Not sure if this helps any, but your Dart seems pretty light, and OP's dart seems heavy. For frame of reference, my 67 Barracuda is 3250 with my 175 pound self in it (no heater box, no carpet, glass hood, has roll bar + frame connectors).
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33IMP
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If i had to guess, i would think it is all street equipment. If i take off the full street exhaust, and change my steelies (i notice he's got cragars, not the lightest of wheels) with street tires , to race wheels and slicks, i can take 150+lbs off the car
B3422w5
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still isnt gonna weigh 3800. Thats insane.
Heaviest A body i have ever had weighed 3400 with me( i was probably 270 then) was bone stock bench seat 70 340 Duster with working air. Completely factory car, wheels, interior, etc. nothing to lighten it. Just the way it came from the factory
1967 V8 auto GT was 3056 from the factory, even allowing for 200 pound driver, that is still 550 pounds lighter than the OP’s claim
Detailed specs review of 1967 Dodge Dart 2-Door Sedan 273 V-8 TorqueFlite offered since September 1966 for North America U.S.
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The car was weighed on truck scales without me in it and came in at 3600 pounds. This scale is meant to weigh OTR rigs so I'm not sure how accurate they are for automobiles, but it's all I got at this point. Engine has aluminum heads and radiator. It has a full interior with GOOD peel and stick sound deadener used extensively throughout the interior, full exhaust and a Strange D60 rear end. I'm the extra 200 pounds of ballast.
I'm not sure how accurate those specs are. My buddy likes to use them to say that his 66 Coronet big block weighs less than my Dart. Here is a pic of my scale receipt.
33IMP
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It wouldn't surprise me if that scale is accurate..... within a couple hundred pounds or so. A dead even 3600? Not 3614, or 3587? I think your car is so far out of their range, its just a guess on their part.
When i had my diesel pickup weighed at the dump, (recycling stuff) i got weight on a round-off scale of ten pounds, not a hundred. And it was a lot heavier than i thought too.
Frankly, i dont believe any published weight specs either!
Weigh your car at the race track.
Edit: oh, and perfect 50-50 weight distribution? Highly unlikely, and another red flag!
When i had my diesel pickup weighed at the dump, (recycling stuff) i got weight on a round-off scale of ten pounds, not a hundred. And it was a lot heavier than i thought too.
Frankly, i dont believe any published weight specs either!
Weigh your car at the race track.
Edit: oh, and perfect 50-50 weight distribution? Highly unlikely, and another red flag!
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Unless you are weighing the car with both axles on the scale at the same time the numbers will not be accurate. I agree with 331IMP, getting a 50/50 balance is highly unlikely.
50/50 weight distribution would out handle anything front engine mounted.
Both axles were on the plate so it just divided the weight between them.
mderoy340
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I paid 5 bucks to get weighed at a metal recycle center. Accuracy means $$$ for a business like that.
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