How can I find out how my my 1969 coupe 4 speed no air 350 weighs in stock form .

 

There's a newfangled thing called Google. Have you seen it? You can try it at http://www.google.com

I tried entering in the search phrase: "1969 Corvette weight" and the second return (corvettestory.com) provided the base weight plus component weights.

 

Shipping weight on a low-option 69 350 4-speed coupe is about 3100lbs. Curb is about 3245lbs. That'll be about as low on options as they come. Add more weight as you option it up (PS, PB, AC, PW, PL, etc.).


Just googling can open up a big can ov worms. Everyone has an opinion. The hard data can get lost in there. The 69's are about as light as the C3 gets. The 68's were about 25-40lbs lighter. The 70 gained about 50lbs over the 69.

 

The EASIEST way though, is to sell it to me. I'll weigh it on some nice fancy 4-corner racing scales, and i'll get back to you. My 73 is just way too heavy...

 

Second easiest, and free, take it to the dump! At least if you live somewhere that has a transfer station that charges by weight.

 

no **** smart SMART *** .

 

I had a shop 4 corner scale it and showed it weighing in at a little over 3200 pounds and I have done everything I can to lighten the car aluminum heads water pump radiator wheels and all light weight suspension even removed spare tire along with light weight willwood brakes .

 

https://www.gmheritagecenter.com/gm-...tion-kits.html

This is primary source info direct from GM, without some of the transcription errors seen on Corvette websites (I'm looking at you, VetteFacts.com)

 

Was the tank full when you weighed it? I always weigh mine as empty as possible... keeps things consistent. Sounds like you've taken a solid 200+lbs out ov it. Shipping weight with all that done should be well under 3000lbs. Maybe your scales are off?

 

Or search the forum and find where this was asked just a few days ago

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...she-weigh.html

 

Yea that rubber nose.

 

So.....you completely drain the gas tank every time you weigh your 'vette? That's the only way you can get it "as empty as possible"

Curb weight is what you should be measuring if you want to compare the weight of your car with that of other cars, and that means a full tank.

Scotty

 

3250 curb weight....GROSS weight is all the contents/people luggage etc.

 

I'm generally out ov gas anyways...so its easy. When the gauge is on E, there aint much more than a gallon in there. I can fudge it 5lbs or so.

You can get into trouble with curb weights, and its slightly more accurate and repeatable with empty weight. Another way you can mess up with curb weights, is tank size. When the tanks got bigger in '78 the curb went up about 40lbs, and very few people take that into consideration. The cars actually got lighter in 78, but the curb weights were up.

 

I had a 1/4 tank 315/30/ 18 tires are kinda heavy .

 

Unless you're running some super-light $$$ wheel, thats typically, thats around 60lbs a corner. Your stock measured in shipping weight) rollers were 45-48ish. Thats a minimum ov 40lbs off right there, probably more. Quarter tank is what? 30lbs?

 

If you can find one of these for the 1969 model year you will be set.



These give the base weight plus the additional weight for optional equipment. (Example: for ‘73 the L82 with 4-speed added 42 pounds over the L48 4-speed.)

Tom…

 

I just do not see how these guys say there cars are around 2800 to 2900 pounds and have done the exact same thing as me maybe there running carbon bumbers and hood hell if I know .

 

It may be your thinking. I find that the guys who think ov weight-reduction as spending money and buying the big-ticket items (carbon fiber anything, aluminum heads, light brakes, etc.) are the ones with the heaviest (heaviest lightened cars i mean) cars. The REALLY light cars often start out from guys like me, that want to go fast, but cant afford it. There are two schools ov thought for the welfare race teams like me... one, is just to gut the car and clap it out... holesaw everything, fake dash, race gauges, crappy race seats, lexan windows, just a garbage car (in my opinion). And then there is the other school, where we try and retain as stock, or as 'real' an appearance, as possible... a useful car. I liken it to guys who think going fast is just buying a schwack ov fancy bolt on parts, bolting it together, and then hitting the track. You see them at the track too... guys with the whole stroker AFR, Victor, high comp combo in the big dollar car, getting wasted by the guy in the modest car with the stock-ish 350 Vortec. Man, i see that a LOT in the Mopar camps. Stroked aluminum head 500's running 13's. 440 A-bodies running 14's. Sad. I find the guys that HAVE to think... do far better.

I'll tell you what. Here's your first challenge: I'm gonna get my daily driver/road race 73 coupe UNDER 2800lbs... with ALL OEM parts, save a set ov cheap aftermarket rims and some cheap import seats. And thats with far heavier than stock 295/50's on all 4 corners. So... how?

When it comes to weight reduction, its the smartest guy that wins, and never the richest.

 

scales at truck stops are constantly checked have to be kept within 50 lbs of accurate take your car to one.