Classic/Vintage Tow Vehicles

Nice truck. Good move. I like to see the older RV's and vehicles restored and maintained.
I hope it works out well for you.

I may be giving away mt age here but, I would not consider a 1989 to be a classic or vintage. But, true it's not yesterday either. I agree with the lower insurance and taxes part for sure. No inspections around here though.

I agree, there's nothing old about an '89, the grand kids are older then that

I agree, a 1989 truck is not an 'old' vehicle. But, next year it will be considered an antique vehicle in pennsylvania.
I'm sure a lot of trucks of that age got scrapped during the Cash for Clunkers program.
I'm glad the OP is going to restore and use it as a tow vehicle. I think it will be cool. YMMV

Well... It is 24 years old....when I realized that I realized I wasnt 16 anymore. LOL. I always thought classics were 20yrs old...could be wrong though.

I have to be aware of years, and how old I am. My initial thought when I saw '89 was, "How much older than I think that is, is it?"

Around here, 25 is a "classic", so I am more than willing to grant the OP the leeway of '89 being a classic. If it was built in '88, as many '89 vehicles were, it will be 25 this year. Who am I to quibble, when parts of my body feel older than I think they are?

Glad to see some can keep old cars longer. I put 325,000 on my '88 Jeep Cherokee, and got rid of it in '03. I put 43,000 on my current Jeep this year. I can't keep vehicles long enough to be "vintage".

at least with the older trucks , repairs on the road arent as difficult as with a computer controlled new vehicle . I still remember camping in the 1980s on guy blew a transmission in his chevy truck , we towed him to the campground with a chain , went to the junkyard grabbed a turbo 350 for $200.00 and installed it in 3 hours .

This reminds me of my first tow-vehicle. It was a 1967 Ford Fairlane Station Wagon. It had a 289 v-8, three on the tree, manual steering and manual brakes. No power anything, no A/C. The only factory options were an AM radio and heater. We pulled a Coleman PUP all over the Northeast. It was super easy to fix if anything went wrong.

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

I will always want an early to mid 70's Ford or Chrysler wagon with a big block towing an Airstream!

Love to see older cars/trailers on the road.