FB/EK commercial maximum gross weight

[FireKraka]

I have two plates Harv one says 30 the other says 32, I put the 30 in my Ute cause it was the best one.

[Harv]

I have two plates Harv one says 30 the other says 32, I put the 30 in my Ute cause it was the best one.

Thanks mate.

30 for an FB, 32 for an EK.

Cheers,
Harv

[Dr Terry]

edit: I got more education today. I (and Terry) are assuming that the data given in the GMH brochures and tags are "long hundredweight". These were used in the UK, and are 50.8kg per cwt. The US uses "short hundredweight", which has 45.36kg per cwt. This is also how you get a "short ton" and a "long ton". Interesting... GMH was a US parented company (short cwt) operating in a Commonwealth country (long cwt)... I assume that they use the short cwt in the documents/tags, but mebbe head office was thinking long cwt.

Cheers,
Harv

Even though GM-H was 100% US owned & used terms such as hood & deck lid in their spare parts catalogues, they appear to be very non-US when it came to measurement units. They always quoted imperial units such as English Cwt, Gallons , Tons etc. etc. in their various publications right up until the intro of metric conversion (obviously).

Dr Terry

[Harv]

Thanks Terry. The mix of US, UK and metric stuff in early Holdens is interesting.

As an aside, one of my European workmates owns an Opel Admiral, and showed me some photos today. Looks very similar to a HK Holden.

Cheers,
Harv

[ardiesse]

(off topic)

- and the Opel Diplomat is very reminiscent of the Brougham in its rear-end styling. Plus the Diplomat had a 327 . . .

Rob