Thread: Car Weight/Windshield

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My 462" Buick powered, T-400, 4-point 2 1/2" diameter roll bar, cloth topped 32 roadster with Wescott body weighs 2400#.

Most SBC powered 32 roadster's running the popular 350 - 350 - 9" sans roll bar and cloth top weigh in at about 2300# regardless of body used.

It looks like the new project, a 31 A roadster on 32 frame rails running the same power combo as the 32, but without roll bar - gets one later - and cloth top (probably get one of those later) looks like it will weigh in at 2200#.

Take a look at Wescott's and/or LeBaron-Bonney's online catalogs and you'll find windshield stanchions, posts stock and chopped as well as windshield frames.
Plain and chrome in most cases.


The big Buicks are very lightweight considering their size.
Remove the heavy cast iron intake manifold, install an aluminum one and the Buick weighs about 15# more than a SBC.

510# torque stock though....