I'd highly doubt the advertised "shipping weight' of any car. The 56 Dodge Coronet 2-dr sedan had an "advertised shipping weight" of about 3500 lbs, and some people who support the incredibly fast times as 'recorded' for its D500-1 race car's mighty 295 (gross-) HP (which areequivalent to late 60's times, for the 440/426 cars) attribute its (non-NHRA)1/4 mile times to its 4.89 geaset, a 1-time shift into third gear, and its light ("shipping"-) weight. Anyway, I coincidentally happen to have seen a road test of a 1957 Coronet D500, which the testers took to a weigh station, and they recorded a true weight of 3,920 lbs on it, with a full tank of gas. If a gallon of gas weighs a tad over 6 lbs, the car's non-gas weight would be right at 3,800 lbs. The PLY, with a shorter frame, would probably come in at around 3,700 lbs without gas. Neil Vedder Thy Ramirez wrote: I am interested in the following Plymouth Numbers for a 2 door hardtop: Empty weight? Carry capacity lbs? Tonnage? Does anyone out there have these answers? Is the empty weight 3465 lbs?Thanks!************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go tohttp://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 <http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1> ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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