Tow Hubs

[Lew Silverman]

I had a set with the NMW bar that I bought from Skip Nordenberg @ Suffolk Speed on Long Island back in the late 1960's. Used them to tow my Nova to E'town and New York National behind a 1956 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon. I lost a front wheel-bearing on the Nova one Sunday in Shirley, NY on the way home from NYNS and destroyed a brand new Stahl front-runner tire. I built my ramp truck after that!

Lew

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

I had a set with the NMW bar that I bought from Skip Nordenberg @ Suffolk Speed on Long Island back in the late 1960's. Used them to tow my Nova to E'town and New York National behind a 1956 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon. I lost a front wheel-bearing on the Nova one Sunday in Shirley, NY on the way home from NYNS and destroyed a brand new Stahl front-runner tire. I built my ramp truck after that!

Lew

Still have mine too..But need Grease Seals.

BTW how do I rebuild them?

Dan

[56sedandelivery]

Originally Posted by George Fitzpatrick

Hey Old timers remember these? Ha I know I did a lot of towing with them.

Those were just on E-Bay and went for $150.00+$20.00 shipping. 4 1/2" pattern; if they were 4 3/4" pattern they'd probably gone for more. And, I still have my tow bars (2), towing hubs, AND my towing light bar setup that just hung on the rear bumper, and connected to the tow car. NOT FOR SALE!

[henrys57wagon]

Also sold my home made hubs a few years ago. Don't like to sell stuff but have to whittle down so the kids don't have to throw JUNK out when??.

[Rich Biebel]

Got stopped by a policeman as I pulled out of a gas station heading to the track. The slope of the driveway and the sharp turn we made flopped the towed cars wheels opposite of the direction we were heading in....A common problem with flat towing....I dragged the car across the highway and told the cop this happened sometimes. He didn't write me a ticket but was convinced something was wrong and I needed to fix it. I assured him I would and thanked him and off we went.

Flat towing was not a good way to get to the track......Many stories and adventures occured during that era from flat towing mishaps....

We built a ramp truck for our next car and that was a lot better but still far from what everyone enjoys today.

Basically being on the road, period, can be an adventure......

[Ed Wright]

Rich, a long tow bar and ten degrees or more positive caster will fix that.

[Rich Biebel]

Ed....Tow bar mounting point heights on the 2 cars was an issue as I recall.
Getting 10 degrees positve caster in most cars would require some serious metal working......Mostly cutting the uppper control arms and welding them back together to get that positive caster.

Stopping was another issue when flat towing......We sometimes had someone ride in the racecar and work the brakes when issues popped up with the tow car brakes......