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A Body Post Coupe Weight VS Coupe/Hardtop
On a Chevelle Facebook page there has been some discussion (and a lot of inaccurate information) about post cars, specifically the 300 Deluxe SS cars. A question was asked in regards to weight of the post cars versus the hardtop/coupe.
I was always under the impression that the post cars were lighter and obviously stronger. But the question is if the post cars are lighter in an apples to apples comparison to a hardtop, by how much lighter and where are the areas of the post car that make it lighter? Years ago I had a 1970 Skylark post car with no AC. With a Stage 1 455 (BB Buicks weigh about the same as a SBC), Turbo 400 and 12 bolt Chevy axle it weighed 3460 empty with a 1/4 tank of fuel. That's BB Nova weight and I remember being very suprised at how light the car was at the time. Thank you guys in advance Todd
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1971 Nova SS BBC and 3 Pedals 1987 Buick Turbo T ex GM High Tech Performance Magazine project car 10.45 @ 128.71 '87 Buick Regal Turbo T Stock 48,000 miles 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat 5400 miles 2014 F150 Supercab Ecoboost - Livernois Motorsports tuned Formers: '67,69 and '73 SS Chevelles '65 Biscayne 427 '66 Caprice 396 '72 LeMans Y code 455 VIN 007 6 GN and Turbo T's, 2 Wildcats, GS, 2 Skylarks ...and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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Last edited by Lee Stewart; 01-15-2018 at 05:10 PM. |
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Thanks Lee. I was under the impression that the post cars were around 150/200lbs lighter.
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1971 Nova SS BBC and 3 Pedals 1987 Buick Turbo T ex GM High Tech Performance Magazine project car 10.45 @ 128.71 '87 Buick Regal Turbo T Stock 48,000 miles 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat 5400 miles 2014 F150 Supercab Ecoboost - Livernois Motorsports tuned Formers: '67,69 and '73 SS Chevelles '65 Biscayne 427 '66 Caprice 396 '72 LeMans Y code 455 VIN 007 6 GN and Turbo T's, 2 Wildcats, GS, 2 Skylarks ...and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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Can you post a link to the Facebook thread.....I would like to read who said what
Dan
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69 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Frost Green 69 SS396 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Lemans Blue SOLD 70 Buick Skylark Post Sedan Gulfstream Blue 70 Buick Skylark Post Sedan Burnished Saddle http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3DE8qI2NY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn4xEmGypUw |
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Ryan
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1969 Beaumont 350 Auto White Sold 1969 Beaumont 307 Auto Green Sold 1969 Chevelle SS 396-L35 Auto Blue Sold 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass 'S' Sports Coupe W31 |
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Dan
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69 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Frost Green 69 SS396 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Lemans Blue SOLD 70 Buick Skylark Post Sedan Gulfstream Blue 70 Buick Skylark Post Sedan Burnished Saddle http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PM3DE8qI2NY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn4xEmGypUw |
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Hah ha, go get em!
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See if that works. It's a post from Sunday. Have fun...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/CHEVELLEOWNERSONLINE/
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1971 Nova SS BBC and 3 Pedals 1987 Buick Turbo T ex GM High Tech Performance Magazine project car 10.45 @ 128.71 '87 Buick Regal Turbo T Stock 48,000 miles 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat 5400 miles 2014 F150 Supercab Ecoboost - Livernois Motorsports tuned Formers: '67,69 and '73 SS Chevelles '65 Biscayne 427 '66 Caprice 396 '72 LeMans Y code 455 VIN 007 6 GN and Turbo T's, 2 Wildcats, GS, 2 Skylarks ...and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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Weight
Info is pretty readily available on the GM Heritage pages for each year.
1969 Chevelle: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...hjmYF2fR_LdjKq 1970 link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...PBHpDimNGRf7JV Hope this helps: Pgs 137-138 attached Paul
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[email protected] Last edited by fsc66; 01-16-2018 at 03:31 AM. |
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I've always found this question interesting as well, and hard to pin down.
If I'm reading the Chevy data correctly, it appears to indicate 40-45 lbs (using the difference between the 300 deluxe and 300 deluxe sport coupe). I was trying to find Olds data a while back... shipping weights for '68 Hurst/Olds between the holiday (non post) and sport coupe (post) were only listed as a 10 lb difference. The AMA specs show curb weight at 3726 vs 3716, and shipping weight as 3568 vs 3558. I've seen other numbers that indicate 20-30 lbs difference, with an overall range from 10-50 lb. If anybody else had better info, it would be interesting to know...
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