[AT] Gooseneck Hitch Location

[Tim Bivens]

I remember seeing one of those back in the '70's but that was when cars were built like tanks. Seems like the one I saw was mounted on an Olds 98 sedan. I wouldn't want to try that with any of the cars built now.
Tim

--- On Thu, 7/17/08, Indiana Robinson <robinson at svs.net> wrote:

> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson at svs.net>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gooseneck Hitch Location
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 5:06 PM
> They used to make a fairly large travel trailer that was a
> fifth wheel 
> type but the hitch was mounted to the roof (on a frame) of
> the car. A 
> dealer used to demo them in parades here and would rotate
> the car a full 
> 360 degrees jockying the rig around in the street. The
> hitch point on 
> those was about in the center of a standard sedan.
> 	A quick search didn't turn up anything. I don't
> know if they still make 
> them or not. Kind of a scary concept really, looks like a
> hard panic 
> stop could even pop out windows...
> 	They probably didn't sell many to convertible
> owners...   ;-)
> 	They evidently didn't sell many anyway, I don't
> recall ever seeing one 
> out on the road. Just in parades
>