Re: Caribbean W/ tow ball

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/3/28 21:19:37

During the 50's thru early 70's AIrstream house/camping trailers were popular. Airstream was the high end towable camping trailer and would most likely be the choice of anyone who could afford Packard or Cadillac of that era.

Your original question about the ability of the T'Ultra to tow a trailer depends on expectations. Certainly the T'Ultra would tow the bigger trailors but at what expense???? If the T'Ultra was good for 50-80K miles (as were most automatices ca 1950-1980) under normal operation, THEN the heavy trailor towing would probably reduce the life of the trans by about 50%. This 50% reduction in life of the trans would be typical of other mafg'ers of automatic trans too with possible exception of MoPar TorqueFlite..

Most everyone will agree i'm sure that the MoPar TorqueFlite of the 50's - 70's was superior to just about all other mfg'ers of automatic transmissions of that era. But the MoPar T'Flite was heavy, difficult to rebuild and costly too.