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building a mount for our new winch on our '68 ambulance. the front bumper has a 4 bolt pattern reinforced area. My guess is a hitch of some sort? Any ideas?
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1968 battlefield ambulance/camper
1963 Unimog Radio box
1995 LWB RR -
mine has ( i really like say that when talking about the ambulance) one of the UKish ball hitches on the front bumper'64 Series IIA 88 Canvas Tilt
'68 Series IIA RHD Ambulance
'76 Spitfire 1500
'07 LR3 (Series Recovery Vehicle) -
The military bumpers would have been fitted with a pintle hitch.
Regards,Tom P.
1965 exMoD 109
1995 RRC LWB w/EASComment
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The military front bumpers had provisions for a pintle hitch. However, it's my understanding that the front hitch was never intended for real towing - it was only meant to be used for "nosing in" trailers.Comment
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There were tow poles(NATO rigid bar) used for recovery using the front pintle hitches too. Think of a solid bar with a lunette on either end and you have an idea what it looked like. Howard Smith- the guy who does Guy Fawkes in NY has one that was apparently part of his 101FC wrecker's kit.Comment
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Tow bar
That makes sense our Unimog has a quite heavy one. Anyone had a spare military pintle hitch they might like to sell?1968 battlefield ambulance/camper
1963 Unimog Radio box
1995 LWB RRComment
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