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Buddy in the early 1980's used a '69 GTX, 440-4bbl w/ auto and 3.23 rear and a/c. Pulled his '70 Gran Coupe Barracuda which had the front and rear yellow elastomeric bumpers and 7 way adjustable drivers bucket and houndstooth interior. It was an original 383 4bbl car. Definitely unique and one to keep.
The GTX was an excellent tow mobile.

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Back in the early 70s I used to tow my 63 Sport Fury to NY National and Westhampton with a 64 Fury convertible with a 72 440 that I paid 20 dollars for which used about a quart of oil a week. It had a 323 rear, Road Runner exhaust manifolds, 361 2 barrel cam, I think 395 lift, stock 346 heads with a 69 mani and 383 AVS. I weighed it at Westhampton once without me and it weighed 3982. One day at National I had a leak that I couldn't fix at the track with the Sport Fury and wrote the numbers on the tow car for a fun time trial. Breaking up all the way down the track and smoking like a wood stove it ran a 14.28 at 98 MPH. In 74, I spun a bearing in the Sport Fury and Put in the original 383 shortblock from the Fury conv so I could race until I fixed the 426. It was topped with a set of 516 heads, a stock 63 Max cam, a Torker and a Holley 4779. It smoked worse than the 440 and ran 12.50s that entire summer, I was amazed.

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Paul ...if memory serves correct, Truman Fields and his brother bought two new 1968 Firebirds 400 ci, and used one Firebird to tow the other via towbar to the tracks.

Otherwise, had a 1962 Chrysler New Yorker 413 ci w/ push-button auto towing my 1966 Chevelle...

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Back in the '70's I was stationed at Ft. Bragg NC and set my '68 Nova for racing, my room mate in the barracks towed me to the strip in his 1967 Hemi Charger.

We'd run both cars and he would tow me back........yes, the tow car was faster!

JimR

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almack
you was at the 1988 gs nationals???
so was I

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Were these the "Good Ole Daz" when racing was FUN and you didnt have over length stacker trailers, motor homes, and special built race cars that cost almost as much as the National Debt and payments to match !

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I was 14 at the time and two older friends flat towed a 1965 Formula S Barracuda with a 1964 slant six Valiant. The Barracuda would not track right, around corners so they put me behind the wheel of the Formula S, their instructions were to steer when needed and don't touch the brakes. So I sat in a race car for a ride to Motor City Dragway, I was in heaven.

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That was a great car for sure-My parents bought it new in 71, passed it to us in the fall of 73, we spent the winter of 73-74 giving it the W treatment and started towing with it that spring. I made some passes at national trails with it one sunday and it went low 14s as I recall, and we used it year round as a cruise night type of car. By the time I moved to the left coast in 1979 the winters salt had taken its toll,as we drove it year round, and I sold it cheap ($600.00) before I left Columbus. Wish I had it now! Here it is with its alter ego, my brothers 70 W 30 coupe in the opposite paint scheme

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h...t/97100010.jpg

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My brother had a 57 chev station wagon pulling his 56 jr Stocker. He and his buddies installed a 402 from a totaled chevelle which they also liberated the turbo 400 what a great set up, took us all over from east coast to Indy many times. He had changed the gears in the rear from a 4:10 to a low 2:7something.Incredible mileage just a tad slow on leaving though.

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See,
I knew this thread would be interesting.

Bob Lasko,
Don't know if you remember at Dover. But the Storm King guys had
a 70' Superbird that they used for a 'Tow Car'

Also, John Macey of 'Lead Zeppelin II" fame, towed his 66' Belvedere II
Hemi Station Wagon SS/FA in 1973, with another Belvedere II Hemi Station Wagon. That had to be a 'first'.
pc