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All things being equal, how much more does a 68/70 charger weight over a 68/70 rr or bee. No real reasoning behind the question, it was just something I was always curious about.
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All things being equal, how much more does a 68/70 charger weight over a 68/70 rr or bee. No real reasoning behind the question, it was just something I was always curious about.
They must be much heavier because they were a LOT slower!
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Thanks Mike! They were probably only slightly heavier but couldn't be much different than a Bee or a Bird? I was kind of kidding but back in the day, I didn't run into too many Chargers who were interested in running. There was a Y4 R/T 440 with headers and ladder bars but he would never run anyone because he wanted to remain undefeated. If you don't race you can say you've never been beat! He was a nice guy and his car was beautiful. He just didn't want to hurt it or take a chance of getting caught. I did run a 68 Hemi Charger that had one of those overdrive units on it. He still can't believe that he was beat like that by a 383 Road Runner. I think those were the only two Chargers I ever ran into and I was on the street looking for runs every night in 1970 thru 72!
Every road runner or super bee owner along with every Chevelle owner would light them up in a heart beat if they had the chance or thought they could coax you into it What provoked a race; two of anything and one of them being a road runner or super bee 
Road Runners, Bees, Chevelles, Novas, Camaros, Torinos, Mustangs, lots of GTO's but not too many Chargers or GTX's?
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No offense, but I'd take all those published weights with a grain of salt. The only accurate way to tell would be to weigh two empty shells or two IDENTICALLY equipped cars....both with the same amount of gas, oil and windshield washer fluid!
Dave
I think Chrysler realized that too because of their wording "approximate" and "estimated" in the books. I just thought it might be useful to the poster for comparison purposes. I imagine that a/c, power windows, cruise etc would add on several hundred pounds to a base car. The a/c compressor can feel like 500 lbs when bent over the car trying to remove it.
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No offense, but I'd take all those published weights with a grain of salt. The only accurate way to tell would be to weigh two empty shells or two IDENTICALLY equipped cars....both with the same amount of gas, oil and windshield washer fluid!
Dave
None taken... you are absolutely correct!