Well... I just looked at my Del Sol and the sticker on the door doesn't have the gross weight on the door, in the manual or otherwise. Maybe if the car is light enough it isn't required.
Maximum load is listed on the door and in the manual 400lbs for passengers and their belongings. I weigh 230 and my brother weighs 170 and our belongings... we have a penchant for cylinder heads, transformers, alternators and other heavy things. We just call it my Del Camino. I am pretty sure we're out of compliance. sean On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:14 AM, 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) > -- Sean Korb [email protected] http://www.spkorb.org '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382 "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso _______________________________________________ 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)
