Anyone miss the larger cars?

[Egon]

Wife or car?

The car of course. One tha can be lowered a few inches for loading and unloading.

 

[ultrarunner]

I've seen the trailer tongue wheel a few times and I think it is still made... (Or Not)

"Stinger Hitch Helper, Hell-Ya Hitch Helper to stablize your heavy loads and trailers. Hitch Helper, Truck and SUV load solution for heavy payloads or towing. Fast and easy solution for horse trailers, RV trailers, slide in campers, car trailers, slid

The Stinger Hitch Helper | Agweb.com

Always thought anything other than a straight line drive would be problematic...

That 1970 Pickup with the rear coil springs had a 350 with auto... no radio or A/C

Later my brother got a 1974 half ton chevy pickup with leaf springs in the back and A/C what luxury!

Then he bought an F250 4wd, 1978 model and it was way underpowered for towing horse trailers... also like to wander... not fun to drive.

 

[ultrarunner]

One of the car guys I know with very nice cars like Convertible Cords and others from the 1930's towed everything with his 1976 Cadilace Eldroado Convertible.

He has an Aluminum Tommy Trailer and Load Equalizing Hitch.

The 76 Cad Convert was to be the last American Convertible and it was Front Wheel Drive with a 500 ci motor...

He picked up cars all over the country and said zero problems towing anywhere... even with 7000 pound loads...

Wonder what the 76 Eldo is tow rated for?

Anyway, for years the owner's manual simply said make sure your vehicle is properly equipped to tow... nothing about factory tow ratings...

 

[Gale Hawkins]

The wife and I always have always loved the larger cars.We have owned 4 buick lesabres(1993,2000,2002,2004)lincoln 1999 and a 1979 caddy coupe deville.I call them old fart cars that are just plain cruisersToday we purchased a 2004 lincoln town car with 34,000 miles in excellent condition.We love the ride and room the bigger cruisers have to offer verses todays offerings:dance1:

May agree with you. In 2006 we bought a 2000 Town car with 70K miles for $6K and are now at 162K miles. Just redone the bottom side for $2K so it is tight again with new brakes. I thought it was worth it to keep it up in good condition. It has been a good car and in mixed driving (live 18 miles from town) it is averaging 20.2 MPG per the computer. My 6'2" 17 year old son loves the leg room.

 

[coobie1]

May agree with you. In 2006 we bought a 2000 Town car with 70K miles for $6K and are now at 162K miles. Just redone the bottom side for $2K so it is tight again with new brakes. I thought it was worth it to keep it up in good condition. It has been a good car and in mixed driving (live 18 miles from town) it is averaging 20.2 MPG per the computer. My 6'2" 17 year old son loves the leg room.

Our 2004 lincoln town car ultimate we just bought with 34,000 miles on the OD cost us $7500 bucks.We thought it was a real bargain because it,s in excellent condition and stickered for over $50,000 grand.

 

[MossRoad]

The car of course. One tha can be lowered a few inches for loading and unloading.

I know, I'm just kiddin.

I laugh, because my wife can outwork me.

 

[MossRoad]

I've seen the trailer tongue wheel a few times and I think it is still made... (Or Not)

"Stinger Hitch Helper, ****-Ya Hitch Helper to stablize your heavy loads and trailers. Hitch Helper, Truck and SUV load solution for heavy payloads or towing. Fast and easy solution for horse trailers, RV trailers, slide in campers, car trailers, slid

The Stinger Hitch Helper | Agweb.com

Always thought anything other than a straight line drive would be problematic...

That 1970 Pickup with the rear coil springs had a 350 with auto... no radio or A/C

Later my brother got a 1974 half ton chevy pickup with leaf springs in the back and A/C what luxury!

Then he bought an F250 4wd, 1978 model and it was way underpowered for towing horse trailers... also like to wander... not fun to drive.

Neat. Thanks for the links.

 

[TomSeller]

I never towed anything with it, but I bought a new 1969 C10 pickup, short bed, 6 cyl., manual; absolutely cheapest one made and in those days some had coil rear springs, some had leaf. .

I had '67 with the straight 6 and three on the tree. Actually was a very good truck. Only towed a 17' boat for short trips in those years and it did okay.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Snuck in to a lot of drive ins that way.

My sneak in was done in a '65 Impala.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Last week I heard somewhere there was an uptick already in interest of large SUV's with the prices of gas dropping.