Hauling a 1967 Mustang from Brentwood to a Restoration Shop

A few weeks back we got a call from a gentleman in Brentwood. His father had passed the year before, and the 1967 Mustang that had been sitting under a tarp in the garage for almost two decades was finally going to a restoration shop down in Murfreesboro. Could we move it?

This is exactly the kind of job our long flatbed was built for.

Prep

The car hadn't run since the early 2000s. Tires were flat, brakes were locked. We aired the tires up just enough to roll, brought the winch, and laid down extra padding on the deck so nothing would scratch the original paint that the family wanted to preserve as much as possible.

The move

Loading took about 40 minutes: slow and careful, with the customer right there watching the whole thing. We strapped it down with soft loops at the suspension points (never around the body or bumpers on a vehicle this age), did a final walk-around, and headed south on I-65.

Why a flatbed beats a tow truck for this

For a non-running classic, a flatbed trailer is almost always the better call than a traditional tow truck. The car sits flat, no weight on the suspension, no risk of dragging the front airdam or bumper. And you've got room around the vehicle to work, which matters when you're loading something delicate.

If you've got a project car, a barn find, or just an old family vehicle that needs to get somewhere safely, give us a call. We've moved enough of them to know what we're doing.