Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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So I am finding out on this car. My dad told me might get lucky and find something later model they could modify to fit in mine. The car he said his buddy had done was something later model and curve matched just had to trim it smaller. Told him doubt it on mine. Too odd of a shape. He thought maybe since it is rear window get a Piece of Lexan and heat it to fit the shape of my glass and install it. Too afraid to chance that one. Seeing how AMD only shows front glass. So If I screw it up I am outta luck. Thanks for input on this. Is the 62 Dart share the same window package? Anybody know how many is enough for lexan rear window replicas to be worth making for a vendor, ie group buy? If the same, i'd likely take a couple.
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/10/19 01:19 AM
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If you are going to drag this car and since the car is inherently light from the factory anyway, it is best that you leave the rear window just as it is for some weight assistance in that department. I'd leave it alone and concentrate on the front shield and side glass. Fullmetal Car is used on street but is not really a go somewhere car. More of a hot rod with blower setup on it. No interior and partial cage with engine moved back and rearend moved forward in it. Plus have a sub section on the rear tied into the front at the door hinge area with square tubing. Current setup is at 3740 pounds. So this is why figured while I am at it doing some body work on it and front window is pitted. Maybe change everything and get lighter. Thanks
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/10/19 06:59 AM
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Are you sure about that running weight? My friend who has an all steel original 62' Max wedge with full interior, full factory glass, cast iron ram horn exhaust and pipes all the way to the bumper, three speed, weighs in at more or less about 3300 Lbs on my digital scales. Have you weighed your car on certified scales? That's a bit heavy for such a car.
I know that Blowers can be heavy on a car though, but not that much. Is the partial cage full DOM steel?
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/10/19 10:38 AM
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Depending on the blower and extra carb with steel braided it must be over 100 lbs. Which blower are you using?? FMJ,My memory is in a bit of a haze but has the white unicorn stood upon your scales yet??
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/10/19 11:45 AM
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No, the Unicorn has not laid its heels on the scales yet. Funny you ask because it's back in his garage now and I was thinking of going over to have a world title weigh in, but we're both so so busy at the moment with a monumental group art show that we both can't breath. The Red Baron you posted above on the other hand is the one I weighed a couple of years back. Special K knows the exact numbers. Perhaps you can get the numbers from him. Gotta go now.
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/11/19 03:33 AM
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Are you sure about that running weight? My friend who has an all steel original 62' Max wedge with full interior, full factory glass, cast iron ram horn exhaust and pipes all the way to the bumper, three speed, weighs in at more or less about 3300 Lbs on my digital scales. Have you weighed your car on certified scales? That's a bit heavy for such a car.
I know that Blowers can be heavy on a car though, but not that much. Is the partial cage full DOM steel? Fullmetaljacket Weight is correct on it. Went to local CAT certified truck scale that is close by. Car is all steel still. I think a lot of the weight comes from the tubs. MAN that guy I think used like 16 gauge on the tubs on it. Plus whole back of car has a new section on it for the suspension and goes from rear bumper forward to the door pillar area. Plus it has a cross brace hump in the middle of the tunnel behind the seats out of the same channel material. I also have dual tanks in the trunk. Street gas and race gas with two pumps. so I can switch between them depending how hard I want to run. Only one tank had fuel in it when I weighed it.. Beside that also have American Racing original cast wheels on it with the rears being modified to except the 18.5 wide tires I am running. So the weight is climbing quick. 440 block with iron heads and torqueflight tranny and a Dana 60. Plus disk brakes all around. That is why I think I am so heavy. First pic is before I painted floor and partial cage and put blower on it. Just remembered one more thing too. Because of being in Cali. I am running 4 mufflers on it to try and quiet it down and these are standard style mufflers than 3 1/2 inch o.d X 36 inch long glasspak style. Basically exhaust tips of mufflers end about a foot and a half before rear end. I loved it before and so did everyone who hears it. BUT Cali if you get too loud they make life miserable because of the import idiots. Up in mountains i doubt any problems as other hot rodders have told me but did not want to take a chance with some new guy officer wanting to make an image for himself.
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Re: 62 Savoy Lexan windows
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06/12/19 01:36 PM
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I've owned and race several different 1963 Plymouth M.W. Belveder, a sedan and a hardtop. The sedan needed to weigh 3320 without the driver back when NHRA weighed them according to the shipping weight, the hardtop needed to weigh a little more. I converter the hardtop into a bracket car with a Alston 12 point cage, subframe connectors, full size steel wheel tubs to the stock subframes, moved the leaf springs into the sub frames and ended up using a Dana 70 with a posi unit in it and 5.13 gears, That car weighed a little over 3550 lbs. without the driver with a single fibreglas seat with a small thin wall tubelar frame, no heater, radio, windshield wipers. It did have the stock door panels and full carpet inside up and over the rear package tray
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