>That vid is a few years old.
>The dudes did not attach the towstrap to anything but the bumper cover
>which is why it flexed so much.
>
>A couple of my friends and I repeated the happenings with his soon to
>be cubed cavalier.  Hooked the towstrap to the reinforced lip under
>the bumper cover and used my van to yank. :D  Needless to say, we
>ripped the rear off like that one.  It sure was fun though.
>
>sudhir.

I used an 82 diesel LandCruiser Wagon once to straighten an 84
Mitsubishi Galant Sigma that had  had a good shunt in the back. The
left-rear door didn't shut on both clicks as the opening was
shortened slightly (no visible kinks in the car's skin). So I ran a
cable between the cruiser's towball and the Sigma's and gave it a
series of heavy yanks with the Cruiser. I mean hard. It did the trick
nicely, and what was a writeoff was once again a good usable car.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut