TowBar a Nova..

[BongMong]

Can a 3dr hatch be towbar'd?

only to pull a quad..

if there is a kit available, were does it bolt to?

thanks.. me, Ste

[Tony M]

You mean a straight bar?

[BongMong]

i didn't know there was different choices.. erm.. towbar that would pull a caravan / trailer ect..

alloy trailer with a quad on..

[Tony M]

Sorry I read it wrong lol

Ive never seen it myself mate.

[stupot89]

Yes it can I had one on my van same as a 3 door hatch and it pulled a cav and a astra van lol

[Jack]

Yeah, I've seen kids on ebay. Did used to see them listed for the saloon, can't see there being any difference between hatch/saloon though

[phunkynova]

I had a Corsa A 3 door that had a tow bar fitted, so you should be able to get them for a Nova then. As I car remember it bolted up through the rear chassis into the boot of the car. Maybe wrong there as it was some time ago.

[brainsnova]

I think I might have one that I removed 10 years ago lol I'll report back after I have a look.

[Ben]

lol 99% of people are patching up boot floor and rear chassis legs and you want to drill holes in yours to pull a quad!

[mk1nova_rich]

I'm sure there was extra strengthening in some Novas for fitment of a towbar...

yet again I may be wrong lol

[Balley]

my td had one

[Lewis.]

/\ and it was strong enough to hang the full weight of the vehicle off it lol

[stupot89]

in fact if you look through billing 2010 pics thread in the event section you will see my van pulling the loonaq

[bmw156]

mine had one fitted at one point.

bolts through the rear panel in two places and boot floor in two places i think.

sold it to burgo.

[danderv]

My sport was fitted with one so i took it off and scraped itlol

[dj_wudgey]

lol 99% of people are patching up boot floor and rear chassis legs and you want to drill holes in yours to pull a quad!

my exact thoughts lol!!

[bazil]

Most novas are fine but the gte/gsi/Sri had to have a different one from all other models due to the location of the fuel pump, info from EPC.

[MattBrown]

I have one here, with the wiring.

£20.

[L14MNP]

Removed one from my SR. IIRC it had two spreader plates bolted to the inside of the boot floor, and was just a pece of box section that also picked up on the legs.

Was made by Witter.

[mowgli]

i have a saloon one in a box, with all its fitting stuff. it is a little longer than the hatch but will modify, i'm going to make the back end removeable, and probably a swan neck, so it clears the gte bumper, and doesn't look crap when i am not towing. but then my shell is rather rust free.

[L14MNP]

Yeah, there's nothing wrong with modifying/fabricating a tow bar for an older car. IIRC for cars after 1998 though they need to be type approved. Just something worth knowing. Imagine being done for that! :/

[mowgli]

looking at most of them, including the newer stuff, they are not very strong anyway, and trailers don't exactly get type approved...

[bazil]

What catagory car liecence do you have? If only cat B then the maximum authorised mass of the trailer AND load must not exceed the kerb weight of your nova.

A wee light trailer and quad will be fine though