I towed my daughter's '74 standard Beetle from El Paso TX to Yorktown VA (quite a haul!) with my '94 Isuzu Trooper without incident using a standard VW-specific tow bar. I checked the tranny fluid, ensured the steering wheel was not locked (not an issue for you), ensured the tires were inflated properly and had an extra spare and small floor jack before I left. No backing up and no sharp turns were the ROE for this trip. BTW the spare came in handy somewhere in NC.
The use of magnetic tail lights attached to the top of the Bug (available from U-Haul) and a "car-in-tow" sign in the back window gave me a better feeling of security. Good luck. Nick Stokes Dub~Tunes radio page: http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes On 11 Mar, 2007, at 07:02, Timothy Osburn wrote: > Friends, I'm towing my '56 beetle down to Arkansas from Kansas City > (about 200 miles) in a couple of weeks, using a VW tow bar (all > four "feet" on the ground). > > Two questions- You do tow with the car in neutral, correct? Any > special instructions besides that? I'm assuming you don't "bind > down" the steering wheel, correct? > > I would love to hear any "horror stories" and what could have been > done to prevent them. Thanks! > > Tim Osburn, Head Mechanic, Ralph Spoilsport Motors. > 1970 Beetle (Sport), 1974 Westfalia hardtop camper (Tullio), 1956 > Euro Beetle ragtop (Ebon,in progress)and... Grand Canyon Nut. > Home of The Blues Notions website- http://www.bluesnotions.com > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Don't pick lemons. > See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. > http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
