TOW HOOKS for sale (72) NOT MINE!!!! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jay_shy · 05-25-2005, 07:58 AM

Here is the e-bay auction number for a set of 72 style tow hooks. 4551985844

71swb4x4 · 05-25-2005, 08:09 AM

Shhhh

*dtlilly* · 05-25-2005, 11:25 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4551985844

Looks like junk to me. Notice the left one in the picture has been pulled on real hard and it sprung the curve out of it.

Randy (teeitup), I see you are high bidder, lets hope some one out bids you on these.

I wonder what they will sell for?

teeitup · 05-25-2005, 01:05 PM

Thats my thoughts exactly Shawn, SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Don, why don't you want me to get them?

I'm sure they'll go higher!!!!!

*dtlilly* · 05-25-2005, 01:16 PM

Don't let me stop you from buying a pig in a poke. I sure won't spend my money on those, I was just trying to point out my observation and save you from spending a fortune on something you may not have noticed. I'm sorry for trying to be a friend...............

jay_shy · 05-25-2005, 02:23 PM

I think they are not as badly bent as they appear in the picture. If you notice the one on the left is rotated to the left and the one on the right is rotated to the right.

Also I think they would be darn near impossible to bend. The frame would bend first.

Does anybody happen to know the length of the factory bolts.

Thanks in advance
Jason

*dtlilly* · 05-25-2005, 02:29 PM

From the tip of the bolt head to tip of the thread shank, my 72 only hooks have bolts that are 2 7/8"

BobS · 05-25-2005, 02:47 PM

I doubt they are bent at all, I think it's all the lens perspective of the camera. Notice how the flash is hitting flat on the left hook and only on the left edge of the right one? Like Jay_Shy said, I can't imagine the force it would take to bend one of those things!

Bob

GMC AMI · 05-25-2005, 02:54 PM

PICS are very deceiving just like eye witnesses! No two are alike just like no two camera angles taking the same photos.

farside847 · 05-25-2005, 03:11 PM

Im surprised noone makes aftermarket ones. seems like a no brainer....

teeitup · 05-25-2005, 03:49 PM

Don, I wasn't meaning anything, just messing with ya. Sorry if it came out wrong. I appreciate you pointing out the curve.

*dtlilly* · 05-27-2005, 12:25 PM

No problem Randy, I gotta notice the smile with winking eye. Maybe the photos are showing an optical illusion... maybe not.

toddtheodd · 05-27-2005, 02:40 PM

Ok, let me get this right.
72 tow hooks both curve the same direction, while 71 tow hooks both curve towards the inside?

Is the curvature the only difference? Or were the 72 hooks stronger as well?

Todd

Rod · 05-27-2005, 04:39 PM

I dont know where this "72 only hooks" has become to have people think that the 69-72 hooks are 69-71....there the same style hooks 69-72..and 72 had a second style with that bend. You can bend even these tow hooks with heat,believe me.
I've seen them bent in wrecks too...there not indestructible.

05-25-2005, 07:58 AM	#1
jay_shy SWB 4X4 CLUB Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,088	TOW HOOKS for sale (72) NOT MINE!!!! Here is the e-bay auction number for a set of 72 style tow hooks. 4551985844

05-25-2005, 08:09 AM	#2
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Shhhh __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

05-25-2005, 11:25 AM	#3
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4551985844 Looks like junk to me. Notice the left one in the picture has been pulled on real hard and it sprung the curve out of it. Randy (teeitup), I see you are high bidder, lets hope some one out bids you on these. I wonder what they will sell for? Attached Images Last edited by dtlilly; 05-25-2005 at 11:26 AM.

05-25-2005, 01:05 PM	#4
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Thats my thoughts exactly Shawn, SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Don, why don't you want me to get them? I'm sure they'll go higher!!!!! __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

05-25-2005, 02:23 PM	#6
jay_shy SWB 4X4 CLUB Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: PA Posts: 1,088	I think they are not as badly bent as they appear in the picture. If you notice the one on the left is rotated to the left and the one on the right is rotated to the right. Also I think they would be darn near impossible to bend. The frame would bend first. Does anybody happen to know the length of the factory bolts. Thanks in advance Jason Last edited by jay_shy; 05-25-2005 at 02:27 PM.

05-25-2005, 01:16 PM	#5
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	Don't let me stop you from buying a pig in a poke. I sure won't spend my money on those, I was just trying to point out my observation and save you from spending a fortune on something you may not have noticed. I'm sorry for trying to be a friend...............

05-25-2005, 02:29 PM	#7
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	From the tip of the bolt head to tip of the thread shank, my 72 only hooks have bolts that are 2 7/8"

05-25-2005, 02:47 PM	#8
BobS Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: West Central Minnesota Posts: 568	I doubt they are bent at all, I think it's all the lens perspective of the camera. Notice how the flash is hitting flat on the left hook and only on the left edge of the right one? Like Jay_Shy said, I can't imagine the force it would take to bend one of those things! Bob __________________ V-6....only GMC Trucks have it! 62 GMC W5000 NAPCO-V6 65 GMC 2500 NAPCO Panel-V6 66 GMC 1000-V6 66 GMC 1500-V6 67 GMC K1500-SBC (originally a KM-V6) 68 GMC C1500-V6 68 GMC C1500-V6 68 GMC Suburban C2500 70 Chevy K20-SBC 71 Chevy C30 Longhorn-SBC 72 GMC Suburban C1500-BBC 72 Chevy C10-SBC 72 GMC C5500-ToroFlow Diesel

05-25-2005, 02:54 PM	#9
GMC AMI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The Other Maine! Posts: 2,236	PICS are very deceiving just like eye witnesses! No two are alike just like no two camera angles taking the same photos. __________________ 1968 Chevy 4x4 307 4 speed

05-25-2005, 03:11 PM	#10
farside847 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 995	Im surprised noone makes aftermarket ones. seems like a no brainer.... __________________ 1971 Chevy C10 Shortbed Stepside, 307v8 3-on-the-tree

05-25-2005, 03:49 PM	#11
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,396	Don, I wasn't meaning anything, just messing with ya. Sorry if it came out wrong. I appreciate you pointing out the curve. __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

05-27-2005, 12:25 PM	#12
dtlilly Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Shadow of Lambeau Field Posts: 5,597	No problem Randy, I gotta notice the smile with winking eye. Maybe the photos are showing an optical illusion... maybe not.

05-27-2005, 02:40 PM	#13
toddtheodd The oddest Todd around Join Date: May 2004 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 1,418	Ok, let me get this right. 72 tow hooks both curve the same direction, while 71 tow hooks both curve towards the inside? Is the curvature the only difference? Or were the 72 hooks stronger as well? Todd __________________ "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters." Ghengis Khan IIOY???

05-27-2005, 04:39 PM	#14
Rod Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Eastern - Manitoba Canada, Winnipeg Posts: 4,369	I dont know where this "72 only hooks" has become to have people think that the 69-72 hooks are 69-71....there the same style hooks 69-72..and 72 had a second style with that bend. You can bend even these tow hooks with heat,believe me. I've seen them bent in wrecks too...there not indestructible.



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