7 ft wide enclosed possible?

[jimbbski]

No personal experience but a friend has used the same size trailer for his ITA car for about 15 years. Of course it's a short car, think Mk I MR/2.
With the car just inside the trailer he has about 3 ft in front. Enough for a work bench the width of the trailer with room for stuff below and above and tire racks on the side walls above the car. It works for him but may not for every racer.

[matt batson]

No personal experience but a friend has used the same size trailer for his ITA car for about 15 years. Of course it's a short car, think Mk I MR/2.
With the car just inside the trailer he has about 3 ft in front. Enough for a work bench the width of the trailer with room for stuff below and above and tire racks on the side walls above the car. It works for him but may not for every racer.

well if it worked for 15 yrs then I'm assuming it wasn't all that bad...
would require creative/careful packaging of spares/tools...plenty of etrack to hang stuff, etc...
thx

[Chip42]

don't forget the nose - you can move a lot of storage out there into a nose box or building exterior aero/cabinets.

it will be tight, though. I like 20+ft just so I have options if and when needed.

[Matt93SE]

heh.. I have a 24' and have a hard time carrying everything I want to a race...
Then again, when you use tires that are on their last legs, you have to take 5 sets of crap to make it through the weekend.

It'll be tight, but I've seen it done before. careful planning and learn to pack stuff inside the car too. it's also possible that you'll need a winch to pull the car into /out of the trailer if you can't get out of the window or rear hatch once the car is inside.

finally.. will the wheel wells be wide enough for the car? my car is 69" outside-outside on track width. when I park my car, I rub the right side tire against the wheel well in the trailer. I have about 8" on the left side to the next wheel, and that's on an 8.5' wide trailer. if you go to a 7', are you going to be able to get it in there?


Then again, the previous owner of my trailer was a late model dirt guy and his car was too wide to fit between the wells. He built some ramps out of 2x12s so his car ran on top of the wheel wells, and then used the area under the car to store stuff. something else to consider.

[matt batson]

I think the best thing at this point is to take one of my civic's over and drive it in to see how it fits...

appreciate the info

[jumbojimbo]

Best thing is to get a 20' and sell that one to me cheap.

People didn't say, but you mentioned air conditioner. Which means generator unless you have a landline. Where are you going to put a generator?