The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

[fullmetaljacket]

Here's the aluminum glove box door hinges installed as of today. They worked flawlessly and shaved off 2.60 ounces weighing at 2.70 ounces for the pair. The stock types (below) as a pair weighed 5.30 ounces.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

PS: The glovebox made entirely out of aluminum (posted here before) opens, closes and locks like a stocker.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

By the way, does anyone here know where to get an original card board molded glove compartment. This one is a fold and stapled reproduction which works fine, but my parts number guru friend (Special K) is giving me a hard time over this one. LOL.

 

[dvw]

Ah a new wrinkle. My friend that built the Carbon hood for my 64 has been tasked. He willl make a mold from a steel wheel. The centers will be made from fiberglass. I saw a guy who did this on a Fairlane. It was pretty trick.
Doug

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Ah a new wrinkle. My friend that built the Carbon hood for my 64 has been tasked. He willl make a mold from a steel wheel. The centers will be made from fiberglass. I saw a guy who did this on a Fairlane. It was pretty trick.
Doug

Those Blue Oval guys are just as sneaky.
Ever heard of the noseless Boss 429's heading out to KarKraft in Brighton, Michigan on an open hauler sans their entire front end body clips?
Rumor has it that they were retrofitted with very thin gauge front end sheet metal to cheat the scales by having removable ballast out back.

 

[Badvert65]

Ah a new wrinkle. My friend that built the Carbon hood for my 64 has been tasked. He willl make a mold from a steel wheel. The centers will be made from fiberglass. I saw a guy who did this on a Fairlane. It was pretty trick.
Doug

Wait, what!?!??

 

[Dodge 330]

Ah a new wrinkle. My friend that built the Carbon hood for my 64 has been tasked. He willl make a mold from a steel wheel. The centers will be made from fiberglass. I saw a guy who did this on a Fairlane. It was pretty trick.
Doug

I'd be interested in a set of center covers! I've been thinking about doing something similar for a while now. My rear 15x8 steelie and 275 radial are a portly 55 lbs.

 

[dvw]

We will see how it goes. But I understand the idea is to make more than 2.
Doug

 

[fullmetaljacket]

We will see how it goes. But I understand the idea is to make more than 2.
Doug

I'm gathering that this will all be hinging on the use of an already lightweight rim and just masquerading the center hub to look like a steel rim, correct?

 

[dvw]

I'm gathering that this will all be hinging on the use of an already lightweight rim and just masquerading the center hub to look like a steel rim, correct?

You bet.
Doug

 

[fullmetaljacket]

You bet.
Doug

Can't trust those Boyz from the D. LOL.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Ever wonder why any performance manufacturer didn't try producing a Titanium transmission slip yoke?

 

[fourgearsavoy]

Ever wonder why any performance manufacturer didn't try producing a Titanium transmission slip yoke?

That would be a pretty costly chunk of billet Titanium.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

That would be a pretty costly chunk of billet Titanium.

True this.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

It's a snowy night and the Bills just secured a trip to the AFC championship next week, so I got a little antsy to see what goes with this mirror-gate stuff.
Here's the original mirror base untouched, weighing in at 7.60 ounces.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Years back, I carved and sculpted a skeletal version from the original mirror and ended up with a piece weighing in at 3.85 ounces. This was done by basically cutting off the sun visor anchors (red arrows) which in this case were not being used anymore. Then the careful sculpting began following the casting form of the whole unit and ending with a near shadow of itself.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

The new aluminum version of this is looking good so far and promising some rather lean numbers on the scale. How's about 2 ounces complete. Stay tuned as this thing gets closer to a full functioning aluminum mirror base.