View Full Version : TowBar a Nova..
BongMong
18-05-11, 03:24 PM
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
BongMong
18-05-11, 03:35 PM
i didn't know there was different choices.. erm.. towbar that would pull a caravan / trailer ect..
alloy trailer with a quad on..
Sorry I read it wrong lol
Ive never seen it myself mate.
stupot89
18-05-11, 04:34 PM
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
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
18-05-11, 05:11 PM
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
18-05-11, 05:20 PM
I think I might have one that I removed 10 years ago lol I'll report back after I have a look.
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
18-05-11, 07:04 PM
I'm sure there was extra strengthening in some Novas for fitment of a towbar...
yet again I may be wrong lol
/\ and it was strong enough to hang the full weight of the vehicle off it lol
stupot89
18-05-11, 08:02 PM
in fact if you look through billing 2010 pics thread in the event section you will see my van pulling the loonaq
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
19-05-11, 06:58 AM
My sport was fitted with one so i took it off and scraped itlol
dj_wudgey
19-05-11, 10:25 AM
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!!
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
19-05-11, 10:55 AM
I have one here, with the wiring.
£20.
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.
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.
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! :/
looking at most of them, including the newer stuff, they are not very strong anyway, and trailers don't exactly get type approved...
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
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