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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
I'm old enough to remember a time when trailers were scarce and considered a luxury item...most race cars were flat towed.
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05-25-2017, 07:12 AM
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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
Dave,
Congratulations on the build and your successful debut. I'm sure it will inspire another guy or two in the future to take what some might call a literal "mess" of a car and make something fabulous out of it. Always looked forward to the next installment you had to offer. Don't be a stranger, give us an update now and then on how things are progressing. Best of luck in the future!
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06-24-2017, 06:36 PM
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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
Not a lot has been updated on the car as yet, but I have made arrangements to get the pinion angle set and I'm soon to be swapping to a manual master cylinder. Oh, I also got the brake pressure switch adjusted to somewhere near where I'll want it and confirmed that it works.
In the meantime I pulled the trigger on the promised upgrade to the Ranger, and bought a 2016 F-150 with 27K miles. Here it is, for the first time, with the Chevelle in tow. I plan to move the wheel chocks forward a bit for some additional tongue weight, but otherwise I think it's very close. There's in the vicinity of 550 lbs right now, I'm looking to get that to around 700.  I didn't neglect the car entirely over the past month, I removed most of the steel plates that were spanning the frame for ballast and built a weight box. The piece I had available for the top was a little small and I had to extend it with some 1" flat steel, but otherwise it went pretty smoothly.  
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06-24-2017, 08:39 PM
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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
Looks good Dave. Yes, if you begin to get some tail wag on the trailer when towing you know it needs some more tongue weight.
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06-25-2017, 04:05 PM
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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
Hi,
Just passing along an old guy trick...... Once you get your tongue weight to what you want, take a look at the rocker link that connects the springs between the front and rear axles on your trailer...... The link should be parallel to the ground and you should adjust the ball height to make that happen..... That way you will have equal weight on both axles and you won't overload one pair of tires... Happy towing, Bob PS: This applies to any trailer that has tandem axles with leaf spring suspension with a rocker between the springs...
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06-25-2017, 05:57 PM
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Re: '66 Malibu N/SA
That makes sense, I'll check that out.
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