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I go off the A arms in the front using axel straps. You have to use the ones with the heavy duty cover on them or they will fray. In the back I have seen two ways. I go around the half shafts all the way nearest to the universal. Some people say that is a bad spot. I have been doing it this way since 99 and never had a problem. I had asked a towing company what they would do and they said they would go around the half shafts. I also have seen people go of the rear spring, but I think that is looking for trouble. To me it don't seem right.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Caution: For those that have front spoilers like my 78 be careful on the front. I hooked mine where the spoiler was in jeopardy when the suspension flexes up and down with travel and the tiedown can hit the spoiler and crack or split it. 
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St. Jude Donor '03, '06, '17
Front: lower a-arms (use a regular hook)
Rear: there's a slot in the frame on both sides right behind where the fuel tank crossmember attaches. I hook the rear hooks right into that slot.
Trailered the '68 like that for a total of over 3000 miles even through the Tennessee mountains with no problems..
Rear: there's a slot in the frame on both sides right behind where the fuel tank crossmember attaches. I hook the rear hooks right into that slot.
Trailered the '68 like that for a total of over 3000 miles even through the Tennessee mountains with no problems..
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From: St. Charles Mo
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Originally Posted by GrandSportC3
Rear: there's a slot in the frame on both sides right behind where the fuel tank crossmember attaches. I hook the rear hooks right into that slot.
Trailered the '68 like that for a total of over 3000 miles even through the Tennessee mountains with no problems..
Trailered the '68 like that for a total of over 3000 miles even through the Tennessee mountains with no problems..
I guess I must be nieve. I just run the strap around the strut rods close to the trailing arm. If it can handle the torque and hp those BB engines deal out when launching, why can't it hold the car on the trailer?
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Last edited by Bullshark; Jun 10, 2005 at 01:54 PM.
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Originally Posted by Bullshark
I just run the strap around the strut rods close to the trailing arm. If it can handle the torque and hp those BB engines deal out when launching, why can't it hold the car on the trailer?
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Melting Slicks
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From: St. Charles Mo
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Originally Posted by 70Donnybrooke
When I bought my car one of those strut rods was bent from someone using it to jack up the rear wheel.
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Originally Posted by Bullshark
Larry, Are you sure that was the reason it was bent? Bending those strut rods was a common "lazy mans practice" for adjusting them when the bushings wore to the point that the adjustment bolt was out of range. It took a pretty big sledge hamer to apply bubba adjustment
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That is always a possibility. I was told that sometimes it occurs that way. I replaced everything suspension wise when I got the car. The bushings were bad and it was bubba'd up. When the bushings at the spring ends went they used washers. To go through all the problem to put them in there, when all you had to do was buy a 20 dollar kit. After I seen how bent it was I was afraid to strap it there. I do know it was not for the alignment, because the wheel was really pointed out at the top.
