a bayonet lug having at least one locking pin radially outwardly extending therefrom at a first end and a series of threads for engagement with a commensurately threaded tow hook boss of a vehicle at a second end opposite the first end;

a bayonet housing having a coaxial central bore of a size and shape for select reception of the first end of the bayonet lug in a first side thereof and including at least one circumferential cam slot therein externally accessible from a lip thereof, the at least one cam slot being circumferentially enclosed by an elongated bayonet lip defined by an outer surface of the bayonet housing and having a size and shape for select slide-in reception of the at least one locking pin of the bayonet lug, and an alignment block coupled to a second side of the bayonet housing;

a tilt plate including a pair of outwardly projecting and generally parallel flanges each having at least one slot formed therein having a size and shape for slotted reception of a fastener that extends therethrough and couples with the alignment block; and

a lock disposed within the bayonet housing which prevents rotation of the bayonet lug and retains the bayonet lug relative to the bayonet housing when the at least one locking pin of the bayonet lug is slidably engaged with the at least one cam slot of the bayonet housing and rotated therein to a locked position within the cam slot.