07:56 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: George Zeck]
tony barnhill Offline
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Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 21699
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
Wouldn't take much to modify it to fit a Midget!
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#453295 - 05/03/08 02:52 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: tony barnhill]
tosoutherncars Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 01/01/07
Posts: 1120
Loc: Ottawa, Ontario
Self-birthday present, Zimmy?
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'77 VW Rabbit "Gertie"

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#453307 - 05/03/08 04:06 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: tosoutherncars]
zimmy Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1388
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
haha, maybe...ive been working on
the car instead of driving it....
not sure of its trippabilty!
i still have a clutch prob....
it works but then quits right away...
im thinkin slave or master cylinder ......z
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1974 MG Midget-
www.zimmyjim.com come check out my music and car pics!....; )

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#453406 - 05/03/08 09:34 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: zimmy]
asoupley Offline
Jedi Hopeful

Registered: 10/04/06
Posts: 121
Loc: Dayton, OH
I've got one of those. Used it to pull the midget all the way from Melbourne, FL to Dayton, OH. To attach it to the car, I bought a piece of 2x3 inch steel tubing, and drilled the appropriate holes to mount the tubing to the bumper mounts. Then simply attach the tow bar to the tubing.

Worked great! Can take a picture of the tubing I used if you would like.

-Tony
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USAF, Active Duty Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 1970 Midget

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#453623 - 05/04/08 08:06 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: asoupley]
jbowlby Offline
Member

Registered: 05/19/07
Posts: 43
Loc: Tennessee
Sounds like a great idea....I would like to see the mounting.

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#454135 - 05/06/08 12:36 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: asoupley]
Sarastro Offline
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Jedi Warrior

Registered: 07/06/06
Posts: 627
Loc: California
Originally Posted By: asoupley
I've got one of those. Used it to pull the midget all the way from Melbourne, FL to Dayton, OH. To attach it to the car, I bought a piece of 2x3 inch steel tubing, and drilled the appropriate holes to mount the tubing to the bumper mounts. Then simply attach the tow bar to the tubing.

Worked great!


Interesting to hear how this worked out. Similar tow bars are for sale all over eBay, and I once toyed with the idea of doing very much what you describe. Might do it yet.
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1960 Bugeye Sprite
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#454166 - 05/06/08 06:41 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: Sarastro]
JPSmit Online   content
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Darth Vader

Registered: 11/15/04
Posts: 2628
Loc: Ontario
and I presume you disconnect the drive shaft? do you remove it completely or just disconnect one end and hang it out of the way?
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Ms. Triss
1976 Midget 1500
she runs, she drives! now to put her back together

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#454200 - 05/06/08 08:33 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: JPSmit]
jlaird Offline
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Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/13/05
Posts: 17638
Loc: Niceville FL
Hang it out of the way. Think I used a coat hanger in fact.
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Retired USAF


AN5L 24515, Eng. 9C-U-H 16218, Apr. 1959
"Miss Agatha" On the road again and smiling.

We were there, Lake of the Ozarks, 2008!!


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#454211 - 05/06/08 09:29 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: jlaird]
zimmy Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 02/14/06
Posts: 1388
Loc: NW Arkansas, USA
id feel more comfortable pulling
the midget to missouri since i
wont get alot of test drive time
in before then........
u guys can fix any problems left with
my car when i get there wink
there will be a work area, right?
ive got tools! haha ...zimmmy
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#454212 - 05/06/08 09:31 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: zimmy]
tony barnhill Offline
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Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 21699
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
May be both of us in that area, zimmy!
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#454258 - 05/06/08 11:10 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: tony barnhill]
bugimike Offline
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Yoda

Registered: 11/15/03
Posts: 7135
Loc: S.E. Fla.
Just enter them in the trouble-shooting contest, guys!! jester


Edited by bugimike (05/06/08 11:10 AM)
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59 Bugeye "Ol' Bug-I"
69 Sprite
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." Will Rogers

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#454278 - 05/06/08 11:40 AM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: bugimike]
jlaird Offline
Bronze Member
Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/13/05
Posts: 17638
Loc: Niceville FL
You bring the parts and it will get done.
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Jack Laird
Retired USAF


AN5L 24515, Eng. 9C-U-H 16218, Apr. 1959
"Miss Agatha" On the road again and smiling.

We were there, Lake of the Ozarks, 2008!!


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#454316 - 05/06/08 01:01 PM Re: $50 tow kit [Re: jlaird]
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Obi Wan

Registered: 02/17/04
Posts: 2406
Loc: Asheville, North Carolina
I am seriously considering trailering mine. Its just the howling wind noise on the interstate and stuff that I know that my wife will not want to put up with for the drive there in back to the tune of 1600 miles.
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