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I want to thank everyone for their thoughts and advice. I've contacted Gerry at PSW for his approach.

"Whenever I trailer a Caribbean I run the rear straps over the rear axle tubes on the outside of the trailing arms. The fronts I loop through the lower control arms. Both front and rear are tied in an X pattern to the D rings in my enclosed trailer floor. Battery disconnected."

In a later communication with Gerry, on the straps at the A Arms he goes close to the anchor points on the frame with the car in neutral. After being tied down, the car placed in Park and all four wheel are chocked.

Again Thanks To All

I've heard quite a few arguments from professional transporters against the "X" pattern; with it if one strap breaks or comes loose, the freedom for the car to move sideways (potential damage to opposite corners front and rear) is resisted by only a single strap, the others going slack. In a conventional tie down (no "X"), no significant sideways movement should result from the failure of any single strap as the remaining three should all still be in tension.

Otherwise, the several transporters I've used for my 1956 Caribbean convertible used the tie down locations noted by Gerry.