440 duster weight, 3440 LBS
thats a quarter of a second :cheers: where's a good place to buy?
There is a place in Fla. thats pretty good, just whatever you do, "DO NOT" buy from Unlimited Fiberglass out of Cal. They treated me good the 1st. time i bought from them, but tried to screw me the 2nd. round 2 yrs. later & treated me like s*it. NEVER again, others will worn you too.
What year is your Duster? If its a 73-76 the stock hood weighs 63 lbs.. I wouldn't worry about glass fenders, You can do these few things & shave off some weight.
Glass bumpers/homemade aluminum brackets.
Save around 160 lbs.
Glass lift off hood, around 55 lbs.
Remove hood hinges, 10-12 lbs.
Aluminum rad. around 15-20 lbs.
Pull front seat & install light weight race seats.
Save around 55-60 lbs. if its a full bench.
Take out back seat, around 20 lbs.
Glass trunk lid, they are alot heavier then you may think, i'd say a solid 40 lbs.
Light weight front calipers, the factory ones are heavy, call it 20 lb. savings
The list can go on & on, But you can put these A bodies below 3000 lbs. with iron BBs, lets add it up, of coarse you want to keep the original stuff.
I calculated on adverage the glass stuff you would put back. Its a roundabout figure but close.
160
55
10
20
55
20
40
20
= 380 lbs.
Your car is now 3060 lbs. :glasses7:
Let me add, Another surprize is how heavy an A body "stripped" door weighs, they are friggin heavy, You can save money & weight, find a pair of decent doors, gut them, cut the inner side panals, install thin aluminum plate or tin, install latches so you can open them from the inside, install none scratch lexan for the windows, now this is something you may not want to do to a nice driver, but i'm sure it'll save a solid 75 lbs., this will put the car below 3000 lbs.