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URY914
post Feb 13 2006, 08:01 PM
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For those of you that haven't seen my other post, yesterday I took the car down to Sebring for my annual weigh-in.

The car with the full body and a nearly full tank (10 gallons) of fuel came in at 1,407 pounds. I had filled the tank thinking I was going to take it out on the track for the drive around but I didn't. So it was 30 pounds heavier from the start.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

Here it is on the scales. The guy is all bundled up because is was about 50 degrees and had about a 20 mph wind blowing all day. He said he remembered the car from last year.(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:03 PM
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My daughter came with me and took this one of me in the car...


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:06 PM
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I think she had a better time than me, she got to drive around the track at lunch time with Doug Waters (ein 6er) in his sweet -6. Last year she rode in the pace car with Steve (smg914). Here they are driving by...


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:10 PM
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I didn't have my car off the trailer 10 minutes before some guy was laying on the ground looking under the back end. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)



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post Feb 13 2006, 08:11 PM
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Paul, the car looks GREAT!!

question though, why are they only weighing one axle at time??

oh and 50 deg sounds almost tropical in these parts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/poke.gif)
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:12 PM
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This one was fast. He was the only 914 in the Red run group.



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post Feb 13 2006, 08:13 PM
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2 scales? Did they weigh each end seperately?
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE (TimT @ Feb 13 2006, 06:11 PM)
Paul, the car looks GREAT!!

question though, why are they only weighing one axle at time??

oh and 50 deg sounds almost tropical in these parts (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/poke.gif)

I don't know. They have always had 4 wheel scales in previous years.

I knew someone would say something about 50 being cold (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:15 PM
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Here he is just before the hairpin....


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:16 PM
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QUOTE (seanery @ Feb 13 2006, 06:13 PM)
2 scales? Did they weigh each end seperately?

Yep, kinda STUPID if ya ask me... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:16 PM
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The car with the full body and a nearly full tank (10 gallons) of fuel came in at 1,407 pounds. I had filled the tank thinking I was going to take it out on the track for the drive around but I didn't. So it was 30 pounds heavier from the start.


According to my math, with gas around 6-7 lbs/gal. = 60-70 lbs.
1,407 - 60 = 1,347 lbs. !!!!

Lookin' good Paul (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif) . Hope to see you at the next TBB (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/chowtime.gif)
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:17 PM
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Another quick one. But he broke/stopped during the endro in the afternoon.


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:19 PM
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This one was for sale.


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post Feb 13 2006, 08:22 PM
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Do you know if the guy in the Orange car was John Poor?
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:25 PM
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There were only two other 914s race cars that I saw but I didn't get pictures of them.

Doug took about a zillion pictures that I'm sure he'll post. Here is another one of Doug's car...



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post Feb 13 2006, 08:26 PM
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QUOTE (bwilless @ Feb 13 2006, 06:22 PM)
Do you know if the guy in the Orange car was John Poor?

sorry, but I didn't get an entry list, so I don't know who he was.
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:26 PM
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Dougs car is tout suite, I saw it a Roebling in 2004..
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post Feb 13 2006, 08:36 PM
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This was the pole sitter in the red endro...



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post Feb 13 2006, 09:31 PM
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great pics, paul!!

i'm resizeing some pics now and will post some tomorrow.
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post Feb 13 2006, 09:32 PM
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that thing is rediculous paul!
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