Rick:

Its a wierd deal and I think I'm going to go down to the scales just to make sure I'm not going crazy. I also had "loupache" verify this when we had a mini-meet. It says on the official stamped specification tabs in more than one place (engine compartment). I forget the exact number but its over 22 hundred kilograms. "Loupache" is a physics prof up north and he converted it as well.
Others have commented that perhaps the metal weight was different having come straight over from Germany (gray market). I know the original owner. "Turbo diesel" thought this was crazy as well.

I'll post the specs and results when I drive it over the scales later this week. My curiosity is getting the better of me.
I'll say one thing that compared with my 84 300D-T, it truly feels like a tank. Not even close

Don

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