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Originally Posted by John Keighley
Someone in the BOCA told me about a 410 that is used to tow a race car in California. One would imagine that the rear end must have been extensively modified to do this as there's very little structure aft of the back axle. John Keighley.
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Anatoly (Toly) Arutunoff owned the LHD 410 and when I interviewed him as part of the BOC N.A. Registrar tracking project back in the mid 1990's, he said that he used his 410 as a tow car towing to the track something else he raced - can't recall now the race car. He also used the 410 in the Cannonball race across America, which he described in rather ribald terms. The last I heard, the 410 was resting in a field in Tulsa Oklahama where Rolling Art, the car-restoration company owner who bartered it off Toly was asking $35,000 (in 1995) in its unrestored state. At the time, that was about four times the market price, but maybe the Cannonball status adds value.
If you want to learn more, he is listed on line in the white pages. Write him or give him a call.
Anatoly Arutunoff
1329 E 29th St
Tulsa, OK 74114
(918) 743-0888
AnatolyArutunoff@webtv.net
As to what he did, I doubt it requires extensive modification. Think of it more the way an exhaust pipe goes over the rear axle, only instead of using tubular steel, make the same shape out of unbendable steel. Mount a fabricated towing frame on the diagonal chassis member just in front of the axle and on the horizontal frame and you have all the strength you need.
Claude