Put my little piggy on the scales

It was my first time actually weighing a car. It’s a street build so I went for strength over weight savings every time. I’m happy with the 52% weight on the front half. Not bad for a pickup truck. The overall weight was a few hundred more than I guessed (thought maybe 3500 not 3700) but stuff adds up!

1954 dodge 3/4 ton pickup body- bed sectioned 12” shorter
104” wheelbase
1” .120”wall square tube cab floor & bed floor frames
3/16” plate boxed frame
1” thick ipe wood bed (heeeevy)
Low deck BB w aluminum top end, 727 trans. 10” setback
1989 dakota front clip
9.25 rear w discs
Torque thrust II wheels
1/2 tank of gas (50lbs)
Battery & tank behind axle

Here’s sheets of curb weight and weight with a driver how it goes down the road.

Get that thing to the track

Nice weight distribution. That's Hemi B body weight!

So you’re sayin it’s comperable to an elephant? I’ll take it!

That is heavier than I would have guessitmated
I have weighed several of my cars on a set of commercial 1000 lbs. platform scales with one scale under each tire with and without me in the cars. Youur hot rod is good on the side to side weight without the driver
Maybe it is time to add some more fuel to get more weight for traction on the rear tires
Is the battery in the bed area?
If not maybe installing it at the right rear of the bed underneath it at the farthest back you can get it might help on weight distribution also

Yeah battery and fuel tank behind the axle.

I was hoping to see 32-3500 but it is what it is. I plan to haul stuff in the bed sometimes and actually use it as a pickup truck once in a while. My buddy gave me some 1” thick ipe boards to make the wood bed out of. It’s one of the densest and strongest woods on earth- doesn’t ever rot or get bugs and I can put a safe with an elephant in it back there (or just a gen II hemi!) without worry. The wood alone weighs 200lbs. I knew it wasn’t gonna help my ET but it’ll outlast the steel. I think that plus all the heavy steel structure in my floor and bed floor plus frame reinforcement, sound and heat insulation (dynamat & lizardskin) probably cost me 400 lbs. So if I was building for the track I would have skipped all that and come in at more like 3300 which is respectably light for a big block pickup truck.

I knew it was a street build all along so I’m good with the compromises I made but I was still kinda surprised it was so heavy. I was looking forward to some “bags of salt in the bed” traction effect with all that weight over the rear and more tq than hp. Might actually make me quicker at a stoplight but definitely not faster overall.

Next is getting these QA1 adjustable shocks I bought in it so it’ll handle and launch better than an 80s pickup with beat shocks up front and effectively none in back.

I’m having lots of fun. Hopefully she’ll squeak into the 12s with my skinny friend driving. Once it gets a little cooler out it’ll be more fun to drive an hour in her to atco.

Thanks for the responses- I’ll be on the lookout for a stock 1968 hemi charger to beat me by a fender haha