[A/S] Re: towing an airstream

["airstream22630" <balloon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin,

I have found everything you say is correct! I have a 1962 Ford 
Galaxie conv. in the proccess of getting ready and a 1968 
International Travelall. Each have there own demons. I was lucky on 
the hitch. A buddy of mine does welding for a living and has made 
many hitches, each took about 4-5 hours to custom build. But I can 
say their better than the one on my Excursion. Parts can also be 
tough. Some cars are much harder to find parts for than others.
I have found it breaks down something like this:
hitch $350, brake upgrade $350, springs $500-800, trans cooler $200, 
and this is doing a lot of the work yourself. On top of all this do 
you really want to get out on the road pulling a trailer with an 
engine/trans thats over thirty years old. So if you rebuild them add 
another $2,000-3,000. Some will say with the older cars you're better 
off with a manual trans. for towing. This does reduce the cost of the 
trans. cooler. But, you then have clutch/pressure plate and throwout 
bearing.
I hope to have one of the old one ready by the WDCU CBR rally next 
year. Got A price on the springs this week $800 installed. I can buy 
the springs/bushings/schakel bolts/etc.. front and back for about 
$500. Now the questions is, do I have the time to do it myself?

Paul Waddell
WBCCI/VAC/WDCU 1270