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Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day #1199444 03/19/12 12:07 PM 03/19/12 12:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,904 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,904 Athens, Greece	I have an itch...to find this hitch. I tried looking for one about a year ago to no avail. Maybe someone else will read this and someone (if I could be that lucky) will actually know where to find one. Looking for a Dealer installed Class I hitch for a 68 - 70 Charger. It is actually stamped on the hitch "68 - 70 Charger" on the underside. My idiot friend removed it to take it to a car show because he thought it wasn't "original" while I was overseas. Would like to find one just out of personal thrill and mount it. I am not going to pull anything with it. Even if you have any information, maybe an old magazine with the company name and design of the hitch. Perhaps a drawing of it from a brochure. Maybe you have a cruddy hitch on your car and you dont want it. It has a plate that mounts behind the license plate on the bumper. The tongue is about 1/2" thick steel, goes down under the gas tank and then connects left and right to the subframe with two bolts. There was a variation where it also has two trusses that went towards the rear diff about 8" with two more mounting points on each side. If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it. Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: Pyper70] #1199445 03/19/12 04:55 PM 03/19/12 04:55 PM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX kentj340 top fuel
kentj340 top fuel Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX	The Owner's Manual that came with my 69 Barracuda had a drawing in back for making a hitch frame out of square tubing. Always wanted to make one, but never did. Maybe check the Owner's Manual for your car... If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: kentj340] #1199446 03/19/12 05:07 PM 03/19/12 05:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	I believe Draw Tite made them. The ones I've seen just have part numbers on them. I have one for my Barracuda it just has a Draw Tite number on it V-5. IIRC, mine also works for a Dart. 7126038-CopyofPICT0732.JPG (45 downloads) Last edited by autoxcuda; 03/19/12 05:10 PM.

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: autoxcuda] #1199447 03/19/12 08:07 PM 03/19/12 08:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,652 Central Ky, area C CHRYCOFAN top fuel
CHRYCOFAN top fuel C Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,652 Central Ky, area	My 70 Superbee had one like that. I held onto it for years & then loaned it to a friend to put on his Roadrunner just to pull a motorcycle trailer. I don't remember if I got it back or he still has it but I'll check. It was on the Bee when I bought it in 75 & I remember the original owners pulled a boat with it. Butch

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: autoxcuda] #1199448 03/19/12 08:07 PM 03/19/12 08:07 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 974 www.mmcdetroit.com MMC Detroit super stock
MMC Detroit super stock Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 974 www.mmcdetroit.com	Quote: I believe Draw Tite made them. The ones I've seen just have part numbers on them. I have one for my Barracuda it just has a Draw Tite number on it V-5. IIRC, mine also works for a Dart. Here is a lead. It is worth a try. I have been researching hitches for a while. Let me know what you find out because I'm adding thsiinformaiton to the ICCA reference manuals. http://forums.aaca.org/f119/trailer-hitches-277721.html MMC/ ICCA Detroit. The Motor City or where ever there is Mopars

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: MMC Detroit] #1199449 03/19/12 08:12 PM 03/19/12 08:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Allot of the Mopar ones back in that day had a rectangular box that framed the license plate... There is one of that style on a Dart in the local wrecking yard... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: MMC Detroit] #1199450 03/19/12 08:26 PM 03/19/12 08:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	I have a feeling the Draw Tite number may change over time. Here are two setups that have V-5 marked on them. http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pts/2910176970.html http://newyork.ebayclassifieds.com/parts...itch/?ad=616126

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: Pyper70] #1199451 03/19/12 08:36 PM 03/19/12 08:36 PM
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71birdJ68 master 7 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 4,454 Morristown Tn.	Look in a 69 B body owners manual and it will show how to make one and where to attach it.

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1199452 03/19/12 08:38 PM 03/19/12 08:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal autoxcuda Too Many Posts
autoxcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,468 So Cal	Quote: Allot of the Mopar ones back in that day had a rectangular box that framed the license plate... There is one of that style on a Dart in the local wrecking yard... Like this?.... 7126387-CopyofPICT0731.JPG (38 downloads)

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: autoxcuda] #1199453 03/19/12 08:39 PM 03/19/12 08:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: Quote: Allot of the Mopar ones back in that day had a rectangular box that framed the license plate... There is one of that style on a Dart in the local wrecking yard... Like this?.... Yup.. "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: 71birdJ68] #1199454 03/19/12 08:41 PM 03/19/12 08:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,904 Athens, Greece Pyper70 OP master
Pyper70 OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,904 Athens, Greece	Quote: Look in a 69 B body owners manual and it will show how to make one and where to attach it. Are we talking the 69 Charger FSM or the little booklet for the glovebox? I have the 69 FSM and the 70 Glovebox manual. I'll take a peek tomorrow and see what it says Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: autoxcuda] #1199455 03/19/12 11:35 PM 03/19/12 11:35 PM
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19cuda73 pro stock Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,300 Washington	I dont think this was dealer installed infact quite the hack job really. it was bolted to the bumper which was cut out and into the trunk pan with 1/4 plates under the bolts. 7126783-202.JPG (29 downloads) 1966 Charger 383 4 speed (Black with Red interior) 1973 Cuda 340 4 speed (Lemontwist) 1972 Corvette

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: 19cuda73] #1199456 03/19/12 11:38 PM 03/19/12 11:38 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows? 1_WILD_RT Management Trainee
1_WILD_RT Management Trainee Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 27,347 Today? Who Knows?	Quote: I dont think this was dealer installed infact quite the hack job really. it was bolted to the bumper which was cut out and into the trunk pan with 1/4 plates under the bolts. That hitch didn't start it's life on that car.... Or at least it wasn't designed to start it's life on that car.... "The Armies of our ancestors were lucky, in that they were not trailed by a second army of pencil pushers."

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: 1_WILD_RT] #1199457 03/20/12 12:32 AM 03/20/12 12:32 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV 6bblgt I Live Here
6bblgt I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,516 Las Vegas, NV	There is a similar trailer hitch on my '68 H/O. With carriage bolts thru the trunk floor to help support it. 7126885-68HOwithhitch.jpg (33 downloads)

Re: Dealer installed Hitches from back in the day [Re: Pyper70] #1199458 03/20/12 12:56 AM 03/20/12 12:56 AM
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX kentj340 top fuel
kentj340 top fuel Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,655 Cut and Shoot, TX	Quote: Quote: Look in a 69 B body owners manual and it will show how to make one and where to attach it. Are we talking the 69 Charger FSM or the little booklet for the glovebox? I have the 69 FSM and the 70 Glovebox manual. I'll take a peek tomorrow and see what it says Look here: http://www.faxonautoliterature.com/1969-Dodge-Charger-RT-Reprint-Owners-Manual-69-P10057.aspx If you don't see two dolphins, you need a vacation.

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