sigh,,
"How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"
'93 V8 Rossi
'97 to '07. sold.
'01 V8 D2
'06 to 10. written off.
'03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
'10 to '21
'16.5 RRS SDV8
'21 to Infinity and Beyond!
1988 Isuzu Bus. V10 15L NA Diesel
Home is where you park it..
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As this weirdo with a classic (In Vic) sits here eating breaky this morning looking out the window of the Viscount to this -
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I thought I’d go take some measurements for you mate.
Van is a 1971 Viscount - 19’ long overall in the body.
Draw bar is 1230mm back to the chassis.
Length from centre line between the wheels to the tip of the draw bar is 3,830mm so 2,600mm from the front of the chassis.
Hope that helps - in reality I would make it longer if I wasn’t worried about the looks and originality and not sure if I will or won’t yet. The longer drawbar I put on the old Franklin made a huge difference to how it towed and it towed much better than this one with it done.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
We do try,,,
Yes,, we know,,,,,
Some are very trying
Ok,,,
DBL = the length from the coupling to the centre of the axles(s)
if you have a fixation with the front of your van,,, measure its distance to the centre of the axle(s)
Last edited by Pedro_The_Swift; 2nd May 2018 at 07:27 AM.
"How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"
'93 V8 Rossi
'97 to '07. sold.
'01 V8 D2
'06 to 10. written off.
'03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
'10 to '21
'16.5 RRS SDV8
'21 to Infinity and Beyond!
1988 Isuzu Bus. V10 15L NA Diesel
Home is where you park it..
[IMG][/IMG]
"How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"
'93 V8 Rossi
'97 to '07. sold.
'01 V8 D2
'06 to 10. written off.
'03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
'10 to '21
'16.5 RRS SDV8
'21 to Infinity and Beyond!
1988 Isuzu Bus. V10 15L NA Diesel
Home is where you park it..
[IMG][/IMG]
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1996 Discovery 300TDi Auto
2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7TDCi
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anyone else have a tape measure and two minutes?
"How long since you've visited The Good Oil?"
'93 V8 Rossi
'97 to '07. sold.
'01 V8 D2
'06 to 10. written off.
'03 4.6 V8 HSE D2a with Tornado ECM
'10 to '21
'16.5 RRS SDV8
'21 to Infinity and Beyond!
1988 Isuzu Bus. V10 15L NA Diesel
Home is where you park it..
[IMG][/IMG]
FWIW Pedro there didn't seem to be any hard and fast rules way back in the day, I remember dad talking about this when he was modifying our old Newlands van for off road use back in the mid 70's. (Flipped drop axle, reinforced draw bar, shock absorbers, generator, etc)
He always reckoned most vans and trailers for that matter had too short a draw bar length, that a longer distance from the tow ball to the axle towed better (more stability) and most importantly backed more easily as it slowed the reaction time down.
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