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Postby McGuffin » Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:18 am

Hi Pete,

I think I was able to get that type of miles per gallon mainly by not accelerating too hard from low speeds to cruising. After that I just put it into cruise control. In the EU it is illegal to pull an unbraked trailer (max 750 Kg) faster that 80 Km an hour - and this car is rated to pull only 725kgs anyway ...so this is a slow and economical way of travelling with an RV... even slower on bendy roads :NC :) :D .

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Postby be_a_jayhawk » Wed Jun 19, 2019 8:47 pm

I pull with my Toyota Venza! Used to pull with the minivan but since it's gone this is my workhorse. Love the Venza.Image

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Postby MBski » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:13 pm

A Lexus IS-350 Convertible...A comfy way to roll under the sun 8)
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Postby catinmoon » Mon Dec 23, 2019 2:11 pm

Nice!
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Postby Gold5one » Sun Dec 29, 2019 9:08 am

A great classic combo!
I remembering my uncle Bill taking me to the grain elevator in a PU truck like that (1950's- Illinois) - he always bought me a 5cent Snickers candy bar and a 5cent bottle of Coca Cola- :)
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Postby Wolfgang92025 » Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:51 pm

Chevy Colorado with the baby Duramax.

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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby pontdog » Sun Jan 05, 2020 7:25 pm

i will be using my 1965 pontiac bonneville but 1st i have to finish my camper this winter160633
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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby gudmund » Mon Jan 06, 2020 1:25 am

pontdog - I see the word "Bonneville", yet you are from Canada - so is it a US built Pontiac? 389 or 421? (Yes, I used to 'breath' Pontiac when at a younger age(50yrs ago) - 62 Catalina -2 '65 GTO's and owned my 70 455 GTO twice - all of my 'RA-IV' parts ended up in Canada 'somewhere' when sold) .........................
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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby Vtec44 » Sat Jan 11, 2020 12:20 pm

I have a 2016 Toyota Highlander to tow my little trailer. Gas mileage is decent. I get about 14mpg when towing. It could be better but my trailer wasn't built as aerodynamic.

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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby pontdog » Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:55 pm

gudmund wrote:pontdog - I see the word "Bonneville", yet you are from Canada - so is it a US built Pontiac? 389 or 421? (Yes, I used to 'breath' Pontiac when at a younger age(50yrs ago) - 62 Catalina -2 '65 GTO's and owned my 70 455 GTO twice - all of my 'RA-IV' parts ended up in Canada 'somewhere' when sold) .........................

yes you are correct bonneville is the american car and parisenne was the canadian this car was from California originally.i love pontiac my last one was a kustom.but this one has a 389 and should have no trouble pulling my trailer
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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby gudmund » Mon Jan 13, 2020 12:52 am

I would think this Pontiac will do just fine towing - back in 'their' day, this vehicle was considered one of the great towing vehicles (389/421 with the turbo400 trans!!) along with the "full sized" Oldsmobile/Buick/Cadillac/Chrysler/Dodge/Ford and 'big block' Chevs. Back than, PU's really had not yet hit the 'towing vehicle mark' yet as they have now-days with all of the power options they offer today. There were no extended cabs/multi-door'ed one's available yet and it wasn't till the mid-seventies that they even started offering the big motor power-train's that were already in full sized cars. The '65 Catalina SW my dad had always did just fine when towing - the one thing I would check into doing (if not already done) is the up-dating of the brake system to a newer front disc/dual master cyl system - I would think the 69/newer disc set-up would probably be adaptable to this 65.
The front brake hose 'breaking' incident in 1969 when I was 15 and backing the boat trailer into the water comes to mind. I backed it in stopping when he told me to, thus holding my foot on the brake pedal (still in reverse-like I said, I was 15 :oops: ) a front brake breaks - brake pedal goes to the floor, I slammed it into drive pulling forward out of the water as I get it stopped with the e-brake - I than find him drenched and in the water holding onto the boat. '65's (everything made than) still had just the single cylinder brake systems and if any part of the system failed - you lost it "all" of the system!! It wasn't till '67 when they changed over to the duel cylinder setup and about '69/'70 when front disc's started being offered (as a option-extra $$).
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Re: what does everyone use for a tow vehicle.

Postby pontdog » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:48 pm

gudmund wrote:I would think this Pontiac will do just fine towing - back in 'their' day, this vehicle was considered one of the great towing vehicles (389/421 with the turbo400 trans!!) along with the "full sized" Oldsmobile/Buick/Cadillac/Chrysler/Dodge/Ford and 'big block' Chevs. Back than, PU's really had not yet hit the 'towing vehicle mark' yet as they have now-days with all of the power options they offer today. There were no extended cabs/multi-door'ed one's available yet and it wasn't till the mid-seventies that they even started offering the big motor power-train's that were already in full sized cars. The '65 Catalina SW my dad had always did just fine when towing - the one thing I would check into doing (if not already done) is the up-dating of the brake system to a newer front disc/dual master cyl system - I would think the 69/newer disc set-up would probably be adaptable to this 65.
The front brake hose 'breaking' incident in 1969 when I was 15 and backing the boat trailer into the water comes to mind. I backed it in stopping when he told me to, thus holding my foot on the brake pedal (still in reverse-like I said, I was 15 :oops: ) a front brake breaks - brake pedal goes to the floor, I slammed it into drive pulling forward out of the water as I get it stopped with the e-brake - I than find him drenched and in the water holding onto the boat. '65's (everything made than) still had just the single cylinder brake systems and if any part of the system failed - you lost it "all" of the system!! It wasn't till '67 when they changed over to the duel cylinder setup and about '69/'70 when front disc's started being offered (as a option-extra $$).

i have already got the setup for disc brake conversion with dual master cly and there is going to be trailer brakes as well and also doing a separate transmission cooler
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