Corvette Trailor Hitch

"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:44:02 GMT, "Mike Cenni" >
> puked:
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>>I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my 1993.
>>http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8
>>Does
>>anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
>>
>
> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch on a Vette
> seems reprehensible...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

Not you at all but in this case, the C5, the guy thought more of his
wife than he did the Corvette. It's an automatic so his wife can drive
it but beside having a transmission cooler he changes the transmission
fluid every spring when he returns. His C4 had a hitch also but I've
no idea how much of its miles were put on pulling a trailer. It tows
that trailer to Florida and then will go to Arizona for the rest of
the winter before returning to Ohio.

He gets allot of ribbing on tours but it is still an automobile. To me
a wing, graphics, aero kit, high rise hoods, fox tails and mud flaps
looks worse that a trailer on a Corvette. For that matter my '72 bugs
the hell out of me because it's not its original color. We all enjoy
them for different reasons and that's ok, they belong to the owner and
he can do it his way.

--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd
Neutered cat silver/black/shiftless

>"RicSeyler" > wrote in message news4MDf.19
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>Me too!!!

>BUT...... iffin you are gonna travel around to the shows and do the
>lawn chair
>thingie, I guess <shrugs shoulders>

So you would use one to haul your thingie??

I saw one on an Eldorado yesterday that had a flat receiver in stead
of the normal square one. Looked like maybe 1/2 X 2 1/2 opening.
Anybody know who makes that? Tucks up very nearly hidden behind the
bumper cover.

Dad
Schwinn exercise bike with a Reese hitch

"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:44:02 GMT, "Mike Cenni" >
> puked:
>
>>I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my 1993.
>>http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8
>>Does
>>anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
>>
> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch on a Vette
> seems reprehensible...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

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In article >,
"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote:

> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch on a Vette
> seems reprehensible...

Picture this...

'72 big block coupe, air, leather, power everything, towing a pair of
Harleys around the country.

My '72 led that life before I bought it. "Sweet," would have be my
observation had I seen it.

Here's waving to ya - \||||

Owen
___

'67BB & '72BB

-- not affiliated with JLA forum in any way -- alt.autos.corvette is
original posting --
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-- Ann Hayman Zwinger

Maybe the Street Rod market?


Dad wrote:

>
>
>I saw one on an Eldorado yesterday that had a flat receiver in stead
>of the normal square one. Looked like maybe 1/2 X 2 1/2 opening.
>Anybody know who makes that? Tucks up very nearly hidden behind the
>bumper cover.
>
>Dad
>Schwinn exercise bike with a Reese hitch
>
>
>
>
>

--
Ric Seyler
32 gal Rubbermaid Trash Can w/lid
Full of damp Figi Live Rock (dead since Ivan)

"Tom in Missouri" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> The rear end problem was real with '63 to '79. I'm not
> sure if the aluminum rear in '80-82 had this same problem
> but it may have.
>
> The problem is that one design of one hitch was to mount
> to the spring bolts on the rear end cover. There was a
> hinge pin so the hitch could drop out of the way for the
> spare tire. The hitch was then supported by a bracket
> that attached to the bumper braces.
>
> As a trailer bumped back and forth, it would strain the
> spring bolts or the rear cover "ears" where the spring
> bolted to, eventually breaking either the bolts or the
> cover..

thanks for your reply..

--
"Key"

>
>
> "'Key" > wrote in message
> ...
>>>
>>> "Dad" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> "Mike Cenni" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>> >I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my
>>>> >1993.
>>>> >http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8
>>>> >Does anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
>>>> No different than any other car. I've taken them off a
>>>> C3 and put one
>>>> on a C5, no problem. I have no idea how it handles as
>>>> it was for a
>>>> club member towing a trailer with a wheel chair for her
>>>> and his golf
>>>> clubs. Can't believe the price they get for them.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dad
>>
>> Dad,
>> I had alway heard that towing was not good for the rear
>> differential.
>> it that a myth or something?
>> would a hitch hurt my 84 - c4 ?
>> Would it mess with the line up, like Big Al has stated ?
>> Really would like to know the facts..
>>
>> g'day
>> --
>> "Key"
>> Grant me the senility to forget the people
>> I never liked anyway,
>> the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
>> and the eyesight to tell the difference.....
>> ==============================
>>

"lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:44:02 GMT, "Mike Cenni"
> >
> puked:
>
>>I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my 1993.
>>http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8
>>Does
>>anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
>>
>
> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch
> on a Vette
> seems reprehensible...
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?

not to me...
my sport is also motorcycling. (has been my whole life)
I use to ride my Harley wherever I wanted to go. It didn't
matter how far.
Then I got older,
The long rides and fighting the elements are not as much my
idea of a good time:-)
--
"Key"
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight to tell the difference.....
==============================

"'Key" > wrote in message
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> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:44:02 GMT, "Mike Cenni" >
>> puked:
>>
>>>I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my 1993.
>>>http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8 Does
>>>anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch on a Vette
>> seems reprehensible...
>> --
>> lab~rat >:-)
>> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>
> not to me...
> my sport is also motorcycling. (has been my whole life)
> I use to ride my Harley wherever I wanted to go. It didn't matter how far.
> Then I got older,
> The long rides and fighting the elements are not as much my idea of a good
> time:-)
> --
> "Key"
> Grant me the senility to forget the people
> I never liked anyway,
> the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
> and the eyesight to tell the difference.....
> ==============================

i used to have one on my 89 to haul racing tires, as i didn't want to have
to drive 500 miles on slicks. as a matter of fact, i have a hitch for a 94
in my garage that i'd be willing to let go for free if someone wants to pick
it up.

regards,
charlie
cave creek, az

"Barking Rats" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote:
>
>> I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch
>> on a Vette
>> seems reprehensible...
>
> Picture this...
>
> '72 big block coupe, air, leather, power everything,
> towing a pair of
> Harleys around the country.
>
> My '72 led that life before I bought it. "Sweet,"

that's the idea...

--
"Key"
Grant me the senility to forget the people
I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight to tell the difference.....
==============================

In '88 left the cold northeast for the warmer southeast. '75 Vette pulling
a two rail trailer with 2 Harleys. About Petersburg, Va. heard a loud
squealing noise. Turned out to be a wheel bearing on the trailer. Found an
alignment shop off I-95 to take care of the bearing that had welded itself
to the spindle. Continued our journey without incident and am driving the
Vette today without any adverse effects on the car. Spare tire clears the
hitch when dropped down.


"'Key" > wrote in message
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> "lab~rat >:-)" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:44:02 GMT, "Mike Cenni"
> > >
> > puked:
> >
> >>I am thinking of putting this trailor hitch on my 1993.
> >>http://www.hitch-web.com/proDescrip....ode=6103&OID=8
> >>Does
> >>anyone have experience in doing this? Thanks.
> >>
> >
> > I may be just me, but for some reason the idea of a hitch
> > on a Vette
> > seems reprehensible...
> > --
> > lab~rat >:-)
> > Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
>
> not to me...
> my sport is also motorcycling. (has been my whole life)
> I use to ride my Harley wherever I wanted to go. It didn't
> matter how far.
> Then I got older,
> The long rides and fighting the elements are not as much my
> idea of a good time:-)
> --
> "Key"
> Grant me the senility to forget the people
> I never liked anyway,
> the good fortune to run into the ones I do,
> and the eyesight to tell the difference.....
> ==============================
>
>