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grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#1043698
m4co wrote:Hello,

Does this tow bar require the guard to be cut when installing on VW Beetle?
Does anyone have pictures of it installed?

[img]https://i.ibb.co/RPkkFPF/20200927-173627-HDR-resized.jpg[/img]

Thank you
I thought that I had seen nearly all of the towbars on the early beetles but I have never seen one of those. I do not know of any that required body panels to be cut as this would weaken them, there was a similar one that was popular but apart from the bumper mountings the mounting arm went forwards and another hole was drilled to support the bar.

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 ·

#1043700
looks extra heavy and weird as Grumble said...unseen b4! I would cut off the top above the bar and dd another bolt inside add strong larger washers when bolting the 3rd hole.
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#1043708
That tow-bar would not be any good for serious towing. There would surely be some damage done due to 'stretching'.

There was a tow-bar available once, that connected to the torsion-bar tubes, the 2 'big' engine bolts, and the bumper bracket mounts. The towing loads were distributed over a wide range of strong points. I successfully towed my Formula Vee behind the '68 1500 Beetle, using this tow-bar.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#1043714
HappyDaze wrote:That tow-bar would not be any good for serious towing. There would surely be some damage done due to 'stretching'.

There was a tow-bar available once, that connected to the torsion-bar tubes, the 2 'big' engine bolts, and the bumper bracket mounts. The towing loads were distributed over a wide range of strong points. I successfully towed my Formula Vee behind the '68 1500 Beetle, using this tow-bar.
They were a good bar and we must have fitted hundreds during the 1960's 1970's but there were a lot of other bars that were just that and stretched the bum of the beetle.