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Re: Weight of a '68.

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Subject: Re: Weight of a '68.
From: "Christopher Coker" <ccoker@flash.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 07:54:31 -0400
> Wow-
>  they were without interiors?  Where did they cut the weight?  No sound
> deadening, of course!  Saving that much weight in panels alone would be
> a challenge...
> Toby
>
>> The purple panel lightweights weighed in at around just 1760 lbs (wet).
>> These were all '69 cars as far as I know, and made a considerable saving on
>> production cars at around 2110 lbs.  I want one.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Rob Beddington
>


I believe the frames themselves were also lightened, in addition to the
thinner gauge sheet metal.

Chris Coker
'69 1600 SPL311-24529
Royal Oak, MI

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