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Re: Trailer hitch on the TR-6

To: british-cars@Alliant.COM (British Cars Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Trailer hitch on the TR-6
From: Darrell Walker <mit-eddie!hprpcd.hp.com!walker@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 90 8:06:05 PDT
Sorry to post this to the whole list, but I couldn't get a good path from
Dr. Bobwrench's posting.  

> 
> I installed a hitch on my TR4A a few years ago to tow a small sailboat.
> What I did was to have a section of angle-iron welded across the ends
> of the frame at the rear, just up and under the sheet metal. The tongue
> then bolted to tha angle-iron, and the the tube that crosses under the
> boot floor (remove the hook that secures the spare).  The tongue was
> about 0.5"x2.0", bent into an "S" shape to get the ball up to the proper
> height.  I have towed up to 1000 lbs. with no noticeable problem.
> The tongue is easy to unbolt, and it leaves no trace of the installation
> when removed.
> 
> --
>    Darrell Walker                 walker@hprpcd.hp.com
>    (916) 785-4059                 HPDesk: walker (hprpcd) /HP5200/UX 
> 
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