Vintage Drag Car Haulers or Tow Rigs. [Archive]

Hawkeye

02-01-2013, 05:08 PM

Several different vintage drag photo discussions have been started recently with some great photos posted. Thus, I want to see some vintage photos of the haulers or tow rigs that pulled these cars to the track. If another discussion has already been started on this topic in the past, please paste a link or pull the photos into this one. Here are two photos that have already been posted to get things started.

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2476-img_0934.jpg

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2477-img_0933.jpg

Thanks,
Marty

daverd

02-01-2013, 05:59 PM

Love those old haulers ..
Thanks for starting this thread

Hawkeye

02-01-2013, 09:00 PM

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2478-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2479-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2480-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2481-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2482-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2483-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2484-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2485-image.jpg

69SSZL1

02-08-2013, 07:59 PM

You have the Mongoose, here is the Snake. Not a vintage picture (2 years ago), I talked to Don Prudomme and he told me he found his old tow rig in a yard and restored it. This is his original tow rig and original race car. How far the sport has come:

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r206/OAKLYSS/snake_zpsfff95032.jpg

Salvatore

02-08-2013, 08:22 PM

what great pictures!

69SSZL1

02-08-2013, 08:49 PM

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r206/OAKLYSS/Snakerig_zpsa494e1f0.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r206/OAKLYSS/SnakeCuda_zps62b09bbe.jpg

Hawkeye

02-09-2013, 01:25 PM

Very cool photos. Thanks for sharing.

Hawkeye

02-09-2013, 01:29 PM

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2654-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2655-image.jpg
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http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2660-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2661-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2662-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2663-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2664-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2665-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2666-image.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-5526-2667-image.jpg

x Baldwin Motion

02-10-2013, 12:05 AM

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-2847-2672-69_zl1_hauler.jpg

300deluxeL79

02-10-2013, 07:20 PM

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/168439_196868803664043_2786411_n.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/149956_144566202260085_100001201171568_263482_7021 48_n.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/2090938080082607023QpxmRT_ph.jpg
http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/Hauler_003.jpg

300deluxeL79

02-10-2013, 07:25 PM

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/491grump1.jpg

300deluxeL79

02-10-2013, 07:39 PM

http://i359.photobucket.com/albums/oo33/69belair/jenkins/36140_1396447558104_7520551_n_zpseeadb825.jpg

Hawkeye

02-10-2013, 11:44 PM

Those are great. Please keep them coming.
Thanks,
Marty

Tracker1

02-11-2013, 12:20 AM

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/guyfromnewf/c39_zps87f7a8ec.jpg

Salvatore

02-11-2013, 01:18 AM

all the high dollar Chrysler teams with the enclosed rigs and the poor Chevy guys with the open rigs. HMMMMM funny how the guy with the little white vega and the "old style" red open rig carrier had all those big boys numbers!

DW31S

02-11-2013, 11:18 AM

I went through 2 ramp trucks during my racing years, a 1963 Ford single cab dually with a steel bed of unknown origin (very similiar to one pictured here), and a 1976 Chevy crew-cab dually with a Hodges bed. The popular box trailer was just coming to be the norm, but I always had a company demo and no truck as a tow vehicle so the ramp trucks really made sense for me. I wish I had the second one back as it was real nice and would come in handy today.

Keith Seymore

02-11-2013, 12:16 PM

I can't compete with some of those rigs (...edit: ANY of those rigs - lol), but here's how we started out:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/63Covair.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/64LeMans.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/GTO/68GTOresize.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/GTO/69GMC.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/towbar.jpg

We thought we were "big time" when we built this open trailer in 1967:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/trailer.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/trailersub.jpg

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/scan0002-1.jpg

Keith Seymore

02-11-2013, 12:27 PM

I still have the old tow bar, so I added a hitch to the Grand Prix so that I could do this (pics taken May, 2010):

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/Grand%20Prix/100_0325.jpg

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/Grand%20Prix/100_0333.jpg

I still have the red truck and the open car trailer, too (disregard the Lo-Boy for the purposes of this discussion):

