[Healeys] flat towing a big Healey

[Len and/or Marge Hartnett]

John:  I did, in fact, tow my Healey from California to Whistler '86, the 
11th West Coast Meet.  I had an Australian exchange student with me so I 
took the van and we camped up and back.  On the way back, we visited Expo 
'86 in Vancouver.

My tow bar was designed by Ken Rocke of the Austin Healey Association, 
Southern California, and may have been published in one of their 
newsletters/magazines.  I did not have any problems getting into Canada - or 
getting out.  As Michael Salter did, I fabricated the brackets to attach to 
the bumper bracket threads in the frame.

A somewhat embarrassing but an extremely lucky aside, that is the trip when 
the receiver sheared a couple of bolts and the Healey broke loose from the 
van.  Since the safety chains were connected to the receiver, the Healey was 
completely separated from the van.  Luckily, it happened at a stop sign in 
Vancouver and not out on the highway.  The Healey ran into the spare tire on 
the van and wrinkled the left fender but didn't break the headlight.  I 
became the only one at the meet who could boast (?) of having run into 
himself.  For that, I received "The Klutz Award" at the banquet.

(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net>
To: "'Len and/or Marge Hartnett'" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>; "'Healey 
Mail List'" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 3:00 PM
Subject: RE: [Healeys] flat towing a big Healey


Weren't tow brackets required in Canada? If so, are they available any more?

John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ

http://www.healey6.com