Who has the oldest Tow Vehicle in service?
Age doesn't really matter but I thought it would be fun to ask. I'll start. Mine is a 2010 Silverado. Beat that! :S pic in my sig.
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We had till July 1997 a 1976 Chevy Impala with the 350 V8 and THM 350 transmission. It was bought new in December '76...ended up a one family (ours) car all it's life till it rusted out in '97.
Engine work...none except one can of car cleaner, couple of tune ups. When it finished it's life with us the engine went into a Firebird and the tranny went into a Chevy pickup. The HEI ignition and rad went into a souped up Nova with a built 450 hp 406 SBC.
We towed with it till August 1996. In the summer of 1995 we towed our large Coleman folding trailer, throughout the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta...then through the Canadian Rockies through British Columbia to and around Vancouver Island.
Then back to Manitoba through Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and up to Manitoba.
In Montana it was 109 to 110 F....lot's of cars broken down by the side of the road (boiled over) , but the old Impala never whimpered.
What did I learn ? Two things...get your car Ziebarted (rust proofed) if you plan to drive it many years and it's hard to beat a small block Chevy V8.
Engine work...none except one can of car cleaner, couple of tune ups. When it finished it's life with us the engine went into a Firebird and the tranny went into a Chevy pickup. The HEI ignition and rad went into a souped up Nova with a built 450 hp 406 SBC.
We towed with it till August 1996. In the summer of 1995 we towed our large Coleman folding trailer, throughout the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta...then through the Canadian Rockies through British Columbia to and around Vancouver Island.
Then back to Manitoba through Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota and up to Manitoba.
In Montana it was 109 to 110 F....lot's of cars broken down by the side of the road (boiled over) , but the old Impala never whimpered.
What did I learn ? Two things...get your car Ziebarted (rust proofed) if you plan to drive it many years and it's hard to beat a small block Chevy V8.
