Avoirdupois Party

[mopho]

avoirdupois |ˌأ¤vərdəˈpoiz|
noun
a system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces or 7,000 grains, widely used in English-speaking countries

Went to a car weighing party yesterday that was being held at one of the local car collectors man caves. Prizes were given out for best guess, worst guess, heaviest and lightest, which of course I won :D

My Caterham came in at 1230lbs with a full tank of gas (12 gallon fuel cell), 1200lbs with typical fuel load


















More pictures here


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[magnusfeuer]

I'd nominate this to the man cave of the year if that is indeed an old WWII hellcat bomber hanging in the ceiling.

/Magnus F.

[escondidoron]

Hey Morgan;

If you get to do this again, you should take my Seven along. It's a full 250lbs lighter with a full tank of fuel!

[mopho]

No doubt, it's missing a bunch of horses, lol ;)

I was surprised to see two Elans there, where were these people when I had mine?!

[Sean]

Looks like fun. You seem to go to a lot of cool events!

One of my favorite trick questions:
Which is heavier? An ounce of feathers or an ounce of gold? :confused:

[Doug Liedblad]

You use different systems to measure them.

The Gold weighs more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_ounce

[prabjohns]

Ooo....I'm stealing that Doug, That's very funny.

[Doug Liedblad]

Sean said it first, so you'll have to steal it from him.

[moosetestbestanden]

Hey Morgan, is that Elan as beautiful in the fibreglass as it looks in the photo?

Whatta beauty!

[mopho]

Yeah it was pretty clean, as was the green one that was there too. I didn't see the engine compartment though. Owner said he is still sorting out some stuff on it, but when are you not sorting out some stuff on an Elan?

[BMWRACER]

Looks like a fun event.

I LOVE THAT ESCORT!!

[mopho]

Here is the spread sheet

It's supposed to say 911 Carrera S (993) in the space below the viper