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Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:12 pm

I picking up a 72 Beetle tomorrow & plan on towing it home.
Will the VW tow bar work with the front sway bar in place??
I looked at it today & it looks like a tight fit for the tow bar.
It looks like it is just about all Stock except for the Carb.
It has a PROGRESSIVE 2-BARREL carb not sure which one.

Another question can the back side windows be converted to the pop-out type??

Thanks for any help.
Mike

Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:24 pm

I rented a small two wheel towing apparatus from U-haul towed my bug behind my gmc pickup and it worked great. Sorry it's not quite the same thing as what you're doing. Words of encouragement.

Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:27 am

RealThing74 wrote: Another question can the back side windows be converted to the pop-out type??

Thanks for any help.
Mike

Yes

Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:56 am

you do not have to take off the sway bar. yes it is a tight fit, it's supposed to be. you have to give a little tappy to get the towbar to fit around the beam, but not a very hard tappy. make sure you unlock the steering wheel. yes the windows can be converted. and don't backup the bug with the tow bar.

Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:09 am

Make sure you unlock your steering wheel, make sure the emergency brake is off, and put the car in neutral. Trust me. :oops: Otherwise you end up destroying a perfectly good tow bar...

Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:01 am

I have a few pics of the 72 Standard Beetle we picked-up on Oct 22, 2008 on my web site at the below link.
Towed it home with a VW tow bar with no problem.
Thanks to all that replied to my post.
I will have more questions.
Not sure I will be keeping the rims that are on it now.

http://we2rv.com/ThingStuff/72Bug/Our72Bug.html