Re: Type C/UP trucks

Posted by Jim Courtney on Apr 23, 2020; 6:20am
URL: http://c-sng-discussion-forum.254.s1.nabble.com/Type-C-UP-trucks-tp15497p15541.html

But, Jim,  I'm baffled by your number.  What did you measure?

The better question is "how did I measure".

Obviously incorrectly. I measured directly from Grandt's book, the photo of flanger 013. I measured the left wheel vertically, and the wheel base from the center of the little chain rings atop each journal cover. Somehow my caliper produced a larger number for the wheel base this morning, than this evening.

I see now, that the left wheel is taller than wide. When remeasuring in the same plane as the journal lids, tonight, I get a wheel base to wheel diameter ratio of 1.87.  With 26" wheels, that comes to a wheel base of about 48 2/3".  Obviously I screwed up the first time around. Or maybe it was the calculator on my Chinese built iPhone.

Or it could be all the antihistamines I'm on for the tree pollen allergies. Glad you checked my work!!

So the best John Greenly estimate for the type C wheel base is 54 inches.

Just goes to show you, you don't want a doctor remodeling your kitchen. . .