Trailer hitch?
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Topic: Trailer hitch?
Posted By: Inkara1
Subject: Trailer hitch?
Date Posted: 20-January-2022 at 11:53AM
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Can a trailer hitch intended for a 1972-up Ranchero be used on a 1972 wagon? U-Haul's site shows a hitch to put on a Ranchero with a 5,000-pound capacity. But for a wagon, the site says they don't have one, but if I'm willing to drive the car to Phoenix and let them have it for a few days, they can maybe engineer one. ------------- 1972 Gran Torino station wagon, light blue, 351C 2V, prior owner upgraded to 4V (2V heads), originally had a C4 but prior owner changed to C6 for some reason. |
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Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 20-January-2022 at 3:05PM
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not sure but i think they are very similar??? ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: benzesrule
Date Posted: 21-January-2022 at 1:06PM
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I have a 73 with a hitch that I sourced on this forum. The hitch was for a station wagon and it fit perfectly on my formal roof. I would bet they are very close and probably work. ------------- Phil |
Posted By: Inkara1
Date Posted: 21-January-2022 at 2:36PM
Is it heavy duty enough to tow 5,000 pounds or more? ------------- 1972 Gran Torino station wagon, light blue, 351C 2V, prior owner upgraded to 4V (2V heads), originally had a C4 but prior owner changed to C6 for some reason. |
benzesrule wrote:Posted By: hogfiddles
Date Posted: 22-January-2022 at 12:56AM
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is the car frame itself strong enough for that?? Why would you put a hitch on, anyway? ------------- 1973 Gran Torino Sport - Q code “Q-Clone” project-on-hold 1972 Gran Torino Sport - Q code new project 1972 Gran Torino - parts 1969 Torino GT - M code 100+ mid-80's Yamaha XJ-Series (14 trophies) |
Posted By: benzesrule
Date Posted: 22-January-2022 at 12:37PM
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I pulled a 28 foot camper with it. Camper weighed 6000 lbs. Yes the frame is strong enough!! I pulled that camper down RT 30 at 70 miles per hour. The Torino pulled it like there was nothing behind it. I installed a trans cooler and trailer brakes actuator. When these cars were new they were used to tow. Not everyone had a pickup to use so they used their cars. While towing my camper, you can't believe all the compliments and thumbs up going down the road!!! It's your car use as you wish!!! ------------- Phil |
Posted By: Inkara1
Date Posted: 22-January-2022 at 12:41PM
I'm getting too old to want to sweat for 6 hours driving the '62 Fairlane to Fairlane Club shows (no A/C and I drove it home from Reno into 112-degree temperatures in Ridgecrest), so since Gran Torinos are also covered by the club, I thought it would be cool to use it as a tow vehicle (with air conditioning). I thought the wagon and Ranchero used the same frame, which is stronger in the back than the sedan and coupes. ------------- 1972 Gran Torino station wagon, light blue, 351C 2V, prior owner upgraded to 4V (2V heads), originally had a C4 but prior owner changed to C6 for some reason. |
Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 23-January-2022 at 3:39AM
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found this on the circus http://www.ranchero.us/forum/index.php?threads/hitch-ranchero.10568/#post-124140" rel="nofollow - http://www.ranchero.us/forum/index.php?threads/hitch-ranchero.10568/#post-124140 ------------- 72 GT Ute |
Posted By: hogfiddles
Date Posted: 23-January-2022 at 3:47AM
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12yrs old posts.......fwiw ------------- 1973 Gran Torino Sport - Q code “Q-Clone” project-on-hold 1972 Gran Torino Sport - Q code new project 1972 Gran Torino - parts 1969 Torino GT - M code 100+ mid-80's Yamaha XJ-Series (14 trophies) |
Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 24-January-2022 at 4:28PM
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one of the 2 dr's i parted had a hitch that i sold awhile ago but 1 of the 3 rancheros here may have one??? i''l take a look tomorrow.... ------------- JOHN 74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE 74 VETTE CUSTOM 90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED 77 CELICA CUSTOM 75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED 79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED 75 VEGA V6 5 SPD 70 CHEV C10 P/U 68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION |
Posted By: 72FordGTS
Date Posted: 26-January-2022 at 4:01AM
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I am not sure if the Ranchero hitch would also work on the Wagon. However, it does say on the U-Haul site they can custom build a hitch for a '72 Torino Wagon. Short of finding an old original hitch, U-Haul might be your best option. You could also call around to a few local hitch shops and see if they could fab something up. We used to have a local shop that installed these "universal" frame hitches that could be made to work with pretty much almost any car. Also these cars were originally rated to two up to 6000 lbs with the HD towing package. There was a lighter duty tow package that was only good for about 3500 lbs. Don't expect it to tow like a modern truck, but it should get the job done. We have some discussion on towing in these threads: http://forum.grantorinosport.org/towing-package-for-torinos_topic4515.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.grantorinosport.org/towing-package-for-torinos_topic4515.html http://forum.grantorinosport.org/towing-package_topic10718.html" rel="nofollow - http://forum.grantorinosport.org/towing-package_topic10718.html ------------- Vince 1972 Ford GTS Sportsroof - Survivor, One Family car GTS.org Admin |
Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 27-January-2022 at 1:17PM
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on the Draw-Tite page there is no vehicle selection for Gran Torino Wagon, so default to Ranchero but then it says Not Confirmed To Fit http://www.etrailer.com/p-75278.html?hhyear=1973&hhmake=Ford&hhmodel=Ranchero" rel="nofollow - https://www.etrailer.com/p-75278.html?hhyear=1973&hhmake=Ford&hhmodel=Ranchero ------------- 72 GT Ute |