It may not be easy to find on the web, but isn't GVWR supposed to be posted on a sticker on the door pillar of every vehicle? It is on my 97 S-10 which reads 4200 lbs. Or is that just for trucks?
Peter Flipsen Jr btw - the OP needs a vehicle under 3000 GVWR because he wants to make an NEV and the law where lives puts that limit on them. On Jan 23, 2013 10:15 PM, "Mike Nickerson" <[email protected]> wrote: > My 1993 Honda del Sol weighs 2600 pounds after conversion with lithium. I > think curb weight was around 2300 pounds. Since it is only a 2-seater, I > have a hard time seeing that GVWR would be over 3000 pounds. However, > finding exact number on the web is a challenge. > > Mike > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of EVDL Administrator > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 5:06 PM > > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Seeking donor models for an under 3000lb conversion > > > > 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) > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130123/415ac457/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
