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Subject:Re: will yours fit in the garage?
From:Walt Spak
Date:Tue, 7 Mar 2006 12:23:57 -0500

Joy,

You drove your bus right under my garage door with the boat strapped on
top.  I'd guess that it would fit anywhere.

Walt

Joy Hecht wrote:

>Clearance on most parking structures (commercial or public ones, etc.) runs around six and a half feet.  I know, I'm always checking, 'cause people are always confidently asserting that of course my van will fit.  She never does.
>
>I don't know about garages at people's houses.  I've never tried putting my van in my garage, I highly doubt she'd fit.  Of course there's too much junk in there to fit any vehicles anyway, my tenants have completely filled it with other stuff.
>
>
>Joy
>
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>Joy Hecht
>and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
>
>For musings about life and the vanadventures:
>http://users.rcn.com/jhecht/gypsy
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>****************************************************************:::-----Original Message-----
>:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
>:::Of Maggie Dew
>:::Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:30 AM
>:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>:::Subject: will yours fit in the garage?
>:::
>:::I looked at that Sportsmobile website and saw this:
>:::"Sportsmobile's new Penthouse "G" installed on a Ford RB 8,600 GVWR van
>:::and
>:::a Sportsmobile Conversion measures 83" high. This will fit into most
>:::garages."
>:::
>:::My '85 Westy is 83-1/2" tall at the skylight, '83" at the luggage
>:::carrier.
>:::I haven't been able to get it in any of several garages I've tried.  I
>:::measured my sister's garage today and the opening is 83", but with the
>:::garage door up, the door hangs down to 82", so I could not get in it.
>:::
>:::My Westy is not level - front springs are a couple of inches higher than
>:::the
>:::rear.  Anybody else have trouble finding a garage to fit into?
>:::
>:::Maggie
>
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