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Who has one and what did you mount it to and please show me some pictures of it if you can. It has been my dream to hook up my 14 foot unballasted sailboat(Miss Spridget) to it and tow her to the lake. Nothing heavy, then entire boat and trailer weigh less than 500 pounds.
 
Kim,
I used to tow a 15' Bandit sailboat behind my MGA. The MGA had a threaded rod coming out of each side the rear body that the bumper was bolted to. I took the bumper off, used a long stretch of angle iron with holes drilled through it for the rods to go through and bolted the angle iron to the car that way. Welded a flat piece of metal to the angle iron. bored a hole through the flat iron and put a trailer ball on that. I towed the sailboat many miles that way. I am not sure how your bumper is attached, but that may give you some ideas.
Charlie
 
I know how to do it on a Bugeye.
 
Oh, easy enough Stu, a peice of flat steal wide and long enough so it can be bolted up under the back on the bolts for the bumperet braces. The braces can be seen from the inside. Between the fuel tank and the rear of the car is where the hitch is bolted.

Weld a tongue on it for the ball. Great light duty for a sunfish or such.

Towed a sunfish all over Hawaii many years ago.
 
I met a fellow with a Midget who modified a motorcycle receiver to fit his Midget and pulled a small trailer like the Goldwing guys do. Unfortunatly I did not get details.
 
regularman said:
I saw a guy down at the BMW place in greer at the show that had made a trailer out of another midget trunk, but I didn't think to look how his hitch was made.
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I've seen the same thing with Spridgets, but never looked at the details of the hitch.

Here's a similar setup on an MGB I saw at a big MG event here in NJ a few years ago.

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My father just built a little trailer to pull behind his streetrod. But being a member of the "wee-tight" club he used scrap steel and an old roof mount luggage carrier. It makes for a neat little trailer for little expense.
 
Here is how I do it. I used one very similar to this for years to tow a "Force 5" sailboat and even towed an MGB home once on a trailer similar to Jack's (not real smart but it is all that I had).
As you may be able to tell it is made of "bedrail" angle iron, one piece running between the bumper supports and two hooked to it and supported from pivoting by the trunk floor.
The hitch is stronger than the car.
Bill
 

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Oh happy day !!!!! I've finally found both my loves together. Sailing and cars.

At first I thought the post was nuts, towing something with a Midget,.......then you mentioned sailboats.

Perfect !!!!!!!!

I've got a Holder 12 (Hobie One) here that I was gonna sell or make a trailer for and keep. I'd feel stupid towing such a small boat behind my Expedition, Explorer, Jimmy, S-10 or any other big thing I have, so the Midget would be just great.

The only thing is, afer being in the sun and wind all day on a boat, I don't think I'll be up to sun and wind on the way home.

Matter of fact, I use my Midget to replace sailing urges. I just sold my Catalina 25. I've never had much luck with boats. I'm a car guy and think I need to stay that way. Might sell the Holder 12 and get a Hobie Cat.

ooppps, got off topic for a second, sorry.


WAIT !!!!!! I could make my boat into a "removable hardtop". That would solve the problem. Hehehehehehehe.

(ya know, I'm just nuts enought to do something like that.)
 
No cure indeed, I have had a Bugeye off and on for over 50 years.

Well, since 1961
 
IIRC, Barney has his MGA info at:
Hitch
and search for it. He built it and has towed his trailer from
Chi area to Texas to Alaska to Texas to Chi with his MGA!! :thumbsup:

19,000 miles!!!! :savewave:

:cheers:
Ed
 
I am thinking of buying some 1 1/4 inch reciver tube and then using a 1 1/4 in draw bar that I have. That way the ball will only have to be on there when I ma towing and I can put some clever insert in the hole when I ma not. I got to study on it some more.
 
That's what I did. On my 76 I used 1/8" wall, 1-1/2" sqr tubing crossbar and a purchased piece of 1-1/4" receiver tube. I bolted the hitch to the factory tie downs welded to the bumper. Supports from the crossbar go to the body, under the internal rails which run back to the bumper mounting area. There are existing captive nuts in the area, used to mount the muffler in my case. It took some work to build these brackets and the reinforce them to avoid the muffler but I am happy with it. Pulled the new trailer with sandbags (gross wt. about 450 lb) in it today for about 30 miles with speeds to 75 and everything seemed stable.

Jeff
 

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I need trailer hitch information too except the car in question is my Mini Wagon. I am a boat person too (that didn't come out quite right! LoL) and love sailing and old cars. I want to pull a 1965 9' Glasspar with my Mini. The boat has been in my family since new. I have pics of the trailer set behind the car which I will post when I can find the disc. It's really fun to see an 11 foot car with a 14 foot trailer behind it! :smile:
 
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