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« on: June 06, 2013, 23:43:15 »
"Silty, Does your MKIV have an "L"? If it did I bet you would call it a "lightweight".
I didn't say I had a Mk IV but I confess that I have, and it does have an AKL prefix. It also has non-telescopic bumpers, the fuel tank under the boot (trunk), no door side protection ironmongery or inner panels, a flat dashboard, 15" wheels, different rear arches to the 'regular' Mk IV etc. If you backed me into a corner I would indeed call it a Lightweight.
My point was that there are cars with varying degrees of 'lightness'. None of which make a huge difference to weight but there are some cars that appear to make no effort to reduce weight at all (other than a visually pleasing short nose).
As I said, the US 'lightweight' looks a great car, just different to what some British examples of the genre seem to be. I understand that the Lightweight was intended to replicate some of the more desirable features of the original '60s cars and I assume that in some markets (USA?)it was not legal to include all such features.
Please forgive my train spotters degree of detail but as a recent purchaser my head is still reeling with the details that currently seem to make a Lightweight worth considerably more than its MkIV sisters.
In the grand scheme of life and love, none of this matters, we're just exchanging views on the Internet. Be happy and enjoy your cars, whatever they may be.
Cheers