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Towbar or not towbar?that is the question!
Is there anyone out there that has fitted a towbar to their svx, I've tried to get one but the only company that will do the job is in St Albans Herts.They say it has to be done at their factory,trouble is that's about 100 miles or so from me in Southampton.
I'm moving to Gibraltar and want to tow a trailer with all my personal crap in it,so i wondered if anyone had had one fitted or had done the job themselves plus how easy or hard it was. Any info would be appreciated.
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Thanks Randy,
You are correct. I see senility has not got a grip on you yet! The only car we ever had in the Network with a tow-bar is the one yahoo! founder Rob Marcus had, see http://www.subaru-svx.net/photos/fil...alist/3202.jpg Don't know where Rob had it fitted, and I know he sold that car a year or two ago. You can contact him on Yahoo as Groundeffectltd, and his title here on the Network is Groundeffect. He does not post much here, but if you go to his locker, you can email him. Joe
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Thanks fella's, tried to email him via his locker but the site wont let me,says try thru administrator but i cant thru that either it comes up with some fault. I'll try thru yahoo see what happens.
If anyone else knows who how or what it wld be very much appreciated.
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Hah! Got you fooled.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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PM'd you. Joe
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That so? Hah!! Well, at least you are still getting out of bed and over to the computer. Can't use a search engine for that, now can we?
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We had a local member here that put one on his SVX. He towed a motorcycle trailer behind it from WA to AK when he moved there to go to school. I will look up the thread and show it here. He had pictures as well and some discription of what they did to install it. I also saw one on ebay a while back. It was custom made and would bolt up to the frame.
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OK, here is the link to his locker with pictures of the tow hitch. A local welding and fabrication shop did it for him. The pictures should help some one to do it. Good luck with the project. He did just fine with the trailer set up with the motorcycle and other personal stuff loaded into it.
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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I think what you want is a trailer hitch, not a tow bar. As I am familiar with the term 'tow bar', it means a bar that is used to tow the car behind something else. If you intend for the SVX to be towed, you might want to read what the owner's manual has to say about that subject.
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It is just a matter of colloquial terminology really. Over here, we use the term tow bar or tow hitch to describe a rear trailer mount. We rarely use the term trailer hitch, which is probably more correct, technically. Joe
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Thanks guy's,us Brits use the term "Towbar" usually because we want to tow something from a bar at the back of the car, Oops sorry,automobile!You dang foreigners change our language and expect us dumb brits to understand it. Seriously guy's thanks, I will peruse the info and pic's then see what i can do. if there was anyone with a towbar/ hitch that was surplus to their requirements, i would gladly take it off their hands,
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Who says I'm "out of bed?" Wireless is a wonderful thing.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Don't feel bad, UberRoo -- when I had my '80 Spitfire, I used a shop manual that was written in the British vernacular. When I was having stalling problems, I figured it was rust in my gas tank. I couldn't understand why the manual suggested looking into the tank with a flaming stick and flushing it out with wax. Luckily, I had someone to translate: A "torch" is a flashlight and "parafin" is Kerosene. Good thing I held off working on the car 'til I had the translation, or ... KA-BOOM!
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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