Re: [AMC-list] towing capacities

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Wed, 5/27/09, Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] towing capacities
> To: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx, "Rambler AMC, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 9:35 PM
> I'd pull the bumper and lay out the
> Class III, clean up the rust and start welding.
> Would be very sweet if you could lay it in and have the
> reciever behind the license plate.
> I do not know how the 62 is laid out back there, so I have
> no idea as to if it will work.
> I made a hidden hitch for an import truck I had 15 years
> ago. It completely dissappeared behind the plate when not in
> use.
> I intended to find a flip down plate mount, but never did.
> I just took the plate off and tucked it in the back window
> when towing as the trailer has a plate.
> 
> The thing I hate about the conventional hitches is busting
> shins on them.
> Even if you can't hide the reciever I would still try to
> use it first.
> Comes in handy if you ever haul bicycles too!
> 
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> "I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: das24rules@xxxxxxxxx
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:19:54 AM GMT -05:00
> US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] towing capacities
> 
> o, also, meant to state, the hitch on the 4door parts car.
> it has 1 bolt that
> goes thru the trunk floor. 1 bolt that rises off the hitch
> to meet the cross
> member that runs just ahead of the bumper and the valance
> pannel, and 1 bolt
> that bolts to the bumper. only thing i dont like about that
> hitch is that i
> will have to weld on some D links on each side for safety
> chains. i dont know
> how strong my car is in that area. it dont seem to have a
> bunch of rust in
> that area, but on the ends of that crossmember where it
> goes onto those frame
> rails dont look so good. either way, i need to reinforce
> the frame rails. if
> someone would like, i can get pics of the hitch on the
> 4door. was that a
> factory option, or some generic hitch?? 
> 
> dave stohler
> www.picasaweb.google.com/das24rules
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