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dleslie125

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Posted: 07/11/08 04:08pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

WHAT YEAR IS THE VECTRA?

The link I provided above shows 2009 is REAR rad. 2008 and 2006 are REAR rad. 2007 is SIDE RAD. SO, what year is THIS Vectra. Keep in mind that Winnie needs room for its central heat pump and they usually take up one side behind the rear axle and the automotive air is usually on the other side.

Winnie Brochure for 2008 Vectra wrote:



Maxum™ Freightliner® Chassis – Cummins® ISL 8.9L turbocharged
diesel, 425-hp, rear radiator, Allison® 6-speed electronic
3000 MH transmission, ZF™- IFS front air suspension, NeWay®
rear air suspension, 170-amp. alternator, 4-wheel ABS, engine
compression brake
S S S


Winnie 2007 brochure wrote:



Freightliner® Evolution Chassis® – Cummins® ISL 8.9L turbo-charged diesel, 400-hp, side radiator, Allison® 6-speed electronic 3000 MH transmission, ZF™-IFS front air suspension, NeWay® rear air suspension, 160-amp. alternator, 4-wheel ABS, engine compression brake


Winnie 2006 brochure wrote:

Chassis - Evolution Chassis Freightliner, Caterpillar 7.2L turbo-charged diesel, 350-hp, rear radiator, Allison 6-speed
electronic 3000 MH transmission, ZF-IFS front air suspension, NeWay® rear air suspension, 160-amp. alternator, 4-wheel
ABS, exhaust brake



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dleslie125 wrote:

WHAT YEAR IS THE VECTRA?

I don't have a clue. Are there any external discernable spotting features that could be used to determine that? All I've got to go on is that one picture, and a quickly fading mental image of what it looked like.


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Everyone keeps saying Vectra, however the front cap sure looks like a Tour model cap.


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If he has a CCC of 4000lbs, the 1000 lbs weight of the cart plus supports would be 2000 lbs on his drive axle. This would reduce the ccc to 2000 which would have to be taken mainly by the steer axle. That is not possible.
I would suggest that the drive axle is well over the 20,000lb maximum axle weight allowed by most states.(and by his GAWR )
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Fromn the photo, I'd say that is a REAR radiator. Looking close, I see what looks like a radiator opening (with Winnie's characteristic horizontal slats) ahead of the golf cart.

I have no fricking idea how that doesn't overheat, if I'm right.


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The Texan wrote:

Everyone keeps saying Vectra, however the front cap sure looks like a Tour model cap.

You can't see it in the picture because the tree is in the way, but it very clearly said Vectra on the side, with a great big V. By the time I got the camera out, he was behind the tree, and I didn't think it was that important to take pictures from multiple angles. Of course, I could still be mistaken. and it could be something other than a Vectra. (And I suppose he could've put a Vectra decal on a Tour model. )

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I said earlier that there is no way I could get away with a setup like that on my rig, because I'm already at the rear axle weight limit. Well, sitting out by the rig after dinner tonight, and looking at all of the golf carts whizzing by in camp, my DW started asking how much I though they would cost. Then she started rattling off all of the dog shows we've been to in the last year (and several coming up soon) where it would've been real nice to have a cart.

But then I asked her how she proposed we haul it around. Her answer was how about one of those platforms on the back like we saw recently at that dog show? She was, of course, referring to the rig that this whole discussion is all about!

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