Technical Pulling, Too Tired, Too small?

Nice to find this post. I’m in a similar situation. I make parts for vintage travel trailers and go to rallies where like minded folks gather. Many of them have vintage cars towing their vintage trailers. I have a 49 Plymouth Special Deluxe I’m planning on pulling my smaller 15’ trailer. The Plymouth is stock 218 flat head 6 with three on the volume. It runs like a top with nothing behind it.

I am converting the front brakes to disk, adding air shocks in the back , putting on radial tires, and having a tow hitch fabricated and welded to the frame.

I have a weight distribution anti sway bar hitch. The 1954 trailer has a new axle with new ele brakes and will actually slow my 98 Tahoe down if they aren’t set right. I haven’t figured out the wiring as of yet but thinking I’ll put in a 12volt battery and reduce it to 6 for everything that’s 6 now. I’ve read that ele brakes don’t care if they are 6 or 12 you just up the voltage you send them with the controller.

With the 12volt bat the brakes only get about a third of the current when pulling with my Tahoe.

I plan on driving in the slow lane 60? 65 mostly interstate. I live in Ga and usual rally in south Ga to low FL. bout as flat as you can get. I’m in no hurry and just think the old trailer and old Plymouth would be a great combo. If it doesn’t work I’ll swap out he engine for something bigger but I love the flat six.
OK let me have it I need all the thoughts on this insanity I can get.
Lanny

 

One thing nobody has mentioned yet (and honestly, I'm not trying to rain on your parade.....I'm trying to do the same thing with a '55 F-100 and a 1953 24' Boles Aero) is that, "IF" you get in an accident (Heaven Forbid!), and some slimy lawyer figures out you were exceeding the "rated" towing capacity of your vehicle, your insurance company is going to say your coverage is null and void, and you are on your own. FlynBrian on here has a lot of experience towing vintage trailers with classic cars (He has a Pontiac woody wagon and a Diamond Reo truck, and he's on his 5th vintage camper I believe). He has a blog as well that covers some of his off topic stuff as well, just google Cool McCool's garage.

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OK I've asked around and can't find anybody that knows for sure. There isn't any listing for tow capacity anywhere so how would an insurance company know it exceeds it's pulling power?