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/Cklarkston%20Rd/DSC00394.jpg

K

SS427

02-11-2013, 02:14 PM

Here is the hauler we built for our 81 Pro Stock Camaro from an old tractor we found in a junk yard. We build the box out of aluminum tubing and covered it in prepainted aluminum sheets.

olredalert

02-11-2013, 03:47 PM

----Rick,,,Thats just too cool!!!.......Bill S

mockingbird812

02-11-2013, 07:11 PM

Along the lines of less flashy, lower budget, but effective....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/69%20Blk%20Red%20L78%20Velle/66velleTuck.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/69%20Blk%20Red%20L78%20Velle/66velleTuck2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v697/mockingbird812/69%20300%20Deluxe%20L78/TrophyChevelle006.jpg

x Baldwin Motion

02-11-2013, 10:14 PM

Keith, your photos are excellent, but THIS rig below is spectacular!!

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/Grand%20Prix/100_0333.jpg

(disregard the Lo-Boy for the purposes of this discussion) <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

ORIGLS6

02-12-2013, 01:00 AM

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0009-5_zps8a8ecfa4.jpg

RichSchmidt

02-12-2013, 03:07 AM

The Brooklyn Heavy car hauler in the very first post(top pic)is now owned by Dan Palchanes. He brought I to my friend's shop a few years back and Heavy came down and took pictures with it and signed off on it. It would be great if my recent efforts to authenticate and buy Heavy's Harrell built 70 Camaro ever pay off.

bergy

02-12-2013, 10:53 AM

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-2170-2751-burnished_copo_year_old_pic.jpg

Hawkeye

02-12-2013, 02:18 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RichSchmidt</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Brooklyn Heavy car hauler in the very first post(top pic)is now owned by Dan Palchanes. He brought I to my friend's shop a few years back and Heavy came down and took pictures with it and signed off on it. It would be great if my recent efforts to authenticate and buy Heavy's Harrell built 70 Camaro ever pay off. </div></div>

The car hauler in the second pic is the one owned by Dan Palchanes. It has a lot of differences from the one in the first pic. I am not saying it is or isn't the same or one of Heavy's haulers. I'm just pointing out that the two haulers have differences.
Dan's hualer restored would be awesome. The photo doesn't show it well, but it has a ribbon paint scheme on the bed sides. Much like the Motion Ribbon Camaro. It is very cool.

Thanks,
Marty

firstgenaddict

02-12-2013, 04:11 PM

In the market for a 57 Chevy Ramp Truck?
Here ya go... http://www.cars-on-line.com/63444.html

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-254-2753-57chev_ramptruck.jpg

300deluxeL79

02-12-2013, 04:28 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m57/dmcumby/DSCF0009-5_zps8a8ecfa4.jpg </div></div>

now there's a cool pair

RichSchmidt

02-13-2013, 12:26 AM

I wasn't sure about that. I remember that the one Dan has still has some of the lettering from Heavy on I,so I didn't think it was the second one. I wasn't sure since I do remember that Dan's truck seemed like a regular 1 ton,and the truck in the first pic is longer and has a heavier chassis then Dan's. Either way,it is a cool hauler. I myself would be torn on just how much to restore it.

RichSchmidt

02-13-2013, 12:55 AM

Dan and Heavy with the hauler

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/racer7391/Car%20pics/get-attachment_zpsf830198e.jpg

daverd

02-13-2013, 02:10 PM

Great hauler with a cool history.
Glad to see it survived .

67 442

02-13-2013, 07:00 PM

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/4104/img115l.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/img115l.jpg/)

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7165/img839.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/img839.jpg/)

69 Post Sedan

02-15-2013, 01:51 PM

I found this link with a lot of different pictures.

