I've been thinking recently about making it possible to add a tow bar to my chassis whilst its still in the welding stage. Reasons:
I occasionally go to
Greenpower and
Shell Eco-Marathon events taking with me the cars I helped build back when I was in the school motor sport team during 6th form. When I went to race meets I used to stick it up on the roof rack of my rover metro but towing seems a neater solution when using a 7 style car
I do a lot of cycling so the idea of carrying two bikes on the back to races/venues is very appealing
Easier way of carrying luggage when planning a 'weekend away'
Has anyone given this any thought? My first ideas are to weld 'L' brackets to the lower inside of the rear suspension framework, one in each corner (with nuts welded to the top side). To this a tow bar style extension could be bolted that brought the tow-mount out the back of the car, or a custom designed bike rack to suit the car. Would it be wise to try and incorporate some sort of triangulation method or would it be strong enough? Perhaps using the roll-bar support tube bolts as an upper chassis bolting point?
My main concern would be to keep the chassis weight as low as possible so a removable design would be best as I want this car to be as multipurpose as possible!
Share your views
Josh