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how tall is my TC ?


cosmicray
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Somewhere I read that the Transit Connect (the US version, with the tall roof) may have issues fitting into particularly shallow parking garages. So I looked thru the owners manual for a clue about the suggested vertical clearance. Found nothing at all. Also found nothing on the driver side door pillar, nor anywhere near the driver position.

Out comes the tape measure. I think I measured the top of the rear brake light about 6-foot 7-inches. The antenna above the front cab kicks it up a bit more, so call it 7-feet. I used that benchmark to remove a few low hanging tree limbs today.

Anyone know for sure what the recommended height clearance is (or where Ford posts it) ?

P.S. this post is on-topic, but I could not find any forum section that seemed appropriate for it.

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Dimension H101 is 79.3 inches, which may not include the rear top-mounted brake light. None of those drawings show the roof mounted antenna tho. The roof area over the driver is slightly lower than the rear area, but the antenna still protrudes above. I'm going to stick with 84 inches (7 feet) for now. My measurement was made on semi-irregular ground, so I'm not sure how much I might have been off.

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I thought that all Transit Connects sold in the U.S. had the same roof height?

From what I can tell, they are all the 'tall' euro version. Ford specifies a nominal height above ground (see the body dimension pdf linked above), but that does not include the antenna. It may, or may not, include the rear break light tho.

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