Rick:
Bill Bolton in Oregon has made up a bunch of the tow hooks - or 'towing
eyes', as the parts book calls them. They're steel, laser cut from a
pattern taken from an original towing eye that I supplied for Bill.
They are designed to attach to the inboard side of the frame rails - the
threaded tube that is the bumper iron attachment point actually runs right
through the frame rail, with the irons bolted to the outside of the frame
rail.
They work - I have towed one of my Healeys using the eyes - the positioning
keeps the tow rope or bridle clear of the lower edge of the shroud quite
well. They also protect the underside front of the frame, particularly the
front sway bar frame strap from damage from the occasional contact with a
curb.
Bill is at tricarb@aol.com
Highly recommended by us 'BC guys'!
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Neves" <Rick@genomictechnologies.com>
To: "Healey list" <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: Tow-hooks
After reading the recent messages on Tow Hooks I decided to check out the
suggested links. I wanted to purchase a set from Frank Wicker but he is out
of stock.
I had some trouble when I trailored my BN-2 to Lime Rock this summer and I
checked out the 100s's that were there and got a couple of close up shots of
the tow hooks in the front and at the time I thought I'd try to make some
that matched. Thanks to the links I got a real accurate trace from the
Austin-Healey Owners Association of British Columbia's web site. So I've
done up a couple of drawings and I'll see about making a few. I plan on
making these out of Stainless steel for the added strength and rust proof
finish.
Here's my question. The BC guys say to mount these on the inside of the
frame rails. I just looked at doing that and there is a weldment that's in
the way. The one that holds the lower control arm. Anyway from my picture
from Lime Rock it looks like those are mounted on the outside of the frame
rail so if you had a bumper installed then the tow hook could go on the
inside or outside of the bumper mountings. Any comments
Sincerely
Rick Neves
'56 BN-2
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