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

[Cranky]

I didn't read about adding weight but have been known to remove some one area of the car to another....other than that, I never added weight anywhere!!!

 

[Jeff Peterson]

I doubt the '65 2%r's had an aluminum dash, they were assembled with all the parts that were on the 10/15 cars, except for the obvious front fenders, although even the 2% were still made of glass. And then immediately converted after Pomona

 

[fullmetaljacket]

I didn't read about adding weight but have been known to remove some one area of the car to another....other than that, I never added weight anywhere!!!

Some cars have gone quicker with added weight in the right places. It's all science.

 

[Cranky]

Some cars have gone quicker with added weight in the right places. It's all science.

Oh you ain't wrong!!!! Been there, done that!

 

[Jeff Peterson]

Some cars have gone quicker with added weight in the right places. It's all science.

Keep in mind this was a different time, track prep, tire and suspension technology etc, have come a long way.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

I doubt the '65 2%r's had an aluminum dash, they were assembled with all the parts that were on the 10/15 cars, except for the obvious front fenders, although even the 2% were still made of glass. And then immediately converted after Pomona

One of the '65's slipped through with an aluminum dash. I think it was the "Color Me Gone" car. The front fenders were modified, but not to the extent of the 10/15 cars of course.
Y'all should see the factory memo for the '64 2% cars, it is madness and confusing all at once.

 

[Photon440]

All of this is perhaps folklore legend, but I can tell you this. A 1965 A/FX lightweight stainless K- member was right here in Brooklyn on a street race car for many years. It ended up in the garbage because the gentleman didn't want to repair and weld all the bends and cracks. Go figure.

If it was full of bends and cracks, then perhaps they went TOO far with lightening that critical piece.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

If it was full of bends and cracks, then perhaps they went TOO far with lightening that critical piece.

It was a thin gauge stainless piece that wasn't fairing well under crash to earth wheel stands. The '65 10/15 cars were much too light at 2800 to 3000 Lbs each. That with a hungry Hemi made for some frequent flyer miles. I mean, a factory full gauge steel unit would have cracked and bent eventually as well.

 

[fullmetaljacket]

Keep in mind this was a different time, track prep, tire and suspension technology etc, have come a long way.

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This GOAT might be one of the 6ix special thin gauge entire body cars that slipped out the back door for Royal.

 

[Big bill]

Yes, I did mention the aluminum dash frames. I actually got to see one of them once at The Nationals in the early 90's.
There were allegedly only four to eight of them made for the 2% FX cars of '64 and '65.

The first four aluminum dash frames were installed at various time points on the '64 2% Hemi FX cars. Supposedly later the following year, the next four aluminum dashes were secretly installed on the four '65 2% Hemi FX cars because by then, aluminum was outlawed.
These are not to be confused with the '65 10/15 A/FX Altered wheelbase cars assembled at Amblewagon in Detroit. Those 10 to 11 cars received all their dashboard frames in one piece fiberglass.

Now mind you, I heard from a Michigan birdie that at a certain BBQ party, there was a stack of aluminum dashes in the basement of that home. Can't remember who exactly.
All of this is perhaps folklore legend, but I can tell you this. A 1965 A/FX lightweight stainless K- member was right here in Brooklyn on a street race car for many years. It ended up in the garbage because the gentleman didn't want to repair and weld all the bends and cracks. Go figure.

I worked on a 65 awb car that had an aluminum dash it was factory stamped I believe it came out of the Sox and Martin paper tiger two .