Race Car Haulers (http://public.fotki.com/VincePutt/semi_truck_shows_/chevy-race-car-haulers/#media)

Andy4639

02-16-2013, 04:51 AM

<span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-weight: bold">This one is going on the 2013 Pour Tour with us in June.</span></span>

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/jeffg1010/07058581-78F6-4712-A2CD-AD1E706D4106-7548-000007749C8D043D.jpg

L78M22Rag

02-16-2013, 06:35 AM

What an awesome hauler!!

Tracker1

02-20-2013, 06:20 PM

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/guyfromnewf/1954_Mercedes_Benz_Renntransporter_For_Sale_Front_ resize_zpsc0871f5e.jpg

AlsV8vair

02-20-2013, 10:18 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Keith Seymore</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can't compete with some of those rigs (...edit: ANY of those rigs - lol), but here's how we started out:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/63Covair.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/64LeMans.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/GTO/68GTOresize.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/GTO/69GMC.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/towbar.jpg

We thought we were "big time" when we built this open trailer in 1967:

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/trailer.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/hotrod001/trailersub.jpg

http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af284/lmseymore/scan0002-1.jpg

</div></div>

Love the early model vair pulling the GTO <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif

love all the photos here for that matter.

owners2

02-21-2013, 03:40 PM

Love it , Awesome pics guys .

Dave Rifkin

02-22-2013, 11:50 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tracker1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/ae110/guyfromnewf/1954_Mercedes_Benz_Renntransporter_For_Sale_Front_ resize_zpsc0871f5e.jpg </div></div>

Damn, that's some front overhang on that hauler. Does it rest on the front bumber when the car is unloaded?

PxTx

02-22-2013, 01:53 PM

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww101/Plowman7/GrassoVargo.jpg

My dad's 55 being used as a tow vehicle.

PeteLeathersac

02-22-2013, 02:06 PM

Pretty sure that Benz is the same rig that gave one guy the idea to build his own overhang hauler using a then new '59 Camino cab.
He was in the US and a road-racer I think, anyone else remember it?

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif
~ Pete

PeteLeathersac

02-22-2013, 02:29 PM

'

Here's the one w/ the '59 Camino cab, it exists and Geoff Hacker has it of course!
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2008/10/16/the-cheetah-transporter-an-unlikely-el-camino/

:beers:
~ Pete

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Dog427435

02-24-2013, 11:32 AM

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Dog427435

02-24-2013, 11:34 AM

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Dog427435

02-24-2013, 11:36 AM

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02-24-2013, 11:42 AM

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Dog427435

02-24-2013, 11:44 AM

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Dog427435

02-24-2013, 11:46 AM

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02-24-2013, 11:49 AM

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AlsV8vair

02-27-2013, 10:11 AM

Not the best . but the hauler is next to Carl Rolands Fiat

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-1251-3056-karbelt_dd_fiat.jpg

PeteLeathersac

02-28-2013, 02:58 PM

'
What a bunch o' fantastic pics!!!
Love how he got the Drag-Dimensions decal stuck there while in Karbelt paint!
RIP Curly.

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif
~ Pete
<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif

AlsV8vair

03-01-2013, 03:27 AM

I noticed the decal there but in other photos I see Drag Dimensions elsewhere on the car. what was up between Karbelt and Drag Dimensions . I have talked via internet with Eddy Bryck this week. getting for information on Drag Dimensions. I want to get as much as I can and as accurate as I can before I get the web site up.

ss427copo

03-01-2013, 03:45 AM

Here's my Camaro when BWAG campaigned the car........

rare4k

03-10-2013, 04:31 PM

this is a pic of my car back in 1971 at capital racway crofton Md. http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t204/rare4k/cap7.jpg

Xplantdad

03-10-2013, 05:14 PM

That's cool!

