[VAC] Re: measurements of my '49 Clipper

[Robert C Townsend <rctowns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a response to Fred Coldwell, which i'm posting to the list, just
FWIW...


went outside to take some measurements today, and here's what i found:

1) both front and rear oval windows are the same: 46" wide, and 15" high.

2) the aft dome section is roughly 45" long (+/- 1")

3) the forward dome section is roughly 48" long (+/- 1")

4) the tongue-jack is centered about 16" forward of the front of the trailer
body

5) here's where the tongue modification begins... about 6" forward of the
tongue jack is another 'tongue jack' position... a 2" hole for another
tongue jack, and then 10.25" forward of this is the center of the coupler,
corresponding to the center of the hitch-ball. This would indicate that the
original hitch coupler was replaced, and the tongue extended by about 6"...
therefore, my 20' Clipper was probably a 19-footer, originally...

5) moving from back to front, the main body sections consist of two 31.75"
segments; a 4.25" segment to the rear of the doorframe; the doorframe
segment is 27.25" wide; then a 14.5" segment between the doorframe and the
forward dome, which as previously noted, is about 48" long... Therefore, the
body would be
45" + 31.75" + 31.75" + 4.25" + 27.25" + 14.5" + 48" = 16', 10.5"

with the modified tongue length of 16" to the tongue-jack, and another
16.25" to the hitch ball, that brings the overall length to 19', 6.75"

Tuna
'49 Clipper
wbcci #8862, VAC