Classic/Vintage Tow Vehicles

There's "the beast".

She's a little rough, but it hauls pretty much anything.

373 rear end, 6.2 Diesel, 3/4 ton.

Winged One wrote:
Up until last year we were using this combo. 1969 Thunderbird and a Keystone Express Superlite 199ML


Then we decided to travel further, and wanted larger, so....

gcloss - I had a 1967 Ford Country Sedan (full size) with a 289 before the T-bird. After discussing on this forum, decided it just wasn't going to be able to pull more than pop up and we wanted a TT at the time. Sold the CS and bought the T-bird.

Now I am selling the T-bird and bought another 1967 CS. LOL

Now, that's cool. :C

bmupton wrote:


There's "the beast".

She's a little rough, but it hauls pretty much anything.

373 rear end, 6.2 Diesel, 3/4 ton.

I didn't know they put the diesels in a van. That would be a good tow vehicle.

CavemanCharlie wrote:
I didn't know they put the diesels in a van. That would be a good tow vehicle.

My father-in-law had an '84 with the 6.2 in it as well. We scavenge parts from it for mine these days.

My new TT might be a bit much for this old girl though, even with the 3/4 ton and Chevy's towing package (From 1986). The 6.2 only has 155hp and 278lb ft of torque. The new TT is 8400lb dry, that's about 2000lb heavier than my '96 Mallard 31T. (Which the van has absolutely no trouble hauling).