Cutting the metal out of the interior - Any advise?

What have you done to lighten it???

 

not to much

I removed the heater box all tha excess wiring in the dah removed all tha carpeting and padding installled speaker carpeting very light cut out tha weight in hood also installed fiberglass center to hood removed wiper motor mounts and all excess unda hood .

 

Dawg
The 10's are there for your taking. I removed the inner bumper guard and the shocks and replaced them with aluminum and made a bracket for the bumper. There is a lot of sound proofing in the floor and top. Removed all the seat belts with the return mechanism. I removed the AC unit and made an aluminum plate. I am running Weld Pro stars which are pretty light, Aluminum radiator, Fuel cell, no wiper motor, manual steering box, aluminum h20 pump, and just got some aluminum rear drums which I haven't put on yet. My door guards are still in but I think thats next.

 

I'm working on the doors this week... So far the thing is a pain. Still not to sure how I'll get those door braces out? I have cut two big holes thus far. One where the old electric door lock was, the other is towards the hinges. I was going to try to cut the things off at either end with my die grinder, slide it out while cutting it off every 10" or so.. I might actually replace the inner door panels with some Really thin alum. Not sure how well that will look without making the car look like a slow drag car?

 

Door info

Guess I forgot to mention that when I removed the door impact braces from my Regal I took the doors off the car (I'm not sure if you have/havenot?) I did this so I could drill out the rivets that hold the bars in the doors. I did this on the first door but not the second one. On the second one I cut out where the rivets are and later used sheet metal screws with an aluminum patch to cover up the holes. I removed the bars intact through the top of the door. The first one I did by myself (removing the bar) but used my son to pry the door apart some so I could get the bar out of the top of the second door (I didn't have enough strength left, I'm a old guy) to do the second door by myself. I of course took everything out of the inside of the doors first as I was going to change to roll-up windows anyway. Hope this helps you somewhat. Do you feel that chewing gum in your hair yet? Just a thought, I would have used a plasma cutter if I had owned one, it would only take seconds to cut it out but you would have to be careful with the heat I think. ou:

 

Oh boy, finally finished the doors :TU:

I cut two holes in the inner skins, then used the die grinder to cut the braces out. Lots of gum in the hair!

Thanks for the advise :TU:

 

I just realized your car looks just like the one I used to race at Martin years ago :grin: You didn't buy it from a kid (friend of mine) in Jenison did you? Before he put the v-8 Buick in it I dialed in @ 19.24 :grin: :grin:

 

What do you have for a motor in that thing?

 

"Pump Gas" 455(less then 10.1comp.), Iron heads, solid cam, SP1 intake, 850 Holley, 2" headers. Don't believe me? ask Bobb at Finishline, He has seen it apart & just shook his head. ou:

 

Hmm, I think I will ask :grin: Any advise for a street / strip '84 w/SPR 10.1 and STG2 TE's ported? Would like to pull the front end up next to yours!

 

The car came from Seattle Washington, it belonged to my 81 year old aunt who is now 94 and doing well - That is the same time this car ran at the Buick meet @ Norwalk (I mean Summit Racway Park)