In 1998 I drove 1240 miles toward my wifes parents house for a family get together and about 10 miles shy of their house the water pump exploded, wasting the radiator, fan, lower hose and the outer section of the crank pulley.

I had it towed from there to her parents house by wrecker with the front wheels up, standard type tow.

There were no front end issues then, just that kind of wrecker out in the sticks there...