Camping equipment packed?

I am hoping this is PhotoShop and the E9 is not really towing. The engine is strong enough but I think the trunk will get all stretched out...or torn off :shock:
 
I was thinking the same thing!

Stan said:
I am hoping this is PhotoShop and the E9 is not really towing. The engine is strong enough but I think the trunk will get all stretched out...or torn off :shock:
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I once watched someone try to use the front tow hooks to pull an e9 out of the snow and both hooks came unbent. A winch attached to the tow hook or eye on the rear of the car caused a huge hunk of sheet metal attached to the tow eye to break from the car. I did not know whether to laugh or cry - even though it was not my car. Maybe the trailer in the pictures is affixed directly to the engine, since, as you say, the engine is strong enough! :lol:
 
Don't be fooled , those caravans have a cummins 14 litre diesel engine driving a rockwell axle pushing the E9 all controlled by remote.
Paul :lol:
 
I suspect that tow packages are no longer available for the E9. Shall we see if there is enough interest to have a custom kit produced? :wink:
 
E-9 towing experiences

Blumax's original owner had a factory tow hook securely mounted on the car for towing his small sailboat--a sabat as I recall. When I bought the car from him in 1972 I left it in place to protect the rear bumper from careless parkers--it worked and blumax still wears his original rear bumper having never been re-chromed.

On one occasion I put the tow hook to good use--story follows:
My younger son's first car was an early small backlight yellow and orange VW that had the side arm turn indicators that wagged to alert drivers--it had been owned by the son of the then largest VW and Porsche Dealer in SoCal-Chick Iversons in Newport Beach--but the son had died in another car accident when about 18 years of age. His VW became Jeff's first car at age 16--briefly--on its maiden trip to go surfing in Santa Barabara with two buddies on board the car engine gave up off the 405 and Harbor freeways in Harbor City CA--about 35 miles above Corona del Mar where we lived. Our family station wagon was not equipped for towing so blumax was called into service for retrieval of the VW--so in the Summer of 1972 using a nylon line from a sail boat we carefully attached one to the other and travelled back roads from there to home base without incident--yours truly driving blumax with son steering and braking the VW.

So Stan--do rest assured that the E-9 when fitted correctly as shown can and has served honorably as a tow mule when called upon.
 
If Blumax and its owner tried that today there would be 50 lawyers descending on them in a minute!

Good to hear the story Murray and thanks Orangener for the photos- they really do look like they could be out of a magazine article or an advertisement.
 
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