Radiator support/bracket weight?
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Radiator support/bracket weight?
Looking for the weight of the large piece of architecture that bolts to the two inner fender wells and supports the radiator and shroud. I'm trying everything I can think of to pull weight out of my '69, and this is the next item of interest (for a possible aluminum replacement). Anyone have (an early) C3 support that they could put on a scale?
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Looking for the weight of the large piece of architecture that bolts to the two inner fender wells and supports the radiator and shroud. I'm trying everything I can think of to pull weight out of my '69, and this is the next item of interest (for a possible aluminum replacement). Anyone have (an early) C3 support that they could put on a scale?
TIA
TIA
Drifting
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in general section. there is a thread called THE PARTS THREAD . a guy has one out of the car right now and he has a pic of it.. im sure he would weigh it for you although like everyone has said 15 is going to be pretty close. i relate everything to cartons of beer and its definatly less then that. glass that is , cans taste like 
but ill drink them if i have too.... and for curiosity what do you call a stubbie over there?
but ill drink them if i have too.... and for curiosity what do you call a stubbie over there?
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in general section. there is a thread called THE PARTS THREAD . a guy has one out of the car right now and he has a pic of it.. im sure he would weigh it for you although like everyone has said 15 is going to be pretty close. i relate everything to cartons of beer and its definatly less then that. glass that is , cans taste like but ill drink them if i have too.... and for curiosity what do you call a stubbie over there?
but ill drink them if i have too.... and for curiosity what do you call a stubbie over there?
Regarding "stubbies", I'll have to admit my total cluelessness.
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I could weigh my '76 frame for you 69427 if you need the details. I enjoyed your old thread about stiffening your chassis so I'm happy to help if you need an exact number.
(Bear in mind this is a repro from Ecklers though so I'm sure it's thinner metal than the original.)
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Ben,
Thanks for the kind words about the chassis thread. I appreciate it.
The 13 pound quote from another forum is close enough for me at the moment. I just need to do some calculating now to determine the (material cost and my time)/(weight savings) ratio.
I saw someone quite a while ago that did an aluminum version. I asked for the weight of his lightweight part, but never saw an answer.
Thanks for the kind words about the chassis thread. I appreciate it.
The 13 pound quote from another forum is close enough for me at the moment. I just need to do some calculating now to determine the (material cost and my time)/(weight savings) ratio.
I saw someone quite a while ago that did an aluminum version. I asked for the weight of his lightweight part, but never saw an answer.
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