'74 weights

[JHertzman@xxxxxxx]

In AD7-248 Thomas Moll gives weights from his 1974 US owners manual to
contrast with the ones I had given from my 1971-'73 US owners manuals:

2000 Berlina 2590 lbs	(VS 2442 for '73) = + 148#
2000 GTV     2305 lbs	(VS 2292 FOR '73) = + 13#
2000 Spider  2320 lbs	(VS 2292 FOR '73) = + 28#

Interesting, and my thanks to Thomas. My guess is that ARI (the US
distributor) used factory numbers for the 1750 and didn't bother changing them
for the '72 and '73, which had not involved any substantial changes, but that
with the advent of the heavy 5 mph bumpers on the '74 Berlina they weighed all
three cars. The biggest surprise, to me, is that the bumper weight penalty on
the Berlina is so much less than I had interpolated for the weight penalties
on the Alfettas and on the light-bumper/heavy-bumper spiders.

Bob Brady had expressed surprise that the Spider and coupe weights were
EXACTLY the same in the '71-'72-'73 manuals. Thomas Moll's figures reinforce
the idea that the GT Veloce was the shortest, slimmest, and lightest of the
three production cars.

John H. 

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