Crikey!

I thought this was a simple question and somewhat embarassed to ask it.

See Grasshopper, not all that is known is known.

I am gonna get to the bottom of this even if I have to use a weighbridge.

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

From the BMC Australian Mini handbook from 1967..
Weight Kerbside (full tank)....
Mini Minor -1390lb (630kg)
Mini Van - 1350lb (612kg)
De Luxe - 1435lb (650kg)
Moke - 1867lb (846kg) This is way out!
Cooper S - 1411lb (640kg) This has to be wrong as the Cooper S is heavier than the Deluxe.

From the Australian Clubman Handbook from 1971...
Registration Weight (fuel, 2 gallons (9.1litres)
Mini 1100 - 1352lbs (614.5kg)
Mini 1100 Van - 1352lbs (614.5 kg)
Mini Clubman - 1418lbs (643kg)
Clubman GT 1496lbs (678kg)

From the Australian Workshop manual...
Full tanks... (with 2 gallons in brackets)
850 630kg (618kg)
Cooper 635kg (622kg)
Deluxe 652.4kg (638.32kg)
Matic 676.9kg (661.93kg)
Clubman 657.3kg (643.23kg)
Cooper S 716kg (663.63kg)
Clubman GT 709kg - (678.5kg)

The weights are all over the place, the difference between full and 2 gallons is very different on the Cooper S and the GT.

BTW, if I found that the state Government was overcharging me on my rego I wouldn't be waiting till the renewal, I would be straight down there tomorrow and demanding a refund on all the previous years over payments.
You don't need a weighbridge certificate, they have the weights in their books.

so has anyone got their car weighed at all?
I am keen to see what mine comes out at... I think they have scales at work for corner weighing the boss's race cars, so i will try to get mine on them..

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Tim
Dusk Blue
1964 850

I'll take mine to the local waste depot tomorrow and while asking some dumb questions I’ll have a peak at the weigh bridge display...

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1970 Cooper'd K
by "Cooper Works"

went to the tip today...

740kg on the weigh bridge..

- 85kg for fat boy

655kg with half a tank of petrol

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1970 Cooper'd K
by "Cooper Works"

ha!!! i weighed my Green "S" years ago, accurate race scales & it came in at 820kgs

my lightweight Targa Tassie Rally mini came in at 620kgs

some of the std-ish 850 minis that we have weighed in the past came in at just under 700kgs-ish

so,,, "facts" in the books are not the same as the "Real Facts"

some figures you may read are without battery, fuel, water, oil etc

Oh & then there`s the old """mini vans & mokes are the lightest"""" ,,, yeah right.

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I guess this is the reality..
Half a tank of fuel, coolant, oil, car stereo, spare wheel, non standard rims, tyres, washer bottle for that matter bla bla bla...

if you wanted to write a low figure in a book you could take a lot out...

But in reality 655 kg (ish) is where I’m at.

if of course their scales are correct

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1970 Cooper'd K
by "Cooper Works"

Pretty sure my 1990 Rover came in at 680kg and it had a weighbridge ticket for getting Blue Slipped.