wierd question for car haulers

[Hemmen1]

Hello,



I have an enclosed cargo trailer that measures 32ft. on the floor, I will be hauling cars for hire, "my question" I will not know what make/model of vehicles I will be hauling until they are posted on the internet, is there some way I can figure out the standard length of the vehicle's to make sure I do not drive 120 miles out of my way to find out they will not fit in a 32ft. space -- I am pretty sure I can haul one full size and one economy car OK -- not very confident on 2 full size cars -- any ideas.



Is there a website with vehicle specifications



any commercial car haulers out there with advice



Darren

 

[Mutch]

32' will fit two of most cars today.

I don't know of a web site that lists all vehicle specs but if you do a google search on a particular vehicle you can usually find what you need. try the car name + "wheelbase length".

here's two examples of what I found:

http://www.rockcrawler.com/features/newsshorts/02may/dodge_25003500specs.asp



http://www.infostuff.com/carstuff/frechette/volkswagen_golf_gti_v6.html



hope this helps



Cheers,

Drew

 

[parcher]

My 1967 Dodge Coronet is just over 17' This is about average for a Mopar "b" body car, hope this helps. I doubt you'd get 2 "muscle cars" in a 32' trailer because you need room for your body in front of the front car to strap it down.

 

[JWhitcomb]

Seems like you and a helper could spend a few hours in a big parking lot and build up a data base pretty easy. Also pretty good way to get to know the lot security folks pretty well.

 

[VicR]

Standard Catalog of American Cars

I have a telephone sized book called the standard catalog of american cars. It gives all of the relevant data, including lenght and weight. I got it about 10 years ago and I seem to think it was about 20 bucks then. I haven't been in a book store in years, so I don't know if its still sold, but you could probably get a new or used copy on Amazon.com. I haven't unpacked it since the last move, but if you can't find it and want the ISBN number let me know.



-Vic

 

[ewcmr2]

edmunds.com has specs for almost any car.



Eric