It sure is. And I'm sure the finished project will be even better. You know, it's not too late to put that original FI 409 in it either!Looking great Pat.
It sure is. And I'm sure the finished project will be even better. You know, it's not too late to put that original FI 409 in it either!Looking great Pat.
It sure is. And I'm sure the finished project will be even better. You know, it's not too late to put that original FI 409 in it either!
Pat,Tommy, the 27 I have was a race car in the Iowa Indiana area in the 30's. What I have learned is it has a 28 Model A engine and trans now, but at one time had one of the race heads with the dual carb intake on the pass side and the exhaust on the drivers side. Question, if you talk to some of your guys and they have info on a set up like that I would really like to put it back like it ran back then. Thanks as usual, Pat.
Not to throw cold water on the towing idea but some states have laws about the weight of a tow vehicle versus the towed load. The towing vehicle has to be 50% (or maybe more) heavier than the towed load. Makes sense, to prevent a big Airstream from pushing a Camry or a little CUV into everyone else on the road during a hard stop or evasive maneuver.
I have some second hand experience with breaking that kind of law. My dad used to flat-tow his 1950 Willys Jeepster (2500 lbs) behind his mid-'80's Olds Ciera wagon (3200 lbs) from Milwaukee a couple hundred miles in all directions including through Chicago once. The Jeepster had good alignment with plenty of caster and would track nicely behind the Ciera on smooth roads and normal driving. But where there were tire ruts (sometimes not noticeable by looking) in the road, the Jeepster would swing left and right and try taking the Ciera with it. Brakes, tires, steering and just plain inertia made the rig unsafe. He never got pulled over for it but a couple of near-death experiences and pleading from my brother and I got him to stop.
For fun, watch The Long, Long Trailer with Dezi Arnaz and Lucille Ball.
Without brakes is the issue. Couldn't flat tow it but a trailer with brakes would be ok.Found the Wisconsin statute for this. Your state/province probably has the same:
Stat. 347.35(3)(am) A motor vehicle may be towed without being equipped with brakes as provided in par. (a) if the gross weight of the towed vehicle is not more than 40 percent of the gross weight of the towing vehicle and the brakes on the towing vehicle are capable of bringing the combination of towing vehicle and towed vehicle to a stop as provided in s. 347.36 (1)
Stat. 347.36(1). Brakes on motor vehicles and brakes on combinations of vehicles shall be capable of bringing the vehicle or combination of vehicles to a stop, under normal conditions, within 50 feet when traveling at a speed of 20 miles per hour.
It would look really cool to tow a car with a car like you have in mind, but might not be the thing to do. Would your insurance company pay out if something went wrong?