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01-15-2018, 04:19 PM
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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 1965 442 Post Coupe 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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