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I am getiing ready to set the car up for towing. I ordered a Reese type tow bar from firstchoiceproducts.com. It arrived fine. It looks just like the one for Priscilla's car, except it does bot have the Reese name on it. It is all made out of heavy gauge material, so it looks fine. I cut the chains to make them a little shorter, and used the short pieces to connect from the bar to the tow bracket. I also bought some galvanized shackles to connect ot the chains. The last thing was a 1/4 inch quick disconnect pin to lock the ball clamp. Total cost is 24.99 for the bar, 34.99 for shipping, and about 5 for the sahckles. Next, I ordered a tow bracket from dlee1967 on 914world.com. I asked for extra eyes at the end to attach chains for the 914. Cost, $110 shipped. That should be here later this week. I took off the front valance today in preparation. That was confusing! On the '75, the rybber bumper covers the top edge of the valance. I rmoved the two end screws from each end and though that was all. But, there are more in the center! One ofthe iner mounting ears was brokend off, but the other was still attached. I finally found that the screws go through into the front trunk, so I was able to take it off. Now I just need to remove the front torsionbar bolts and attach the bracket. I hope that is easy! I hope the whole front end doesn't fall off when I do it!
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