VintageMusclecar

03-10-2013, 11:23 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rare4k</div><div class="ubbcode-body">this is a pic of my car back in 1971 at capital racway crofton Md. http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t204/rare4k/cap7.jpg </div></div>

<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif

NorCam

12-24-2017, 08:13 PM

Just found this cool old thread. Here's a shot of my green car with its old ramp truck from back in the 80's. Kym built it in the mid 70's and used it along with Randy for about 10 years. Trying to track it down now and see if I can find it, or something similar to it that I can use.

https://image.ibb.co/e1rxKm/001_Becker_Z28.jpg

68bronze

12-24-2017, 11:01 PM

http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2013/02/full-2847-2672-69_zl1_hauler.jpg

great pictures

HawkX66

12-28-2017, 02:39 PM

The one x Baldwin Motion posted of the black 69 on the white Chevy flat bed in the barn covered with dust is just awesome.
Here are a couple of pics of my father's racecar on his ramp truck circa 1968/1969. Probably headed to New England Dragway.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4737/38636439734_13cd708ae9.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4588/38636440204_2fc9415820.jpg

olredalert

12-28-2017, 04:47 PM

----I was up at Epping almost every weekend in the summer of 69 with my 396/350 Camaro. Seems like I remember that Nova. Also started back in the early 90's with Red Alert, mostly testing......Bill S

HawkX66

12-28-2017, 05:58 PM

----I was up at Epping almost every weekend in the summer of 69 with my 396/350 Camaro. Seems like I remember that Nova. Also started back in the early 90's with Red Alert, mostly testing......Bill S
No kidding? I love it. My Dad and his business partner Dennis swapped the big Pontiac that was in for a 426 Hemi early on. My memories are all of the Hilborn fuel injection stacks sticking up out of the hood. It was a great jungle gym! I've spent a lot of time at NED since the 70s. Not as much as I'd like to have of course... My brother is still a Tech Inspector there. He lives about 10 min away in Brentwood.

daverd

01-04-2018, 02:27 AM

What happened to the white Chevy ramp truck ? In the picture
Under the motion camaro?

Peter426

01-04-2018, 04:10 AM

https://image.ibb.co/hv4GRb/billy_the_kid_demon_on_transporter.jpg

NorCam

01-05-2018, 12:47 PM

What happened to the white Chevy ramp truck ? In the picture
Under the motion camaro?

Still trying to track it down and see where it went back in the 80's. Old owner is checking to see if he can find it.

TimG

01-05-2018, 01:50 PM

Great photos. I don't ever remember seeing one of these hauling a car on the road when I was a kid. I would have blown a fuse if I did.

The Boss

01-06-2018, 01:25 PM

Shame this thread got ruined by Photobucket - love the old ramp trucks!

NorCam

01-06-2018, 06:54 PM

Shame this thread got ruined by Photobucket - love the old ramp trucks!

There's a fix that I posted with links to modify your browser. It will allow you to see all the old Photobucket pictures on multiple forums. If you use Google Chrome or Mozilla as your browser, get the fix for Photobucket and see all the old pictures. Link to Yenko thread below.

http://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=145205

The Boss

01-06-2018, 09:47 PM

There's a fix that I posted with links to modify your browser. It will allow you to see all the old Photobucket pictures on multiple forums. If you use Google Chrome or Mozilla as your browser, get the fix for Photobucket and see all the old pictures. Link to Yenko thread below.

http://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=145205

That's great! Thank You!

Peter426

01-07-2018, 08:29 PM

Great photos. I don't ever remember seeing one of these hauling a car on the road when I was a kid. I would have blown a fuse if I did.

Me too! I used to "blow a fuse" on less than that back in the early-1970s whenever I saw a race car being flat-towed or on a regular trailer usually on their way home from Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ on Sundays.

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daverd

01-09-2018, 01:29 AM

Still trying to track it down and see where it went back in the 80's. Old owner is checking to see if he can find it.

Cool I love the old wedge ramp trucks
I’d love to own one!!
(Or find a c30 and build one)

Peter426

01-11-2018, 11:48 PM

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Craig_Maiorana

01-12-2018, 07:09 PM

Where are you in NJ Peter?

NorCam

01-16-2018, 02:38 PM

Can't tell me this wouldn't look just sweet as a tow vehicle for a 36' goose neck hauler in a matching paint theme. Truck is simply spectacular in my opinion! On today's docket in Scottsdale.

