I'll try again if I was close. Door latch handle.

Itis, I mitas say on this wireless minus my slyness I know what you did last Summer and can't wait till you go just shyness of an 8 ball timeless slip. LOL.

Just buggin' since I just saw a Jaco Pastorius documentary and listening to Peter Frampton there after.

A street with no name is an almost, and almost doesn't count. LOL.

" I just saw a Jaco Pastorius documentary",
Haven't seen one, was it upbeat?, because a lot of his life was sad. We went to HS together. We contracted him to play our HS dances.

Oh, rear axle lower U bolt plates?

It was upbeat somewhat in that house hold names and friends all indicated that he was probably the best bass guitarist in the world and influenced thousands.
His down spiral at his life's exit was sad, but he went out on his own accord, no pun intended. Incredible compilation of old footage of home life, jam sessions/concerts and of course cars.

You guys were blessed to have such genius at the dance. I've grown up or ran with some geniuses of my time as well and almost all had a sad exit stage left.

Oh by the way this Documentary is on Netflix. A must see.

and no, I've already made the lower U-bolt spring/shock plates out of Titanium hinged to aluminum DA viking shocks.

ALmost 100 replies and over 100K more views than the closest thread in Unlawfl's Race and Engine tech forum

Wow.
This thread truly carries the weight of the world on its shoulders.

Now thinking about it, the inputs from various sources on here have made this thread surprisingly entertaining and knowledgeable.

"The B-body performance upgrades" book by Andy F brought along with it some rather cool lightweight ideas along with real world scale numbers for all to see.

I'd like to see some more ideas from different cars ie: E-body and C-body guys. Those car platforms carry a lot of weight.

I know you like that nostalgia seat deal but if you either made the frames out of alum. or changed those out you would be below your 3000lb goal..............

Nostalgia seats?
Not sure what you mean?

Don`t you run the van low backs like in the pics in the mag?

I thought for second that the A-100 van seats were the subject of your question.
Yes, they are nostalgic but also rather light (19 or so Lbs each) and comfy for what they are. Headrest a must for racing when a roll bar/cage is present. Detachable an option. I now know this since a little whipping on the neck can present a stiff neck and missing gears in an automatic. LOL.
DVW's seating is a great example of a light and oldie goodie. He's got some super covert tricks in those seats.

I've thought of messing with the frames way back, but I also thought, that is where my body mass is nestled and strapped into, so I chose not to play in that sand box, especially for a street car. Now mind you, I could get a pair of much lighter weight race seats if that's what you are referring too, but it defeats the purpose of visual deception. I'm just a sucker for those stockers of yore.

Man it can be said especially in the ounce count and gram programs, that it only gets super harder to shed compared to the humble beginning trimmings.
On that note, I know the project is knocking on the 2900 mark door very soon if not there already, but just have not had time to scale it again aside from running it lately.
When I reach that watershed number, I'll be sure to be on this board announcing it faster than a Government server.

Didn't know they were that light.........my plastic seats n brackets are around 11-12 lbs each w/a cover...........

Where as the plastic seats find strength and less mass with their molded composition, the A100 seats which by chance were also used on the Hurst Hemi Darts and Cuda's found their light weightlessness in a very spartan frame work underneath. Rather cheap for those low grade work vans they were standard on.
The foam and fabric were miniscule at best. A-100's, Their only draw backs is no upper/neck/head support.
Ford Thunderbolts, Merc Comets, Battlestar Galaxies and I believe a few Chevy 11's had a version of them also.

By the way, the original split front bench seat with hardware was 100 Lbs total. Probably a little less for the ones on A-cars.

So, they`re staying............

Yes they are.
The car is more of an anti social piece, no one sits in the passenger seat since who remembers. It's brand new looking where there is a little wear and tear on the drivers side.
Once the drivers side seat wears out, all I'll do is switch it with the passenger side seat and we're back to refresh look mode. LOL
All that is taken off and replaced is saved since all this Mopar paraphernalia is hard to find these days, especially the early B-body stuff.

Page 52 coming,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Car#52, where are you?

Itsa a HAZE now,,,,,,,,

Man, I just saw the whole package and he has a trove of stuff for that car. It's gonna be a mean great machine to see on the streets of New York.