Post by millard1399 on Jan 7, 2012 19:33:33 GMT 10
G'day All,
If you've never heard of a "Jones Dolly Wheel", here's a 1970 Viscount that had one fitted when new...
The wheel was designed to take the ball weight off the back of the car, which means in theory you could tow a larger van without putting undue stress on the rear of your car. The Viscount above is a 19-footer.
I can't recall seeing any other van from the 1970s with one of these fitted. They were more readily available in the late 1950s and early 1960s. I thought the company making these had folded sometime during the '60s, but perhaps they carried on later than I thought.
As I've said above, this type of set-up was usually put on larger vans, however here's a picture of a 1960s van that's about 12ft long, with one of them fitted...
There was another version of the same idea, but with two wheels spread apart. These were known as a Hutchinson Caravan Dolly.
cheers,
Al.
If you've never heard of a "Jones Dolly Wheel", here's a 1970 Viscount that had one fitted when new...
The wheel was designed to take the ball weight off the back of the car, which means in theory you could tow a larger van without putting undue stress on the rear of your car. The Viscount above is a 19-footer.
I can't recall seeing any other van from the 1970s with one of these fitted. They were more readily available in the late 1950s and early 1960s. I thought the company making these had folded sometime during the '60s, but perhaps they carried on later than I thought.
As I've said above, this type of set-up was usually put on larger vans, however here's a picture of a 1960s van that's about 12ft long, with one of them fitted...
There was another version of the same idea, but with two wheels spread apart. These were known as a Hutchinson Caravan Dolly.
cheers,
Al.
