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TMFox happened to catch me in my 68 Ford in front of the Westin at AC2013. Just ahead is my mate,
in my van we used to get the car to Pitts from Florida. It was quite a trip!


Category Photography / All
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1280 x 870px
File Size 905.6 kB
Actually, I used the van ahead of the car to flat-tow the Ford to Pitts. Just 30 miles from the hotel, I unhooked the car, removed the tow bar and lights, reinstalled the front bumper and driveshaft (automatic) and drove the last few miles with my mate driving my van with the GPS. The roads weren't bad, but parking lots are tight for an old car and no power steering.
Oh, no trailer. It was flat-towed. just slide off the front bumper, install a custom towbar, remove the driveshaft and cap the transmission tailshaft. Takes about 45 minutes to do that. I would have driven the car, but my Fiancee wanted to do Anthrocon and she likes air conditioning. And that is a Chevy Astro. Towed the car with no mods, even though I bought an external trans cooler kit just in case. It was a tow capacity of 5000 lbs and the car is maybe 3100 lbs.
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