Towing a 1965 chevy van?

Im looking into buying 1965 chevy van ( NOT running ) in sacramento and hauling it to san diego, can a tow bar be hooked up to this van? or would be easier to put it in a dolly or carrier, maybe using a come-along?  

I haven't towed anything before so, any advice?

And wouldn't like to hire somebody to go get it, where's the fun in that?    

I would be towing it with a 2006 ford F150

Thanks

Donivan, towed a Few with a tow bar,and his 65 Chevy Van. Mark(108 vanguy)towed some with tow dolly with his Ranger pickup. I have towed a Few with a trailer and my 97 E-150 with V6.
Good Luck with your New Van project

I towed my GMC from that area, 300+ miles each way. I would recommend a car trailer. I used my son-in-laws F150 with a V8 and it was still slow going through the mountians. It took 1 1/2 tanks of gas and 4 hours up there and 2 tanks and 6+ hours back and you still have another 150 miles or so to get to Chula Vista. The elevation is 5000+ feet coming through the grapevine area on the 5 freeway, which is the shortest route and it can get very windy through that area as well. If you have a trailer great, if not you should check, you may be able to rent one up there, it will be a little more money for a one way rental but an easier drive there. I had to pull the trailer up there because the closest Uhaul store was 60 miles away from where I picked up the van.

I can't speak for Chevy's, but you might want to drop the driveshaft so you don't trash the tranny if you go the tow bar route. Good Luck

towed mine home from the nats last year with a tow dolly. 400 miles. didn't have to remove driveshaft, it fell off when my transmission housing cracked!

I think i'm gonna go with the car carrier trailer, I would think it's safer just because of the long distance, and i won't have to remove the driveshaft or anything.

So im taking like four guys and try to push it onto the trailer, also maybe using a come-along.

Thanks for the advice guys!

,,,,,you are not going to bring another SportVan here, are you?   I got a front bumper drilled for a 1st Gen and I made a towbar for Chevy vans,,,,,,here is VanAgain testing out my towbumper,,,,,,








and I just towed this thing to my house a few weeks ago,,,,,,,

When I towed mine from Long Beach I rented a U-haul trailer, reasonable price. I had to center the van above the wheels so the trailer sat level.

The safest way to tow is with a flatbed trailer. You can tow with a tow bar. Like others have said, remove the driveshaft so its not turning the transmission the whole time.

So I went with the u-haul trailer, we used a come-along to pull it on top. It was a good drive we didn't get much traffic, we did 1000 miles in 24hrs haha, the only time we had any worries was in the grape vine that uphill-pulling took us down to 20 mph and a lot of fuel!

Thanks for the advice guys!

,,is it a G1255 or a G1265,,,,,,,,

I'll take the bait, what's the difference between those models? Never heard that distinction before...

Cool!!   I'm glad someone here scored that blue sportvan

Sorry for the late response, it is a 126 5

That makes it a genuine 1965 Sportvan,,,,and they come in 3 trim levels,,,,Base, Custom and Deluxe,,,,,
looks like San Diego is the Sportvan capital of the World,,,,,,,,
If it was a 1255, that was the test run for the Sportvan body,,,,,they tried it out on   the panel frame,,,,, outside it looks like a Sportvan,,,,,,inside it is a panel,,,,,,we call them ShevyVans,,,come to El Cajon Wednesday and see more of them,,,,,,,,
I seen a lot of them,,,,,,,,,,,,in my rear view mirror,,,,,,,,,