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igould
13th February 2020, 03:26 PM
My 77 RRC doesn't have a towbar tongue. It's the flat blade type with 2 bolts, not the square hitch style.

Can I get a tongue from Holden, Ford, whatever? Or are the bolt hole centres different?
If the RRC is different, can someone advise the centres, please? Don't have the car nearby to measure it myself.

Thanks,
Ian
Meccles
13th February 2020, 05:16 PM
didnt take it off but looks to be about 70mm 157971
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Meccles
13th February 2020, 05:17 PM
photo of LCD numbers didnt work but it was 69.5 mm
igould
13th February 2020, 06:08 PM
[QUOTE=Meccles;2973448]didnt take it off but looks to be about 70mm 157971

Thanks Meccles.
Looks like they come in all sorts of spacings. I've seen from 50mm to 80mm so far.
DoubleChevron
15th February 2020, 10:44 PM
didnt take it off but looks to be about 70mm 157971
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have a look at its ratings plate. I removed a similar towbar from a friends 'classic and fitted a proper hitch receiver type. The existing bar with that type of tongue was only rated at 1200kg from memory :eek:

seeya,
Shane L.
Meccles
18th February 2020, 06:40 AM
Yeah I brought a second hand Hayman Reece bar on Gumtree for $100 just haven't gotten around to fitting it