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1939-CHEVROLET-C20-CUSTOM-TOY-HAULER-TRUCK-210032

https://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/210032/210032_Side_Profile_Web.jpg

https://cdn.barrett-jackson.com/staging/carlist/items/Fullsize/Cars/210032/210032_Interior_Web.jpg

earntaz

01-16-2018, 03:33 PM

Heck -- that would be fun to cruz' in ... TAZ

NorCam

01-17-2018, 01:14 PM

It went pretty cheap at $27,500 plus the juice

Keith Seymore

01-18-2018, 12:53 PM

Reposting these since the original post was decimated by the Photobucket phiasco:

Keith Seymore

01-18-2018, 12:54 PM

Stepping up to the open car trailer:

Keith Seymore

01-18-2018, 12:57 PM

Since I still had the old tow bar I went looking for an logging chain to duplicate the vintage tow setup. Found one in my in-law's barn; I added a hitch to the Grand Prix so now I can do this:

Lynn

01-18-2018, 01:07 PM

Great pics all. Especially the Corvair towing the GTO. Priceless.

olredalert

01-18-2018, 01:55 PM

Keith,,, Does your 63 GP have a 4spd or the slim-jim? And, if the slim-jim, how does it tow?......Bill S

Keith Seymore

01-18-2018, 07:08 PM

Keith,,, Does your 63 GP have a 4spd or the slim-jim? And, if the slim-jim, how does it tow?......Bill S

LOL - thanks for asking.

No - the Slim Jim was barely working when I got the car. I yanked it pretty much immediately and now have a TH400 from a '67 Riv in there.

I don't actually flat tow on the public roadways anymore. I don't trust the other drivers to pay enough attention. For the Widetrackers Dustoff, where those pics were taken, I drove the Grand Prix and trailered the GTO and then hooked them up on the show field for display.

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01-19-2018, 02:16 PM

----Slim-jim,,, probably one of the worst automatics ever designed. Right up there with the grade retarder Powerglide.......Bill S

Lee Stewart

01-20-2018, 08:23 AM

http://s18.postimg.org/appnxp6zd/image.jpg (http://postimage.org/)

L78M22Rag

01-29-2018, 07:03 PM

Put the right deck on this truck and it would make a terrific vintage hauler... 38,000 original miles with original paint!

https://longisland.craigslist.org/cto/d/survivor-1970-chevy-pick-up/6476741314.html

DW31S

02-03-2018, 01:51 PM

I thought the same thing! Not to be buzzkiller, but to make a hauler out of this truck would take more than just finding or fabricating the bed. The frame would need to be stretched. Driveshaft modified with at least one additional carrier bearing. Brake and fuel lines altered. Fuel tank (s) moved or modified or fabricated. I've had two "factory made" ramptrucks and kick myself in the butt for selling both; especially the second one. But, at the time, I thought I quit (1990) and sold EVERYHTHING related to drag racing. I'm paying in spades to get it back now!!!

NorCam

02-04-2018, 12:54 AM

Agreed Dave, too short of truck and a lot of work to convert. If you watch eBay, Craigslist and Racing Junk there are a lot of already built ramp trucks selling between 6K to 10K with all the work already done. I'll buy one sooner or later.

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HawkX66

03-01-2018, 06:48 PM

Would this one need as many modifications?

1964 Chevrolet C80 All Original Powered By A Real Deal 409 V-8 Runs And Drives Good Everything Works As It Should Even The Am Radio Works

https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/d/1964-chevrolet-c80-flat/6514218396.html
Shoot, hinge the flat bed and add a hydraulic cylinder to tilt it. Use removable ramps to load. That way you can leave all the "patina."

L78M22Rag

03-01-2018, 08:05 PM

Yeah... That’s the idea!

SS427

03-01-2018, 08:12 PM

Man, that would be perfect to haul around our original paint 383 Bel Air!

