Big Chief DQ

[Frank Castros]

Back in the day if you had a street car with NMW tow bar tabs on the front bumper you where considered a bad dude.

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Bob Mulry

As a way to support my racing addiction I made and sold tow hubs....

There is a generation out there that has no idea of what I am talking about....

Bob

COOL ..I do !!
Still have my NMW Tow Hubs and Tow Bar

D

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Bob Mulry

As a way to support my racing addiction I made and sold tow hubs....

There is a generation out there that has no idea of what I am talking about....

Bob

A friend made me a set of towing hubs from some broken axles I had a few of before Henry's Machine started making axles for my '56 Chevy Jr Stocker. Those and '56 Chevy front hubs, and stock '56 front tires & wheels. Those and, after I learned longer tow bars (my last one was 6' long) towed smoother, and ten degrees positive caster made me able to back it up like a trailer. Went down the highway smoother than my first trailer. Other than putting that stuff on & off, it towed nicer than the trailer. Wasn't a bad deal.

[Irace007]

Originally Posted by Frank Castros

Back in the day if you had a street car with NMW tow bar tabs on the front bumper you where considered a bad dude.

And if you were from out of state a "very serious racer" to travel that far

[Bob Mulry]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

A friend made me a set of towing hubs from some broken axles I had a few of before Henry's Machine started making axles for my '56 Chevy Jr Stocker. Those and '56 Chevy front hubs, and stock '56 front tires & wheels. Those and, after I learned longer tow bars (my last one was 6' long) towed smoother, and ten degrees positive caster made me able to back it up like a trailer. Went down the highway smoother than my first trailer. Other than putting that stuff on & off, it towed nicer than the trailer. Wasn't a bad deal.

Ed,

I still have a set of Henry's axels with a MOPAR inner spline and MOPAR side gears in the posi unit that's in my 1962 Corvette with the stock housing the way it was back in the day.....

The Corvette restoration will happen after I stop racing..

Bob

[HandOverFist]

Funny this should come up. I've been thinking about cleaning mine up and towing to Bowling Green next year for the Hot Rod Reunion...I think many would get a kick out of seeing that again after all these years.

[Shaun Quill]

Charlie Bellotti still does,all over the place,no sweat

[Rag71]

now that you are talking about the old days of towing etc . Was it more then before the big money ? have thought to ask before ,but then everyone was younger .I'm only a fan did some bracket running

[Ok stocker]

Originally Posted by Rag71

now that you are talking about the old days of towing etc . Was it more then before the big money ? have thought to ask before ,but then everyone was younger .I'm only a fan did some bracket running

Back then it paid about the same as it does now. We made more money at local tracks that ran NHRA And AHRA style class racing. It was fun cheap and we even had a few profitable years.

[600ci]

"2 lane black top" great movie the drag strip seen is way cool lots of famous stockers there