Post by Don Ricardo on Jan 11, 2009 16:47:16 GMT 10
Every now and then a question arises about the towing capacity of older vehicles. The following article and table from the English Practical Motorist magazine provides info about the towing capacity of UK and European cars of the 1960's and may be useful to someone at some stage.
(Source: Practical Motorist Caravanning and Camping Guide, March 1967, pp 17-19)
The table lists the maxumum towing weight recommended by the manufacturer as well as the maximum weight recommended by the Practical Motorist. Note that the recommended towing weights in this article relate to UK regulations and may not match up with current regulations in the various Australian states.
For those on the forum that are only familiar with metric measurements, the towing weights in the table are given in 'hundredweight' (cwt). Twenty hundredweight makes one imperial ton, which is slightly more than one metric tonne (1,016.046 kgs to be exact ;D ;D ;D). So two hundredweight is more or less equivalent to 100 kgs.
There's some interesting info in the table, but some pretty scary stuff as well. Anybody interested in towing 500 kgs with a Hillman Imp or 550 kgs with a Triumph Herald? No, neither am I!!
Thanks to Kris B and Kaybee for access to the magazine from which the article comes.
Don Ricardo
(Source: Practical Motorist Caravanning and Camping Guide, March 1967, pp 17-19)
The table lists the maxumum towing weight recommended by the manufacturer as well as the maximum weight recommended by the Practical Motorist. Note that the recommended towing weights in this article relate to UK regulations and may not match up with current regulations in the various Australian states.
For those on the forum that are only familiar with metric measurements, the towing weights in the table are given in 'hundredweight' (cwt). Twenty hundredweight makes one imperial ton, which is slightly more than one metric tonne (1,016.046 kgs to be exact ;D ;D ;D). So two hundredweight is more or less equivalent to 100 kgs.
There's some interesting info in the table, but some pretty scary stuff as well. Anybody interested in towing 500 kgs with a Hillman Imp or 550 kgs with a Triumph Herald? No, neither am I!!
Thanks to Kris B and Kaybee for access to the magazine from which the article comes.
Don Ricardo