Big Block 1974 Scamp Weight

[VAD Gold Rush]

I recently got my car running and driving. It's a 1974 Plymouth Scamp with a stock head 400 and 727 swapped into it. The rear end is a Ford 9inch with an iron center section. The car has no interior, trunk mounted battery and fuel cell. It only has one seat, and no roll bar yet. The front bumper has been removed. It was weighed with 5 gallons of gas in the tank. The car weighed 2860.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

I recently got my car running and driving. It's a 1974 Plymouth Scamp with a stock head 400 and 727 swapped into it. The rear end is a Ford 9inch with an iron center section. The car has no interior, trunk mounted battery and fuel cell. It only has one seat, and no roll bar yet. The front bumper has been removed. It was weighed with 5 gallons of gas in the tank. The car weighed 2860.

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Maybe it's my phone but it looks like only 2.398%
of the picture loaded lol.
That's a good weight for that car!
I hope my 70 weighs somewhere around 3k when it's all done.
Just FYI I have a mild steel 12 point cage and 2×3 × .125 thick frame tying my frame and cage together it was about 260 pounds

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Maybe it's my phone but it looks like only 2.398%
of the picture loaded lol.
That's a good weight for that car!
I hope my 70 weighs somewhere around 3k when it's all done.
Just FYI I have a mild steel 12 point cage and 2×3 × .125 thick frame tying my frame and cage together it was about 260 pounds

I plan to splurge and get a chromoly roll bar for mine. I'll pay the premium for the lighter cage.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

I plan to splurge and get a chromoly roll bar for mine. I'll pay the premium for the lighter cage.

Wish I would have done that myself, but back in 2022 when I bought it my mild steel was over $1100,00 ripped off

 

[Bobzilla]

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I plan to splurge and get a chromoly roll bar for mine. I'll pay the premium for the lighter cage.

I am also curious to see how this turns out. The picture does not show up for me either. Maybe delete it and try again.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

The picture has been fixed.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

The picture has been fixed.

Looks to me like you have a black kitten

 

[Bobzilla]

I recently got my car running and driving. It's a 1974 Plymouth Scamp with a stock head 400 and 727 swapped into it. The rear end is a Ford 9inch with an iron center section. The car has no interior, trunk mounted battery and fuel cell. It only has one seat, and no roll bar yet. The front bumper has been removed. It was weighed with 5 gallons of gas in the tank. The car weighed 2860.

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Did your car originally have the front bumper mounted with the steel brackets on both sides or did it have the collapsible bumper mounts that are like tubes? Did it have the huge crash beam inside the front bumper?

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Did your car originally have the front bumper mounted with the steel brackets on both sides or did it have the collapsible bumper mounts that are like tubes? Did it have the huge crash beam inside the front bumper?

It had the large front bumper mounted on steel brackets. There was no crash bar inside the bumper. It does have that all in the rear bumper, though.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Looks to me like you have a black kitten

Yep, he's one of three new kittens I got last week.

 

[Bobzilla]

It had the large front bumper mounted on steel brackets. There was no crash bar inside the bumper. It does have that all in the rear bumper, though.

Rear bumper had crash beam. Sorry, I forgot which one. I remember that being pretty heavy.

Are you planning to build the roll cage yourself or have it done?

 

[MOPARMAGA]

Yep, he's one of three new kittens I got last week.

Excellent, I have a lot of cats myself..

 

[RustyRatRod]

I recently got my car running and driving. It's a 1974 Plymouth Scamp with a stock head 400 and 727 swapped into it. The rear end is a Ford 9inch with an iron center section. The car has no interior, trunk mounted battery and fuel cell. It only has one seat, and no roll bar yet. The front bumper has been removed. It was weighed with 5 gallons of gas in the tank. The car weighed 2860.

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If you're holdin a cat, you might be ok.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

If you're holdin a cat, you might be ok.

Post 7, post 10...

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yep, he's one of three new kittens I got last week.

Then you might be ok after all.

 

[33IMP]

2860 is a whole lot less than I would have guessed.
You'll do great if you can keep it under 3000. Heck, even if it's under 3100

 

[furrystump]

I’d kill for mine to weigh that…..I’m at 3045 without the trained monkey. How did you weigh it? Track scales? Own scales? Truck scales?

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

I’d kill for mine to weigh that…..I’m at 3045 without the trained monkey. How did you weigh it? Track scales? Own scales? Truck scales?

I weighed it at the local scrap yard. The last car I weighed there showed 3340 on their scales and 3295 at the drag strip. They're scales usually weigh a little heavy, but they're two miles away and good for comparisons.

 

[VAD Gold Rush]

Rear bumper had crash beam. Sorry, I forgot which one. I remember that being pretty heavy.

Are you planning to build the roll cage yourself or have it done?

There's a local chassis builder that I'll have build my roll bar. He's worked on the Street Outlaw cars and built the chassis on a few of them. He's the one that narrowed the rear end in my car.

I plan to do some cutting on that rear bumper, but I'm working on trimming fat on the front first.