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Originally Posted by Mike Gardner
Here are some pictures I found in our office from the late 60's. Thought you guys and gals would get a kick out of seeing these. My dad started our lot with my Grandfather and uncle in the early 60's selling truck campers and travel trailers.
We get so many people on our lot that ask if we think their truck will pull the trailer they are looking at and i always think of when i was a kid, this is how towing trailers started.
Enjoy!
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I loved the red 68 ragtop tow car. 30 years ago,I had a red 65 Impala SS convertible,340 horse 409 with a 4 speed. I towed cars to Irwindale and Orange County with a tow bar, then a trailer which I still use.That 409 would tow anything. We used to hit the big hill on the EB 210 in Pacoima and never took it out of 4th gear, and often passed people on our way up that hill to Glendale,convertible, crew, race car, everything. Later, I towed with a 71 El Camino. Now, it's a Silverado X-cab, or a 454 Suburban. Remember how bad those big cars of the '60's handled?