Tow Bar attachment

[tulaweb]

In a few days I will have two 505s but only one good engine between them. Since I'm going to be playing musical cars I obtained a tow bar, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to attach it. Is the front bumper a safe place to attach the tow bar?

[Bean]

I have only ever used a tow bar on a 505 by removing the bumper and securing the bracket direct to the bumper shock. For the dirt / rallycross 505 I actually removed the bumper shock and replaced it with steel tube that bolted in place instead of the shock, and mounted the bracket to that since we were pulling the car through winter storms and deep snow we didn't want the shock to come apart.

Never had an issue that way - so if you can find a way to secure it to the bumper you should be OK. Just don't fasten it to the bumper itself as I doubt it's strong enough.

[tulaweb]

Assuming I'm not going to be towing it through deep snow or anything extreme, I'm not going to pull the bumper shocks apart am I?

[tulaweb]

I think my thought is to remove the bumper and put a steel channel bar bolted to the bumper shocks, where the bumper came off and mount the tow bar brackets just inboard of the shock mounts. That assumes that the shocks would take that.

[Bean]

I would think that would be fine. I previously thought about using the bumper shock bolt that bolts the shock in right at the front - but it's way too small to trust. The bumper shock bolts there, and then a bigger bolt bolts into the shock - so the shock itself is quite secure.

In my case were were flat towing the car to events - one of which is on a frozen lake so the chances of hitting big drifts and severe tow conditions made me take the extra step. For regular flat towing the bumpers shocks should be plenty strong.

Rabin