HawkX66

03-02-2018, 12:43 PM

Man, that would be perfect to haul around our original paint 383 Bel Air!
Now that would be cool to see!

L78M22Rag

03-03-2018, 04:21 PM

Hey... you could use this one to go get parts and supplies

https://images.craigslist.org/00303_lfeLv7jFjZU_600x450.jpg

L78M22Rag

03-03-2018, 04:39 PM

Actually, cancel that last one... This would make a much nicer shop truck, and for only $4k

https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/1968-chevy-c10-truck/6516658743.html

Andy4639

10-11-2019, 12:11 PM

I bought this one from a guy local who used it for his dirt track hauler. I bought it for just a cool old truck. I do use it though! I hauled my daughters 68 home. I have also hauled golf carts and bikes on it to shows.
The first few are the first time I saw it in the guy's front yard. Yes this was in his front yard of his trailer. I hauled my 32 Woodie to Myrtle Beach on it. The truck is a rat truck but it runs good. I have been slowly getting things done to it. I added factory tack dash with gauges, tilt steering, 90's bench seat with shoulder harness. Re built the whole brakes system and added power booster. Still drums all around but it stops good. Winch and air tank for road side services.

m22mike

10-11-2019, 04:09 PM

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RobR

10-11-2019, 05:40 PM

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Mr70

10-11-2019, 05:48 PM

Great pic Rob!

R68GTO

10-11-2019, 10:00 PM

Here's my COPO on a hauler - 1970 pic

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Not a drag hauler but here's a great Team Chaparral pic from Laguna Seca...1970?
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10-27-2019, 06:51 PM

Picture is from about 1972. John C, Mishawaka Indiana normally ran G/MP, but on this day the 287 cubic inch 57 Nomad was running F Gas. Truck was a factory built 1959 Studebaker three door crew cab that had been repowered. It had a 427 big block Chevy and a two speed rear axle. J.C. purchased the truck from a circle car racer that liked to go places in a hurry. Top speed was well over a hundred, even fully loaded. :eek2:

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10-30-2019, 05:52 AM

Here’s a ‘71 Chev ramp truck on Craigslist...

https://altoona.craigslist.org/bar/d/dewart-chevy-ramp-truck/6985487744.html

67 Nova Boy

10-30-2019, 11:46 AM

Look how forward that front wheel is on the Nickey 66 Nova. The wheel well has been inlarged so much, that the

front molding was taken off.

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11-02-2019, 09:39 PM

Back in the day I remember there were a lot of old school buses modified as car haulers. About half the cabin portion from the rear of the bus was removed and the frame rails were angled downward. Ramps were installed and these made a pretty good hauler ... Tried to find some pictures -- but no luck ... TAZ

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11-10-2019, 01:48 PM

Just wait until you see what we will have in the Awards/Ballroom area at MCACN this year.

Go past the GMC Motorhome and be prepared to have your eyeballs pop out when you look under the hood of...well, you'll have to see for your self!

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Bob_D

11-10-2019, 02:42 PM

These back in the day pictures are from Collins and Evans family collections.

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11-10-2019, 03:57 PM

Here’s a ‘71 Chev ramp truck on Craigslist...

https://altoona.craigslist.org/bar/d/dewart-chevy-ramp-truck/6985487744.html

The ad is still up for this car. If it were closer to me, I would be really interested.

Anyone know what the guy wants for it? I know he states "barter", but like everyone, he must have a price.

Just too cool, apparently with modern axles as it is disc brake all around.

Another pic of what it looks like today. The pic in white is vintage.

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11-14-2019, 01:31 AM

A little trivia, This Camaro was an original Baldwin Motion car, also this
car ended up with the big block engine from Bill Jenkins’ 67 Camaro
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11-15-2019, 01:25 AM

I just came across this ‘56 tilt deck....

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/barrie/1956-tilt-n-load-truck-project/1467155505?utm_campaign=socialbuttons&utm_content=app_ios&utm_medium=social&utm_source=ios_social