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1. B weight? (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 10:52:19 -0600 (CST); How much does the (unladen) MGB weigh? The website lists "18.5 cwt"; what the hell is that? -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer in pieces; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01228.html (7,307 bytes)
2. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "BILL SCHOOLER" <bschooler@uhd2.uhd.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:06:09 EST; Todd, cwt stands for "hundred-weight" - therefore 18.5 cwt is 1850 lbs. Bill; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01230.html (7,491 bytes)
3. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:19:42 -0800; Todd CWT is an abbreviation for "Hundred Weight" which, with typical British Logic, is equal to 112 pounds. With typical American logic it's often rounded off to 100 pounds in the US. So either 2072; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01232.html (7,742 bytes)
4. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: britcars@juno.com; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:12:28 EST; Ah, the joys of pre-metric English weights & measures! A "cwt." is 112lbs. (No idea what that is in kilos; I'm an old Englishman... Lawrie PS Just saw Bill Schooler's post. Sorry, Bill, you're only h; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01235.html (7,763 bytes)
5. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "BILL SCHOOLER" <bschooler@uhd2.uhd.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:57:01 EST; Damn. Twenty lashes with a braided wiring harness are due for that error. Thought 1850 was a bit on the light side..... Bill; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01238.html (8,276 bytes)
6. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "Richard Fontaine (ENG)" <fontaine@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 16:29:37 -0500 (EST); just for the hell of it, i checked my tc handbok for such non-important info..it sez the tc weighs 15.5cwt = 787kg..1 cwt = 50.77 kg ??? for those that need to be metric. then 1lb= .4536kg..so the o; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01243.html (8,794 bytes)
7. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 18:17:04 -0500 (EST); 15.5 x 112 = 1736 787 x 2.2 (lbs/kg) = 1731 Close enough for government work. Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT gibbons@north; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01251.html (8,356 bytes)
8. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "Richard Fontaine (ENG)" <fontaine@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 19:42:16 -0500 (EST); youse'figgurd it out..i guess old work habits die hard.. dick fontaine 48mgtc 62tr3b "if its steel, its real" lt.col. usaf,retired; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01254.html (8,836 bytes)
9. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Bill Schooler <schooler@erols.com>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:41:09 -0800; Okay, after grievous error converting cwt incorrectly, I looked at the owner's for my car, a 1969 MGB. Weight (unladen) for the roadster is 2109 lbs, and the GT weighs in at 2369. Kerbside weights ar; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01258.html (8,434 bytes)
10. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: George G Curl <gcurl@tenet.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:55:51 -0600 (CST); I don't know about other B's but mine weighs 1950 with 2 gals of fuel and all oil and water. Don't ask what it weighs with driver. Especially after the holidays. George Curl 64 MGB 140 DSP; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01260.html (9,003 bytes)
11. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:36:39 -0500 (EST); My keen eye detects a difference of 40 pounds between unladen weight and kerbside weight. Obviously, the kerbside weight does not include a driver, even an anorexic one. If we assume a pint of gas we; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01261.html (9,508 bytes)
12. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com (MICHAEL J ROBSON); Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 23:08:50 EST; Hehe-I love these ones, makes one proud to be British - cwt=hundredweight (c, latin for 100 - wt. for weight- clear so far??) The trouble is,a hundred has basically nothing to do with it..There are t; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01262.html (9,142 bytes)
13. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord); Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:55:43 EST; but maybe only gas in the kerbside weight. Anyway, who cares. I do. Well, not really, but I have often seen the weight quoted specifically with two gallons of gas in the tank. Presume because that's; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01265.html (8,750 bytes)
14. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: RJohn50603@aol.com; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 03:24:18 -0500 (EST); << How much does the (unladen) MGB weigh? The website lists "18.5 cwt"; what the hell is that? R. Johnson - Dallas '90 maine Coon '79 Midget '76 Midget '73 MGB; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01269.html (8,342 bytes)
15. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: CMaster808@aol.com; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 06:27:52 -0500 (EST); Except for maybe in Vermont , that is"""/ Chet; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01271.html (7,884 bytes)
16. RE: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Eric Houkal <erictw@mcs.com>; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:18:01 -0600; << How much does the (unladen) MGB weigh? The website lists "18.5 cwt"; what the hell is that? Is that an African B or a European B?; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01272.html (8,081 bytes)
17. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Paul Parkanzky <p-parkanzky@onu.edu>; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:57:24 -0500; Got a good chuckle out of this one Ray. Keep up the good posts! ** Paul Parkanzky Ohio Northern University p-parkanzky@onu.edu **; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01273.html (8,990 bytes)
18. RE: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Paul Parkanzky <p-parkanzky@onu.edu>; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 10:03:31 -0500; Yes! Monty Python Reference. 5pts. ** Paul Parkanzky Ohio Northern University p-parkanzky@onu.edu **; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01274.html (8,274 bytes)
19. RE: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Jeremy Baxter <jeremy.baxter@parallax.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:06:04 -0000; << How much does the (unladen) MGB weigh? The website lists "18.5 cwt"; what the hell is that? Is that an African B or a European B? I don't know; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01275.html (7,831 bytes)
20. Re: B weight? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Fayne <fayne@ibm.net>; Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 09:16:15 -0600; You have to know these things when you're king, you know... -- Jeffrey Fayne - Systems Engineer fayne@ibm.net INX International Ink Co. http://www.inxink.com 1130 Howard St. Elk Grove Village,IL 6000; /html/mgs/1997-01/msg01276.html (8,142 bytes)

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