Hola Scott & Lisa & Javier and All
I just looked in the 1968 Imperial / Crashlier FSM on pg 0-6 and 0-19 about
towing, ... nuthin of your question.
It does state the Imperial only used the 18 1/2 inch seven blade fan ( the
same as our 62 ) on pg 7-10 when equipted with A/C. In 1974 they went to
an 20 inch fan for the better units.
The 1968 Imperial / Crashlier FSM also shows the newest 9 1/4 rear axle was
used also ( and the older 8 3/4 ) on 0-4.
On pg 17-7 it shows all types of Imperials only use a seven leaf springs
assembly.
It appears as if all one needs to do is run an electrical wire from the
battery to the rear trailer plug ( the trailer's hot wire source ) and the
trailer brake units assembly wires, to the correct places ( one to grd. one to
the fuse box for power, one to the rear trailer plug and one to ______).
All of this sounds hard, but I did it all by myself.
Uncle Rodger
COS
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 11:23
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Towing travel trailer
with 1968 Crown Convertible...
Does anyone know if the max allowable trailer weight is
different for a
convertible vs a hardtop? If it is not, I would say that
Javier should be
able to do what he proposes. I have a '65 4 door Imperial
that I use to pull
a 26 foot, 5000# (loaded weight) Airstream trailer. In
the 60's and 70's my
family towed this same trailer with various mopars
from the 60's and 70's.
Never with an Imperial, but usually one of the
lesser Newports or an
occasional New Yorker. They were all up to the job,
but I don't know enough
about them to say that the frame is the same on
these different cars, nor do
I know how throwing a convertable into the
mix changes things. If you tow
with this car you will want to add the
towing package components, usually
things such as a tranny cooler and a
larger cooling fan, perhaps add helper
springs for the rear of the car.
And yes, you want a class 3 (weight
distributing) hitch. Towing,
especially through the mountains will put a
great deal of stress on the
tow vehicle. You might wish to consider a rear
end gear ratio change to
help through the mountain passes. The weight of
your trailer when
travelling will probably be close to 4500#...keep that in
mind.
Scott Scheuermann
1965 Crown
1960
Airstream
----- Original Message -----
From: "Javier, Bay
Adventures" <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
The situation:
>
> The 1968 owner's manual says *loaded trailer
weight must not exceed
> 4,000 lbs* and that just feels way too low to
me. Is that tow weight
> rating because of the unit body
construction?
>
> My initial thought is to pull an Airstream
travel trailer and the one I
> am considering is 19' with a *dry* weight
of 3,575lbs+/- including a
> *hitch* weight of 510lbs. If the
4,000lbs is a hard limit, I would have
> to completely empty holding
tanks, etc. every time I moved the rig or
> consider going the tent
route. Or worse yet, I'd have to consider
> changing tow
vehicles.
>
> Has anyone with a 67-68 set it up to pull a travel
trailer of any size?
> If so, to what result? I'm afraid of
putting too much stress on the
> unit body and don't want to do
something inherently unsafe on mountain
> roads.
>
> Are
there viable alternatives/adjustments I can make to either vehicle
>
(without damaging the Imperial's collectibility) or the trailer
(weight
> distribution hitches) that would make pulling a small travel
trailer
> safe?
>
> I just find it odd that a six cylinder
suv can pull a 6,000 trailer but
> my Imperial can't.
>
>
Warm regards,
>
> (A very perplexed) Javier Reynaldos, Miami
Shores, FL.
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