Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
I was really curious just how much this hunk of junk axle and torque tube setup weighs, so I bought a 700 pound scale to hang off of my engine hoist point in my garage ceiling (I planned ahead when I built the garage). I weighed both the 1957 Buick set-up and the 1994 Jaguar IRS.......
Guess whose completely different differential, driveshaft, braking system, suspension system, blah blah blah, made in 2 different countries (USA vs England), 37 years apart, weighed within 3 pounds of each other??? Take a wild guess...They couldn't be any more different.... and yet one weighs 350 pounds (Jag) and the other one (Buick) weighs 353 pounds!!!!
NO WAYYYYYY. That is seriously crazy! 3 pounds! You couldn't have done that in a million years if you told 2 engineers to design completely opposite assemblies but they must weigh within 3 pounds of one another.
Hey, at least I'm saving 3 pounds.
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Drew
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Finished with MAJOR Surgery - IT'S ALIVE!!!)
The Bride is currently under the knife!
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