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Old Nov 24, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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towing car to shop

I got all the parts to fix my car and now I just need to get the car to my friends' shop....I have to tow it...I'm worried about getting it onto a flatbed with the nose being so long. But, it doesnt have GFX so maybe nothing will happen...for the tow truck drivers safety, he'd better hope nothing happens to that car.

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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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From: Bertram (outside Austin), TX
Car: 87 GTA
Engine: L98
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: Dana M78 3.27 posi
I know your post is a couple of weeks old...Hope it went OK.

The flatbed is on it's way to get my GTA. In the past (for my old RS), I used a 2" x 4" just in front of the flatbed ramp, to give to nose a 2" lift, and it cleared the ramp...JUST BARELY! I keep 2 pieces of 2" x 4" in my car, just in case. I don't need the nose folded back, being pulled on the flatbed.

If they show up with the standard sling tow truck, I tell them to go get a flatbed, or not bother to come back.

Last edited by Stephen; Dec 11, 2006 at 03:25 PM.
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 10:11 PM
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Flatbed is the only way to go on the GM Big Nosed cars. I had a 73' Covette with a healthy small block and everytime I broke a spindle the repair shop sent over a flatbed because they did not want to pay for the damages a reguler tow truck would have caused. The nose on the 92' Camaro is just as long.
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