On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Bill Carson wrote:

> Thanks for the responses!
>
> I asked
> > Quick question: whats the empty weight of an 83.5 Westfailia, 1.9L
> > (kitchen, closet, popup.  no a/c,  one battery.  white :)

       White is light, I would be inclined to say 10 lb's less
then brown or grey....... It's TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
               Eric
>
> Anthony L. Mourkas <frankenstein@telplus.net>
>  84 Westy full camper (with A/C)
>   GVWR:  5160 lbs
>   GAWR:  2425 lbs front
>          2866 lbs rear
>  87 Syncro with A/C
>   GVWR:  5512 lbs
>   GAWR:  2866 lbs front
>          3042 lbs rear
>
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>
> Joel Walker <jwalker@uronramp.net>
> my 88 GL non-camper weighs in at 3640 lbs (with some junk inside)
> and full fuel (that's almost 100 lbs by itself: a full tank is 16
> gallons at 6 lbs/gallon). my 87 GL camper hit the scales at 3960
> lbs, with full fuel and no junk. so i'd figure your 83.5
> watercooled to be about the same. then the white paint adds
> another 100 lbs. :)
>
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>
> Bill Johnson <rennkafer@connectcorp.net>
> my 85 gl Westi should be pretty close, the only difference that I
> know of from your post is that I have a second battery...  had mine on 2
> state certified scales here and got 3960lbs on both scales...  that is
> unloaded, no water in tank, and near full tank of gas.  Hope that helps...
>
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>
> Thanks folks!  If I have any problems being overweight at the truck scales,
> I'll move the engine lid to the tow vehicle :)
>
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> Bill Carson / bc@ncal.verio.com / 510 232 9116
>