Re: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...

[Burnerslowski@cs.com]

Might be a stupid comment... I thought the Syclones/ typhoons were not 
supposed to tow anything?  Would I be alright pulling a 3000lb car on a 300lb 
trailer with the set up described?

Scot


In a message dated 06/02/2000 9:56:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Rich.Merlino@Eclipsys.com writes:

<< Hi Brad,
 
 Here's a post from yesteryear.  Many of us have seen Russ's Sy with this
 stealth hitch setup.  I don't know if his email is current.
 
 HTH,
 
 Rich Merlino
 '93 Ty white/white
 San Jose, CA 
 
 From:     Russ Hagey [hagey@hevanet.com]
 Sent:     Tuesday, March 09, 1999 10:57 AM
 To:  ANDREW PRICE; SYTY
 Subject:  Re: Custom Trailer hitch
 
 Andy,
 |
 A friend of mine works at a lowering shop and he modified a hitch to 
 slide right into my Sy.| I only had to drill one hole on each side frame
 rail 
 and cut the square hole in the bumper behind the plate.| It took him about
 2hrs 
 to modify the hitch. I used a license plate bracket from a 77 Monte Carlo.
 He says that you should be able to find a fab shop that will do this for
 you.
 Just bring them a S-10 hitch and they should be able to make the end plates 
 like we did.| 
 
 Below is a copy of my earlier post.
 
 
 Russ Hagey
 Portland, OR.
 Sy #1807 
 
 >Well,| I finally got my trailer hitch installed on the Sy last weekend.
 >What a chore!
 >My buddy at the 'Drop Shop' ordered a S-10 hidden-hitch from Chassis Tech.
 >We could not figure out a way to install it where we wanted it as it was. 
 
 >It would have been too high and stuck out past the license plate too far. 
 >He didn't want to cut into the frame rails, so decided to saw an inch off
 >each end 
 >of the hitch. He then made a template and fabricated new end plates, 
 >which we ended up having to trim a little more to get it to fit right. 
 >It slides into and rests on the lower part of the frame rails. Used the
 two
 >existing holes in the frame rails and drilled two new ones. Put on a set
 of 
 >grade 8 nuts and bolts and it is SOLID.
 >Cut a square hole in the bumper behind the plate.
 >Now I need to get the flip license bracket from an 80's Camaro, and wire
 >in the light plug.
 >Had to order an extra long(16 in) receiver for fear of hitting my
 >tailgate on the trailer when backing up to it.
 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: epolk [mailto:epolk@erols.com]
 > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 10:10 PM
 > To: syty@syty.org
 > Subject: [ISTA] Trailer hitches...
 > 
 > 
 > Hello all,
 > 
 > Just curious as to what kind of trailer hitch setups anyone 
 > may have on
 > their Sy's?  Don't know what brand or type mine is(got it with the
 > truck) but I have to remove the roll pan (rear bumper) to bolt up
 > trailer hitch for motorcycles, boat, etc. Are there any hitches out
 > there that do not require removal of the roll pan but do not hang out
 > from under license plate?  Has anyone modified any hitches to fit with
 > roll pan on maybe receiver is behind license plate?  I don't want to
 > drive everywhere with  the hitch on but I don't want to swap them
 > whenever I need to use my trailers.
 > 
 > Thanks
 > Brad Polk
 > epolk@erols.com
 > #0024 Sy
 > Manassas, Va >>