Tow Hubs

[Ed Fernandez]

Finally sold my NMWs a few years ago at the Englishtown swap meet.I got $80 for them.I used them for 13 years.Had regrets of selling them for about an hour or so.







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[Ed Wright]

We used to make our own tow bars. A friend machined our two hub spindals from '55/'57 Chevy axles we had broken. My '56 nine passenger wagon provided most of them. LOL. He knocked out the studs, faced off the out side and machined the stub like a spindle. '55/'57 hubs, lug nuts turned around held them on. Original 6.70X15 tires on original '55/'57 wheels fit under the fenders of the cars we ran just fine. First trip to Pomona & Indy on those things. A 5' tow bar and 10 degrees of positive castor and it would not only follow you anywhere, it would also back up like a trailer. Had to back mine 90 deg and between two trees into my one car driveway. Long tow bars are much smoother. Could hardly tell the race car was back there.

[BigBob545]

I had a set for my 64 falcon that we towed to ATCO and Plesentville Speedway. Flipped the car on a back road to ATCO in the rain, also smashed up the quarter panel on the Skylark. Boy those were the days.

[DBM4360]

i remember i had a set and so did all the guys i raced with,had tie steering wheel so it would'nt jerk right or left then my buddy's stepped up to EZ tow trailers man was that nice!!

[Joe Fasano]

NMW Welding was about a mile from my house. Mike Brusher was a great Welder and invented the towing hub and Marketed it. He is in California building Helecopters today. Really brought back some memories. Thanks Joe Fasano.

[Ed Fernandez]

Originally Posted by Joe Fasano

NMW Welding was about a mile from my house. Mike Brusher was a great Welder and invented the towing hub and Marketed it. He is in California building Helecopters today. Really brought back some memories. Thanks Joe Fasano.

Hey Fitty,I bet you sold the first ones.:>):>):>)

Ed




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[Rich Biebel]

Tow Hubs were to "high end" for me and my buddy with out first car. We removed the driveshaft.

We blew a rear once and borrowed a set from Frank Iaconio. On the way home we had a front wheel come loose and fall off. I could not find the wheel/tire. Put the slick on to get home. The upper control arm cut the slick and ruined it and the fender was ruined when the tire came off.....

Not a real good weekend for us........LOL

[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!