[FWDLK] Mopar Weight Dilemma in WA

[Daniel Davids <ddavids@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello FWDLOOKers.

I'm from Washington state and I have twenty or so Mopars in the 57-65 
year range.
Recently, our legislature decided to impose a "weight-based fee" on 
top of the basic vehicle
licensing fee (here referred to as a tab fee). The problem is that 
the state's Dept of
Licensing computers don't have any weight information in them for 
vehicles pre-1981.
So, for each of the cars that I keep licensed, the state is now 
sending me a Special
Notice that, since they don't have any weight data, I must provide 
proof of my car's
weight before they'll renew my tabs. Acceptable to them are data from:

* Owner's manual for the vehicle
* Value guide like NADA or Kelley Blue Book
* Vehicle manufacturer's website showing weight for vehicle
* Weight obtained by taking the car to a certified scale (costs 
money, of course)

The first of my renewals has come in, and it's for a 64 Dodge Polara 
w/ slant six.
The owner's manual has no weight information. There's no weight 
placard anywhere
to be found on the car itself. For the instant car, can someone on 
the list point me
to a bonafide source of weight info? I Google'd and this is about the 
best I could
come up with:

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z9592/Dodge_Polara/default.aspx

Since the lack of weight data in the state's computer is going to 
cause literally
thousands of us in Washington with old cars to face the same problem, does
anyone have a better idea of how to attack this problem, rather than having to
tediously spend time and money, car by individual car. The break point in the
fees, by the way is at 4,000 pounds.

Thanks for any help you can provide,

Dan Davids
Woodinville, WA

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