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http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...ifications.htm
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The '58 weight is listed as 3,050 at every site I find. here is just one:
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...ifications.htm
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au...ifications.htm
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According to the National Corvette Museum
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/librar...icle/1956b.htm
my 1956 Vette has a curb weight of 2875 pounds. I seriously doubt the C7 will come in under that.
PS- 1953 Vette has a curb weight of 2850 pounds.
http://www.corvettemuseum.org/librar...icle/1956b.htm
my 1956 Vette has a curb weight of 2875 pounds. I seriously doubt the C7 will come in under that.
PS- 1953 Vette has a curb weight of 2850 pounds.
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You lost me on this reply. Are you trying to say that the curb weight of a car is the same as the GVWR?
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That 450+ hp has got to move the car and everything in/on it. That would include the nut behind the steering wheel Not trying to be technical at all with that comment
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Seriously, though, what does this post have to do with anything? Point is, very early Vettes actually were lighter than the '58, albeit way slower. Oh, and the collectors out there will pay MUCH more for a nice example of a '53 than they'll pay for a 2013 ZR-1. So, I guess that's who wants them.
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2900k lbs??? sounds like a locomotive...
Seriously, though, what does this post have to do with anything? Point is, very early Vettes actually were lighter than the '58, albeit way slower. Oh, and the collectors out there will pay MUCH more for a nice example of a '53 than they'll pay for a 2013 ZR-1. So, I guess that's who wants them.
Seriously, though, what does this post have to do with anything? Point is, very early Vettes actually were lighter than the '58, albeit way slower. Oh, and the collectors out there will pay MUCH more for a nice example of a '53 than they'll pay for a 2013 ZR-1. So, I guess that's who wants them.
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Give me a break. If you actually weigh an 84-87, they are not much more than 3000, WITH 60 POUNDS WORTH OF JACKS, SPARE TIRES and extra crap, which the new ones don't have.
I would bet a small block 65-7 is probably actually under 3000 in some trim as well.
My 70 was under 3000, and that was with 300 extra pounds worth of iron calipers, wheels, and engine parts.
I'd bet ALL of the 50's vettes come in close to or under 3000.
3000 is HEAVY. Not light.
A g machine c1-4, with modern wheels, calipers, coilovers or fiberglass springs, and a modern motor will be in the 26-2800 range, in FULL street trim.
all that is with NO carbon fiber, etc.
you can thank the government for a lot of that BS weight, and then thank fat butts and out of control electrical engineers for the rest.
This car should be sub - 2800, and actually it should be about 7/8 scale and be sub 2600.
I would bet a small block 65-7 is probably actually under 3000 in some trim as well.
My 70 was under 3000, and that was with 300 extra pounds worth of iron calipers, wheels, and engine parts.
I'd bet ALL of the 50's vettes come in close to or under 3000.
3000 is HEAVY. Not light.
A g machine c1-4, with modern wheels, calipers, coilovers or fiberglass springs, and a modern motor will be in the 26-2800 range, in FULL street trim.
all that is with NO carbon fiber, etc.
you can thank the government for a lot of that BS weight, and then thank fat butts and out of control electrical engineers for the rest.
This car should be sub - 2800, and actually it should be about 7/8 scale and be sub 2600.