The Krause Publications "Standard Catalog of Chrysler" or "Standard Catalog
of American Cars 1946-1980" includes a factory price and shipping weight for
all of your cars.
It retails for $25, but I've seen it on eBay for half that - cheap - and it
worked as a source for a gentleman on another list who was registering his
'54 vehicle.
New York has done registrations by weight for as long as I remember, but the
folks in the DMV offices are easy to work with. They can look up other
vehicles by the VIN and find out what your car should weigh, one even once
changed the weight of a car I was registering because she thought it was too
heavy. I'd imagine once Washington gets transferred over it won't be that
big of a deal.
Bill K.
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From: "Daniel Davids" <ddavids@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:41 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Mopar Weight Dilemma in WA
> Hello FWDLOOKers.
>
> I'm from Washington state and I have twenty or so Mopars in the 57-65
> year range.
> Recently, our legislature decided to impose a "weight-based fee" on
> top of the basic vehicle
> licensing fee (here referred to as a tab fee). The problem is that
> the state's Dept of
> Licensing computers don't have any weight information in them for
> vehicles pre-1981.
> So, for each of the cars that I keep licensed, the state is now
> sending me a Special
> Notice that, since they don't have any weight data, I must provide
> proof of my car's
> weight before they'll renew my tabs. Acceptable to them are data from:
>
> * Owner's manual for the vehicle
> * Value guide like NADA or Kelley Blue Book
> * Vehicle manufacturer's website showing weight for vehicle
> * Weight obtained by taking the car to a certified scale (costs
> money, of course)
>
> The first of my renewals has come in, and it's for a 64 Dodge Polara
> w/ slant six.
> The owner's manual has no weight information. There's no weight
> placard anywhere
> to be found on the car itself. For the instant car, can someone on
> the list point me
> to a bonafide source of weight info? I Google'd and this is about the
> best I could
> come up with:
>
> http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z9592/Dodge_Polara/default.aspx
>
> Since the lack of weight data in the state's computer is going to
> cause literally
> thousands of us in Washington with old cars to face the same problem, does
> anyone have a better idea of how to attack this problem, rather than
having to
> tediously spend time and money, car by individual car. The break point in
the
> fees, by the way is at 4,000 pounds.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide,
>
> Dan Davids
> Woodinville, WA
>
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