Drag pack/pak origins and who followed who
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I know the 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with the 428 had a "drag pack" option. I believe there was one for the 1968 390 car as well.
I think they all had factory light weight and drag pack options on their cars in the early 60's.
pontiac was a pretty heavy hitter in the early 60s also with their aluminum fenders, doors, bumpers, hood, trunk, SWISSCHEESE FRAME catalina's...
1963 PONTIAC CATALINA SUPER DUTY 'SWISS CHEESE' - 188139
"swiss cheese" frame:
1963 PONTIAC CATALINA SUPER DUTY 'SWISS CHEESE' - 188139
"swiss cheese" frame:
pontiac was a pretty heavy hitter in the early 60s also with their aluminum fenders, doors, bumpers, hood, trunk, SWISSCHEESE FRAME catalina's...
1963 PONTIAC CATALINA SUPER DUTY 'SWISS CHEESE' - 188139
"swiss cheese" frame:
i've pushed that car around before.
the funiest thing about them is how insanely tall they sit because they don't weigh shit. fuckers roof line was like 5'6"
3700lbs according to this article.
all those aluminum parts, and holes in the frame only saved them 150-some lbs over "stock"
lol
It seems 1963 was when they all jumped into the factory light weight cars. With the Catalina, Z-11 Impala, Galaxy 500, and so on. Then followed by smaller cars being used. Like the 1964 Fairlane Thunderbolt and 1965 Dodge Coronet A990.
From Wiki about the Thunderbolt and other weight savings besides the frame, aluminum and fiberglass parts.
"Other weight-saving measures include the elimination of such street items as the sunvisors, radio, heater, wheel covers, passenger side windshield wiper, arm rests, rear window cranks, mirrors, sound deadening material, carpeting, trunk mat, lug wrench, jack and spare tire. Front seats were either lightweight units from Ford's police package vehicles or rudimentary bucket seats from the Econoline van; the carpeting was replaced with a black rubber mat. The rear seat was a standard Fairlane unit. The high-beam headlights were eliminated as well and in their place were mesh-covered air intakes which ran directly to a special air cleaner atop the 427."
From Wiki about the Thunderbolt and other weight savings besides the frame, aluminum and fiberglass parts.
"Other weight-saving measures include the elimination of such street items as the sunvisors, radio, heater, wheel covers, passenger side windshield wiper, arm rests, rear window cranks, mirrors, sound deadening material, carpeting, trunk mat, lug wrench, jack and spare tire. Front seats were either lightweight units from Ford's police package vehicles or rudimentary bucket seats from the Econoline van; the carpeting was replaced with a black rubber mat. The rear seat was a standard Fairlane unit. The high-beam headlights were eliminated as well and in their place were mesh-covered air intakes which ran directly to a special air cleaner atop the 427."
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push button trans with buckets
I remember going with my buddies family to a show every year at a dealership in Naperville. It was huge and had more factory lightweight, Hemi, Superbirds and so on. It was incredible. They all sounded insane when they pulled in and left. I never got to rid in one, though. My buddies uncle had an all original factory lightweight wedge car with ridiculously low miles.
I loved how mopar vehicles already looked like the fenders and front end were going to fall off. This sheet metal just flapping around everywhere made worse with those big cam'd motors. hahaha
Many of them were underrated in the hp department. I think many of those era motors 426-427 motors were making 600 hp back then. Snotty for sure.
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