When I get a chance, complete with pictures and all, I'll show those of you who are building street/strip cars without the rear seat a few hidden tricks to removing 10 Lbs.

I am in, just removed interior last week to start gutting

You might want to start on the heavy Cragars on all fours.
I'll send flicks in the next day or two when I get a chance to be at the car.

Oh yeah those were on it when i bought it, they are going away. I dont need 10 inch wheel in front! or back that is only 14 inch. This thing is already HEAVY enough

A good sizable hunk of weight is behind and on those front bumpers.
If this is to be a drag car, then the rear bumper may help you out as it is for weight distribution.
I've never studied those Aspen R/Ts before, but I'm sure there are hundreds of small pockets here and there where an ounce or more can be replaced with a good alternative or removed all together. I'm sure some of the practices on here will help the cause.

Yes you are correct, the bumpers and shocks that mount them are very heavy. Those are coming off as well as crash bars in the doors. Thats just a start. And thanks for all the info you have given, very cool stuff!

Wow ThumperDart, you went to the block with your efforts. 170 Lbs? That's a good chunk off. What did you do?

Cool. That's impressive.
You might be able to enter it in the next Kite flying contest in your town. LOL.
That's what my boys always say about my car; Hey, wasn't that your car with the kite flock in Central park the other day? LOL.

Blesseth thy track like an Alter.
By the way these tracks are closing their gates these days, these cars might have to find their way back to the street. I guess that is where it all started any how right? I guess we're ahead of the pack on that one.

I also went a little overboard last year, but with pennies saved and scouting the beaches with a metal detector for long lost Dimes and Nickels as well as in between the seats of my daily driver. LOL

I'll explain later with flicks that I have to download, but it wasn't possible without driving clear across the country and back within 4-1/2 days to retrieve these artifacts from the A990 A-days.

I hope to see good results and my car is already over a 1/2" higher just sitten there. I may have to slightly tweek the suspension some but I NEED to see a 6.10-6.13 et at 112 plus or this was basically a wash so,.................

You're surely lighter and probably quicker now, but it all has to hook and that is why the rear weight is so important in your set up.
Keep an eye on the doors forward objective.

If my aluminum exhaust idea survives the street test this season, that will be another 15-20 lbs you can shave off based from what I can see on your signature post picture. Unless its a full exhaust where it will be more pounds lost. I'm saving for my special light weight mufflers now.
I'll let this group know how the hook, book and cook session goes with my aluminum exhaust since it looks like this thread will only grow as we near the coming season.

The exhaust is another item on the money, I mean parts list.

Okay, here it is. It's after midnight and I am out to play.
This is what I found after stripping these pups down to their original naked selves. Someone had gone at it with a disc sander using the wrong disc grit like if they were not light enough as they were.

My original Civilian fenders with out any undercoating, headlight buckets and emblems weigh in at 58-1/2 lbs for the pair.
Meanwhile, I was very lucky to have found these relatively intact and after taking off all the old paint layers (4 decades worth) they came in at 38 lbs for the pair as you see 'em. They had the original underside dip paint on them with of course no signs of undercoating ever.

I gutted out my Police car interior of all the seats and mounted a slim plastic bucket seat just to be able to ship/drive them back under my watchful eye.
They are part of the grail for the 65' factory lightweight drag cars because NHRA's 1965 aluminum panel ban mandate prompted Chrysler to covertly stamp them out of thin gauge steel instead.
As of now, they reside in storage awaiting their turn to hang ten on the car some time in the future.
There are other great wish list items from both the A-864 and A990 menu that I would love to have, but I have not found enough nickels at the beach as of yet.

Not to boast because I searched thick and thin, but a friend came onto these by chance and gave notice. I had to mimic a United Nations meeting with the owner just to keep faith that I would get them eventually. He was very patient indeed.
What the A-bodies have over some of these cars is the fact that glass part replicas of the Factory BO29 and L023's are available on the open market.
The E-bodies can take a hint from the acid bath child's of the 70's Pro stock movement.

What I will boast about is the ultra rare fender horse stand I made out of found wood on the streets. It holds almost any Mopar fender sturdy enough to do body work massaging. One of one made. LOL.

T. Your way ahead being that I have had to work long and hard to bring this car to the weight of............... ooohps, I almost let it out. LOL
That 3200 Lbs starting weight you had a few months back is a good vantage start. I'm sure that you will breach the south of the 3000 lbs mark soon if not already.
The Dartlites and Feather Dusters started on a good footing right from the floor for those looking to be all metal.
Lucky A-team.

I hear ya.............this is a new journey for me as I`ve never dived in ANYTHING like this so many lesson and hundreds later we`ll soon see how it all plays out............