Owner's Manual Stuff

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I was just looking at my 1950 Owner's manual and I noticed that it gives both a left and a right turning radius.

For the Pacemaker, it's the same at 19.65 feet but for the senior cars, it's 21 feet, 2 inches right and 20 feet 5 inches left.  Wow - almost a foot difference.  If you're in a tight spot, better go left!  I don't think I've ever seen different turning radii called out in a manual like that.

On another note, it's interesting (to me anyway, being an engineer) that all of the other specs are listed in fractional inches, some down to the 1/16th but one of these is in decimal feet and the other in feet and inches.  It's not important, but I wonder why the inconsistency.

Nevada Hudson

Senior cars have a longer wheelbase and larger front clip.

 Can't understand why one side is more than the other.