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Title: Jay's Galaxie hitch
Post by: Chad D on January 13, 2015, 05:11:48 PM

Jay--

Wondering if you happened to make a drawing of your hitch on the Galaxie, I'd like to pull a small camper with mine and I'm coming up zero on the commercial product front.  I've got a talented welder that will fab one up for me if you've got a hint or two...

Thanks,
Chad

Title: Re: Jay's Galaxie hitch
Post by: jayb on January 13, 2015, 09:52:46 PM

I don't have a drawing, and its been a while since I installed that hitch.  But for sure I just bought a receiver from a local trailer place, and installed it through the area of the rear bumper where the license plate normally goes.  I have a fiberglass rear bumper on the car, so it was easy to cut a notch in the bumper.  I think there is a frame crossmember right behind there that I welded the receiver to, but if not I would have used a piece of 1X3 square steel tubing, welded it between the frame rails, and then welded the receiver to that.  I hung the license plate about 5 inches lower than normal to clear the receiver.  Hope that helps - Jay

Title: Re: Jay's Galaxie hitch
Post by: Chad D on January 20, 2015, 05:45:50 PM

Thanks Jay!