Pins for my n.m.w tow tabs...
 

Help I need nmw pins for my tow tabs
Original or repro..
Thanks Dave

Re: Pins for my n.m.w tow tabs...
 

Good luck Dave! I've been looking too...

When Dave finds a set, if a second pair is available, please let me know.

Thanks,
Dan

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i want to be on the list for a set

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Per Rick's (Mr70) post when he was selling his tow bar and tabs a week or so ago........:


I bought the straight steel cotter pins @ my local ACE hdwe.store in the nuts & bolts aisle.
Made by Hillman & called "hitch pin clips",part #644F in the assortment #49 tray,is how you identify them.

Re: Pins for my n.m.w tow tabs...
 

I'll bet that farm hardware type places and snow plow suppliers have both the oversize rivets and the hairpin clips too.

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Here what a pair of original look like . Note markings on the head . Their very hard to find only pair I ever found.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG1170.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG1171.jpg

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Yup I'll agree those are original pins, I have the same pins with the same markings on the COPO...cleaned up then a shot of boshield

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I have 2 original nmw bars with the pins incase anyone still needs one...250 each with the pins

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How much for the pins?

Thanks,
Dan

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250.00 for the pins...Bar is free Dan

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Figured

Re: Pins for my n.m.w tow tabs...
 

...that's how I ended up getting my pins...HA!...

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Those BIS pins are the only ones I've run across. FYI, the early magazine ads and articles have shown a slightly different tow bar (look at the latch mechanism) as well as different pins. Here you can see the pins with a washer and all. In the article they use the pins on a Mustange with TB28 tabs.

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/w...7/PinPics2.jpg

http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/w...n7/PinPic1.jpg

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Does anyone know what the markings on the heads stand for? Three hints.
1) I've been an Ironworker for many years
2) I have wrenches with those markings
3They were very big in the steel industry back in the day

Re: Pins for my n.m.w tow tabs...
 

Bethlehem Steel if you are gonna let the cat out of the bag. They used rail road rivets and drilled the hole for pins to make them into clevis pins.

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Interesting

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http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...6/IMAG1170.jpg

The I in the middle is supposed to look like and I beam. Yep, finding some today is a challenge.