Re: [FWDLK] Mopar Weight Dilemma in WA

[Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx>]

For all in Washington state :

I have copies of NADA Used Car Guides, Red Book Used Car Guides, and
Branhams covering American cars from 1921 through 1978.   I also have copies
of "Standard Catalog of American Cars- 1946-1975" plus the "Encuclopedia of
American Cars '- 1930-2000".  The forner group has information from the
years the cars were built while the latter two have info collected some time
after.  SCAC is also known for its errors - including not knowing how to
spell "Gremlin".    It is mentioned about ten times for each year 1970
through 1975 and everytime it was spelled "GremBlin" (emphasis mine).

Also have copies various magazines and publications covering the postwar
years into the 1980's for US models - Ward's, Automotive News, Automotive
Indsustries, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Motor Trend, Car & Driver,
etc., all of whom had annual model issues at one point or another complete
with specifications.

Let me know what you need - wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx and I can photocopy the
necessary pages for you and mail them.  That way you will have a good
hardcopy of the data should they ask for proof.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Davids" <ddavids@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:41 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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