Trailing a 914 WITHOUT a trailer?????, How to do it??? plus or negatives?? Options

[Mueller]

At the Marina Auto-x, Ken Holladay (sp?) towed his car to the event behind his RV (I would think anything with the towing capacity would work)

Ken or anyone else that does this, can you share some details or tips or pictures on how you setup the car and the supporting hardware???

I have a trailer, but sometimes it would be nice to tow the car without having to use the trailer.

Thanks

[Demick]

Can I tap into the 914 tail and brake lights?

Tapping into the lights should be easy. You will need to tap into lights for turn signals, brakes, and running (parking) lights. But you should be able to do this without having to run wires all the way to the back of the car.

For running lights, you can splice into the wires at the front turn signal buckets. Splicing into the wire for the right running light will also power the right side marker, and the right rear running light. Then splice into the equivalent wire on the left side of the car.

For turn signals, it's the same deal. Splice into the wire for the right front turn signal, and that will power the right rear turn signal light as well. Same on the left side of the car.

For the brakes, the easiest way would be to run the wire to the brake pedal switch (running wires from the front trunk to the passenger compartment is easy), and splice into the side of the switch that only gets power when the brake pedal is depressed. That will power both brake lights.

Should be really easy. Running wires from the passenger compartment to the rear trunk is tough, and this method avoids that alltogether.

Demick