[Mxtrainer]

Hoping someone may have pics of how a trailer hitch was installed underneath on their Pontiac GTO,Lemans or Tempest.
PLEASE post pics of attachment to frame.
Thanks in advance Alan

[Old Goat 67]

Build it yourself.

[Old Goat 67]

It really does work.

[Mxtrainer]

Old goat 67
That is exactly what I needed to see. I have a hitch guy that does my hitches but I don’t think he wanted to utilize the bumper like you did. Now that he sees what you have towed with it I’m sure it will cud be his mind.
Thanks Alan

[Old Goat 67]

That last picture was really put in as a joke mostly.
Hauling a car these days needs a stout machine to be really safe.

[ZeGermanHam]

Yeah, having gotten up close and personal with my frame during restoration, I'm left with the impression that you wouldn't want to tow very much weight with one of these cars. The back section of the frame just isn't particularly robust, IMO. The rear cross section of the frame is only attached with a few small weld beads.

[Jeff Hamlin]

I would put that much stress on the rear cross rail unless I was only towing a very small utility trailer.

IIRC the hitches offered from PMD had a dropdown design and went across the tank and bolted to the outer frame rails.

Sort of like this...

[Old Goat 67]

Agreed, but with a little bit more thinking, that rear frame member can be beefed up very simply by laminating it from the inside....

I've done that more than once on other vehicles and really surprises you how strong it becomes without hanging down so much that you attach yourself to all manner of residue!

[george kujanski]

Back in the day when you would rent a trailer they had a hitch assuming that would clamp onto the bumper.....pretty solid.

[lust4speed]

I had a hitch custom made for my '67 GTO in 1967. The old guy did a great job and the rear of the hitch tied into both the frame cross member and the bumper with bolts. The front was about 20" forward and a stout bar was welded from the back of the hitch to a crossbar that was bolted to the forward part of the frame. He did some nice bending on the crossbar and it tucked under the fuel tank with about a half inch clearance. The hitch was good enough to get a really packed 6x12x6 U-Haul box trailer with household items and some furniture from my last assignment back to my home town when I was discharged.

Don't do what the original owner did to the '65 2+2 that we purchased off him. Some ding-a-ling welded the equalizer hitch to the rear cross member and frame with two very large braces also welded in. Sooner or later we are going to have to replace the gas tank and it's going to be a mess getting that old hitch off.

[Sirrotica]

I used my 70 Judge to flat tow my 67 GTO dirt car (middle picture in my signature) to the race track many times, Don't underestimate the strength of the rear frame and body together for towing. I built the hitch myself out of 1 1/2 thick wall black iron pipe, and 1/4 inch plate, I never owned a truck back in the mid 70s. I bought my first truck in 1978.

Keith Seymore has quite a few pictures of his father flat towing their race cars to the track with A bodies, and all different Pontiacs they owned in the 60s and 70s. He has one of a corvair towing their 65 GTO race car via a tow bar.

Link to Keith's post, see pictures on post #6 and #10: https://forums.maxperformanceinc.com...d.php?t=560524

Most of the cars I flat towed were right around 3500-4000 lbs. so a light single axle trailer should be fine. I just towed a U haul enclosed trailer from Phoenix to Ohio with my 99 GP, no rear frame at all, hitch is bolted to the sheetmetal rails under the trunk floor. I currently use it to tow my 5 X 8 utility trailer with my zero turn mower in it.

I towed an enclosed 8 X 10 enclosed trailer thousands of miles loaded with the whole setup we used to sell T Shirts, with my 05 GTO, no frame. I've also towed a 97 T/A on a tow dolly with the 05 GTO. The hitch is basically bolted to the spare tire well floor, and rated at 3500 lbs. I've also used my wife's 08 Vibe to tow a 92 Grand Am on a tow dolly. A 91 Cavalier I used to own, to tow a 76 T/A on a tow dolly. That wasn't one I'd recommend going long distance with.

But the Cavalier flat towed a Fiero, and a 91 Grand AM on the highway no problems, but a 76 T/A was a little too much weight to be comfortable towing any long distance. Back in the day not everyone had a truck, or SUV, cars were used to tow some pretty heavy trailers years ago.

I have a one ton dually turbo diesel, but the cars use less fuel than the truck does, so for lighter towing I usually use the cars. Every car I currently drive has a hitch on it, and they get used frequently.

[gto4ben]

I found this hitch bolted to a LeMans at the local Pick-a-Part in the eighties. Brought it home, bolted it on my car, and I still use it today. The drawback is that the hitch ball gets in the way in filling the gas tank. I remove it when I'm not towing.

[lrust]

I am just about finished making a hitch for my 67 GTO. Anyone have any creative ideas on how to make up the pigtail for the wiring without hacking up the factory wiring harness? Thx.

[lust4speed]

I did mine a long time ago and have since removed the hitch and wiring so have to go by memory. Our old wiring doesn't have any connectors to pull apart and insert an adapter like newer vehicles. What I did way back when was to splice into the harness at the rear driver's side of the trunk. All the necessary wires are in the bundle next to the driver's side rear taillight. At the time I just needed tail, left turn, and right turn so splicing into just these three wires was easy and pretty much out of sight. You can pick up the ground wire on the frame crossmember and it doesn't need to come into the trunk. I ran the three wires in a bundle and dropped them through the rear trunk floor in the same hole that the license plate light wire went through. I left the original grommet on the license plate wire in place and when I removed the trailer wires I simply plugged the grommet back into the hole.

Like I said, long time ago and maybe someone has a newer/better idea.

[gto4ben]

When my LeMans was needed to tow a U-Haul, I bought this add-on device that clipped into the existing wiring and provided a hook-up to the trailer. The only drawback was that I needed to provide 12V from a source. At the time, I ran a wire from the fuse box to the trunk. The plus side was that removal is straightforward and that the intrusion into the existing tail light harness is minimal. FYI: The photo shows a heat shrink which is a spliced-in light socket replacement, unrelated to the device.