Old Car towing pictures

bill dedman · 06-09-2009, 08:04 PM

In about 1974, I was at a n NHRA Points Race at Sioux City (IA) watching my friend Denny Reed try out the concrete starting line with his '68 CJ Mustang C/SA car. He even let me drive it that day, so I couldn't refuse him when he suggested that perhaps I could tow his ramp truck with the Mustang loaded on the back of it, back to Des Moines with my Dad's '60 Mercury Park Lane (430 2-bbl), because both heads on the old Y-Block in that ramp truck had developed BIG cracks in them, and shipped water like a bilge pump on the Titanic.

So, when the race was over, we got his 15-foot-long tow chain and away we went; 195 miles of hilly, Interstate driving from Sioux City to Des Moines... lol!

Can't believe we got away with some of the stuff we did back then..

06-09-2009, 08:04 PM	#17
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Old Car towing pictures In about 1974, I was at a n NHRA Points Race at Sioux City (IA) watching my friend Denny Reed try out the concrete starting line with his '68 CJ Mustang C/SA car. He even let me drive it that day, so I couldn't refuse him when he suggested that perhaps I could tow his ramp truck with the Mustang loaded on the back of it, back to Des Moines with my Dad's '60 Mercury Park Lane (430 2-bbl), because both heads on the old Y-Block in that ramp truck had developed BIG cracks in them, and shipped water like a bilge pump on the Titanic. So, when the race was over, we got his 15-foot-long tow chain and away we went; 195 miles of hilly, Interstate driving from Sioux City to Des Moines... lol! Can't believe we got away with some of the stuff we did back then.. __________________ Bill

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