On 23 Jan 2013 at 16:53, Peter Crisitello wrote: > I'm sorry, but everything you just stated as a negative are the main > reasons I still drive my Studebakers.
No apology needed! That's what free choice is all about. I have nothing against Studebakers. My family owned an aging, rusty 1950 Commander for a while. (If I understood Jim Tervort aright, that car's 3- speed manual trans is the same one that found its way into the much later Comuta-Van EV.) >From what I can tell, the Lark was OK. One of my neighbors had one in the 1960s and seemed satisfied. On an entirely different note, seeing an Avant still makes me drool a bit. ;-) But then, so does seeing a Saab Sonnet. Speaking of which, I wonder if a Sonnet would have the GVWR the OP is seeking. It was pretty tiny and light. Uh, make that pretty, tiny, and light. ;-) Or how about an Opel GT? I can't find a GVWR, but with a curb weight of 1860lb and only 2 seats, I'd expect it to be well under 3000lb. Another veteran to investigate might be a Fiat. I see a GVWR of 2789lb for a '69 Fiat 124 Sport Spider. GVWR of a similar 1973 1600 model is 2822lb. GVWR of a '72 Fiat 850 Spider was only 2061lb, curb weight 1642lb. Sleek. Indeed, most any truly small 2-place car is likely to have a sub-3000lb GVWR. A first-generation (1990-98) Miata has a GVWR of 2623lb, for example. Finding a light car becomes more challenging as the model year advances, however. For example, the 2013 Miata just misses the mark at 3078lb. David Roden EVDL Administrator http://www.evdl.org/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
