Inside frame rail impact release mounted tow hook with and automotive vehicle with impact release mounted tow hooks

An automotive vehicle, comprising:

• a frame having frame rails including a longitudinally extending left side frame rail and a longitudinally extending right side frame rail wherein each frame rail has an interior channel;
• a tow hook releasably mounted to the left side frame rail and having a front portion extending forwardly from a front side of the left side frame rail and a rear portion received in the channel of the left side frame rail and another tow hook releasably mounted to the right side frame rail and having a front portion extending forwardly from a front side of the right side frame rail and a rear portion received in the channel of the right side frame rail;
• the rear portion of each tow hook having at least one open slotted mounting member having a slot therein that extends rearwardly from an open front end of the slot;
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• each open slotted mounting member of the rear portion of each tow hook secured to a wall of the side frame rail to which it is mounted by a fastener that extends through the slot and tightened to that open slotted mounting member at a torque that allows the rear portion to release from the side frame rail to which it is mounted when the tow hook is impacted at a low impact force.