tow bar

[Guest]

hi im wondering if some ppl can help me. now im after fitting a towbar to my 944 (1987) now i kno u can get towbars for them i just havnt seen any about. also i want mine so all i hav to do is take out a pin and its not there no more i dont want it spoiling the good looks of my car. so if any one has one fitted can u please send a pic of how its fitted to the car coz i cant realy see how one will fit thanks alot mark[][][]

 

[Guest]

I know that Porsche used to supply one. Not sure if they still do. I'm not sure that it would be of the removable type though.

You don't want to tow a caravan with it do you? [:'(]

 

[John Sims]

There was a tow bar for the 944, though whether you can still get it remains to be seen. I think you will have to put up with a non stealth fitment if you find one as they hadn't invented removable swan neck balls when they designed the 944.

Those that know about these sort of things suggest that the 944 would make a good tow car with plenty of torque and a fair amount of weight.

 

[Guest]

well im no gypsi but i do alot of work on the fairs which go from town to town so yer its is to pull my caravan but i only do this part time my full time job is a plumber electrician. i kno they wont hav made one which is detachable so i was guna have one made or make one my self as i am also a farmer i hav all the welding gear and a dab hand at it. i just wanted to kno as to where its is atached on the car and ast to wot shape it is underneeth

 

[Fen]

No idea on the towbar, but please no txt spk; this isn't a krooze forum.

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Fen

No idea on the towbar, but please no txt spk; this isn't a krooze forum.

Don't be dissin the man Fen 'cos 'is wheels may be well sick inni.

An as a fair workin electrician plumbing farmer he's gonna be well up there with his sounds.

Jus 'cos your ride may be bitchin' don't give you no right to be talkin down to the other punters. Now get with the program or me an my possy is gonna be commin round your crib.

Respect.

I must say that all this colloquial talk has rather given me a head ache.

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: fastrack

....... as i am also a farmer i hav all the welding gear and a dab hand at it.......

I am given to wonder what field of agriculture requires the operative to be conversant in the art of welding. One can only hope that it isn't stock rearing. I am assuming it must relate to GM crops.

I will certainly pay more attention to food labels in future.

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: John Sims

Jus 'cos your ride may be bitchin' don't give you no right to be talkin down to the other punters. Now get with the program or me an my possy is gonna be commin round your crib.

The odd thing is I understand John much easier when he talks like this []

Now play nice or I'll post that picture of the Bennetton car towing a multicoloured caravan

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

ORIGINAL: John Sims

Jus 'cos your ride may be bitchin' don't give you no right to be talkin down to the other punters. Now get with the program or me an my possy is gonna be commin round your crib.

The odd thing is I understand John much easier when he talks like this []

I am grateful that my endeavours to raise the general standard of this forum are appreciated.

 

[Guest]

hey lads back to the problem in hand does anyone actually kno where the towbar is connected or as to what one looks like[][]

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: fastrack

hey lads back to the problem in hand does anyone actually kno where the towbar is connected or as to what one looks like[][]

I was so tempted to say that I think it is at the back and has a large hook thing on it...but that would just be silly.

I found the following in PET - it is part number 944 722 901 00

 

[Guest]

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=145660

 

[Guest]

cheers lads i knew i cud count on you all thanks alot

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Mine only has the cross bar still fitted but I can take some pics in the morning

 

[SUSIT]

ORIGINAL: A9XXC

Mine only has the cross bar still fitted but I can take some pics in the morning

That would be great thanks young man

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Hi Steve - I rarely get called young man by any one less than about 80!

Not sure if these pics show what you're looking for!

My car has the remains of a towbar and electrics but those remains dont seem to equate with the towbar as shown in the PET and looking at the PET, I can see no reason to cut the diffuser as mine is!

 

[SUSIT]

Thanks Mike

that is useful, based on that would be happy to fit a towbar to mine. My 44 is my daily driver since my XC70 decided to eat its bottom end. It does all I could wish for except tow. So time to rectify that and will have my perfect means of transport, fun and haulage vehicle all rolled into one.

What more could a man ask for[]

 

[Mike_Pollock]

No idea if anything has been replaced (bumper etc) but the PET drawing looks like it would fit under the bumper and guessing over the diffuser, would make a mess of a toast rack!

 

[George Elliott]

Toast racks belong on the breakfast table []

 

[Northern924]

I can confirm that a good section of a toast rack has to be removed to facilitate a towbar.

Mine previously had one and the bracket etc are still there and as I have the toast rack off at the minute I can post up a picture tomorrow of exactly how much needs removed and the postion etc []