Reply to: RE: [VAC] Tire Clearance
That's "the every situation is different aspect".
You guessed it, our '65 Caravel was made in Ohio. Take a look in the photo archives
at the wheelwell cutouts of the mid and late '50's California made trailers with the
arched cutouts vs the tighter cutouts of the same model Ohio trailers.
Another unique feature difference between plants.
RJ
http://vintageairstream.com/archives/index.html
donhorn wrote:
>RJ,
>
>I wonder if there was any variation between individual examples of the same
>model? I was able to put radials on my '65 Caravel. If I recall correctly,
>they were 205-R15's, load range C (4 ply). I've since sold it, and I don't
>remember how much clearance there was after the change. The radials were
>shorter and wider than the old 700 x15 LT's, so the main clearance problem
>was keeping the side walls from rubbing against the inside skin of the wheel
>wells. The installers used a floor jack, and I seem to remember that they
>had to kind of shoe-horn the new tires in, so the clearance may have been a
>little too tight for changing on the road.
>
>My (ex) Caravel was made in Santa Fe Springs, and I'm guessing that the
>wheel well cutouts may have been slightly different than those of ones made
>at Jackson Center. Comparing the photos on your web site with photos of
>mine, it appears that your wheel well cutouts are slightly smaller in both
>height and width. It's kind of hard to tell, because the angles of the
>photos aren't exactly the same. If you look at these photos on my site,
>maybe you'll be able to detect a difference in size of the cutouts:
>
> http://nomoss.com/donhorn/airst.html
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