Cab 11 Chevrolet 'Caution' Plate

[Mike Cecil]

Hi Phil,

Imperial = 'English', so no conversion required.

Now that might be a bit lost on a country that opted out of the British Commonwealth in 1776, and modified the Imperial measures just a bit to make things confusing (1 ton = 2,000 pounds, for example, whereas a real, Imperial ton is still 2,240 pounds) .... all tongue in cheek, of course, but there are some odd differences that still puzzle me as to 'why?'

Mike (an ex-pat Aussie who, after over 8 years, is well integrated into life in the USA)

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Mike

Yes should have said US liquid measure.

Cheers Phil

[Owen Evans]

Searching the forums on an unrelated topic, I came across this:

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12876

Post #13 shows the weight data as:

Chassis - 3870 lbs
Gross - 7500 lbs

Cheers,
Owen.

[Grant Bowker]

The vehicle data book reproduced by Bill Gregg does give curb and maximum weights (that differ by body type) for many variants. The date of publication means most will be cab 13.
I would be reluctant to use the curb weight as the cowl and chassis as my understanding is that cowl only includes the floor and front portion of the cab, not roof and cab back. It would also leave out the rear body. I could be wrong on this.