Trailering Model A

[Jim/GA]

Originally Posted by nrholmes

I asked a question about tires and got some comments about trailering, but I thought I would ask about that in a new thread.

We have inherited a 31 Tudor Coupe which has been in a garage for the last 25 years. The car is in South Daytona, Florida and I need to get it to Austin, Texas.

I was planning to rent an enclosed trailer for fear of the wind force of hauling the car at 70+mph halfway across the country. My other concern is tampering/vandalism when I stop for the night.

Should I be worried about the wind force or would an open-air flat bed trailer be okay?

Assuming you have a tow vehicle that can safely tow it, rent a U-haul open car hauler one-way and keep the speed to 55 MPH or less and the car will be fine UNLESS you can see right now that the top is not on the car securely and the wind will pull it up. No one will mess with the car when stopped. You can drive a Model A 45 MPH into the wind. It's the same.