one of the facts of life is that high performance cars tend to break down and its rarely sitting in your driveway when it does and youll rarely have the correct tools and parts with you so getting it back to your garage usually includes towing charges UNLESS you own a car trailer, now obviously you can buy one but if your skilled and own a welder you can usually build a nice one for less than 60% of the normal cost.
this is where a decent MIG welder comes in handy
http://www.tjtrailers.com/store/car-car ... 18x80.html
http://www.trailerplans.com//index.php? ... 3&Itemid=2
http://www.plans-for-you.com/trailer.html
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Item ... 0000169592
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907312
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907324
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907321
http://www.crossedflags.com/modules.php ... t&p=246787
I and several of my friends have purchased a few car trailers that needed some repairs at a very good price, I got mine at a yard sale from a guy that lost his job here,and was moving back up to GA.
It looked like crap but on close inspection it could be repaired reasonably, most of the problems were cosmedic, like bent fenders, broken lights, needing paint, etc.
It was not for sale, at the time but I left my ph# and he called. he at first asked for twice what I evenually paid for it, and even with the repairs it was a decent deal.
so its not impossiable to go that route
"As far as loading a non-running vehicle onto a trailer, that's what winches are for!"
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=33003
or if you want to get fancy
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=91905
WORTH READING THRU
http://www.corvettefever.com/techarticl ... index.html
http://www.corvettefever.com/techarticl ... index.html
this is where a decent MIG welder comes in handy
http://www.trailerplans.com//index.php? ... 3&Itemid=2
http://www.plans-for-you.com/trailer.html
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Item ... 0000169592
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907312
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907324
http://www.welders-direct.com/merchant2 ... ode=907321
http://www.crossedflags.com/modules.php ... t&p=246787
I and several of my friends have purchased a few car trailers that needed some repairs at a very good price, I got mine at a yard sale from a guy that lost his job here,and was moving back up to GA.
It looked like crap but on close inspection it could be repaired reasonably, most of the problems were cosmedic, like bent fenders, broken lights, needing paint, etc.
It was not for sale, at the time but I left my ph# and he called. he at first asked for twice what I evenually paid for it, and even with the repairs it was a decent deal.
so its not impossiable to go that route
"As far as loading a non-running vehicle onto a trailer, that's what winches are for!"
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=33003
or if you want to get fancy
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=91905
WORTH READING THRU
http://www.corvettefever.com/techarticl ... index.html
http://www.corvettefever.com/techarticl ... index.html
Last edited by a moderator: