golfboy

We all know what a hassle it is to have our cars towed if disabled on the road. After having this happen to me and watching the tow truck operator try to hook his cable to the rear of my 78 Pace Car without damaging the body panels to pull it up onto the flatbed truck, I knew I had to do something about this situation. He had to hook the cable to the end of my rear spring near the bushing. Not an ideal situation but it worked this time. After this experience I started looking for a solution online and found a flat tow hook sold by a company named OPM. It is made from 1/4 inch aluminum, light but strong enough to do the job. It cost $45.00. I mounted it to the bottom of the transverse rear spring plate after enlarging the holes that were predrilled to fit the bolts from the spring plate. Now I have the means to have my car towed if necessary without worrying about having the tow cable hooked to other parts of the car that were not meant to be used for this purpose. One note: this tow hook can't be used on Corvettes that still have the spare tire carrier on the car. It blocks access to the rear spring plate where the tow hook has to be mounted. But for all others this is the perfect solution to the problem of having your car towed without damaging any body panels or the rear bumper.

derekderek

Anywhere on the front workable? Or would it kill the spoiler? I guess with our ground clearance we don't want it hanging down really.

golfboy

This tow hook will only work on the rear of the car. I'm still trying to figure out a solution for the front.

Doug Kraft

I'll have to go out and look how I did mine and check back in later

doorgunner

There are a couple threads trying to solve the "Front tow" problem. Keep us updated.

PeterC3

When I blew my engine at the track last spring I was lucky that the gentleman that came to my rescue knew exactly what to do; he owned a C3 a long time ago.

The13Bats

Hiding the hook can be tricky, ran into this on many of my weird cars,

With my 69 since its road race theme im adding toe hooks or eyes but in my want them to show,

TimAT

Front tow hook.

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ttachment.html

derekderek

RAnd speaking of winching cars on two trailers, you find yourself a junk boat trailer for a hundred bucks. And then you take the upright with the winch on it right off the front and mounted onto the tongue of the car trailer. Or just buy a winch stand and a winch off Eastern marine.com. And then it comes to your door new without having to drag a junk trailer around and then drag the junk trailer to the landfill.

L-46man

Speaking out of the left side of my mouth....conjecturing..

I have seen "T"- hooks, locks into frame...they look like a 'J-hook' (doesn't lock into frame)

Though it's been so long since I looked at the perforations in my two frames...69 and 82
that's what I would do....if I didn't call a flat bed! (preferred!)

Funny story...I'm also the Pres of the VW Scirocco club....many of them had oleo/hydraulic bumper struts (5 mph). Guy's car need to be towed a short distance...despite having tow hooks that go into the frame..Mr Numnutz put a ****** strap around the bumper and proceeded to pull...The guy behind the wheel kind of had his foot on the brake.....POP! pulled the OLEO struts apart in a shower of oil....what a mess!