Date:         Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:08:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Hersh <cmwolfsburg@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mark Hersh <cmwolfsburg@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Empty weight -- 86 Weekender, FWIW
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Occasionally I see posts from folks wondering what these Vanagon
beasts weigh.  Monty was trying to earn his keep the other day by
hauling demolition trash to the transfer station ("the dump").  I'm
not running with the full complement of "stuff" because he has
recently gotten an new engine.  So he essentially has a jack and lug
wrench and that's about it.

Used to have AC but most of the stuff is gone (the underdash fan
remains).  Automatic transmission with a 2.2 liter WBX (from NW
Connecting Rod).  Running 15 inch steel wheels with Michelin LTX M/S
215/75/15 load range D tires.  He has the weekender stuff (shorter
closet, wider rear seat/bed, jump seat behind driver seat, extra
battery) except the 12V refrigerator.

He weighed 3700 lbs (subtracting me) with a 1/2 tank of gas.

I didn't see a "curb weight" in the specifications section of the
owner's manual.  I guess that's because all of the different
configurations of the Vanagon would have made it pointless.

Mark


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86 Campmobile Six-Seater "Monty"

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