greasemonkeyman
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I was wondering if anyone would know the approximate weight of a 67 Chrysler Newport/New Yorker Hood? Needed for shipping purposes.Thanks!
Weight Question?
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For what it's worth a '70 Challenger hood weighs 65 lbs and measures 52" X 66".
66SportFury
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Is it your car? If so hit your local junk yard. They usually have drive on scales. I did a quick search and a 67 newyorker sedan 4dr 440 car is 4190lbs.
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greasemonkeyman
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Just need the weight of the hood,not the entire car.At the moment the car is immobile and under reconstruction/restoration.
polara71
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What you could do is get the size and the approximate weight of sheet steel per square foot. Calculate that out and double it because of the inner structure and I'll bet you're close enough.
greasemonkeyman
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I just measured my old damaged hood and it is 65 inches side to side by 54 inches front to back,so if Detmatt's numbers and weight listed above is correct,then it puts me in the 65-70lb ballpark range
Wollfen
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Do you have bathroom scales? Would be simple enough to balance it on top and read em.
commando1
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Probably need two of them and add the total.
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MrMoparCHP
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Probably need two of them and add the total.
I did this with my car before I set it up to be towed, I put one wheel on blocks and used 2 scales with a board on the other side, repeated on the other side and once under the tow bar.
My shell was about 1700 lbs.
I wouldn't be surprised if that hood was pushin 100 lbs.
Alan
68plymouth383
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I have a question for greasemonkeyman. Why not use the 68 Chrysler hood that your buddy (bulldogchesty) is getting with the parts car?? They look the same to me. The difference I can see is the 67 uses individual letters, and the 68 uses a script. It would save you shipping cost. Please correct me if iam wrong. That seems like the most logical thing to do.
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You're done, that's all you need to know. Throw 10 more lbs at it so there's no surprises as far as a shipping quote.
70bigblockdodge
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I am surprised that it doesn't have a oversize charge and the hell with the weight.
bulldogchesty
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He has a Chrysler Newport hood already. It is not the same. His is a 67 New Yorker.
bluefury361
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Chris in Waddell Az. shipped a 68 newport hood to me in Alabama via Grayhound bus, cost was $75.00.
However you ship it be sure the sender protects the rear corners. The hood is more awkward then heavy and the warehouse guys will just drag it around on the concrete.
It took them a month, (they lost it for two weeks somehow), and when it arrved the corners were all tore up.
However you ship it be sure the sender protects the rear corners. The hood is more awkward then heavy and the warehouse guys will just drag it around on the concrete.
It took them a month, (they lost it for two weeks somehow), and when it arrved the corners were all tore up.
greasemonkeyman
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I already have a 1968 hood and they are completely different,not only in the hood lines but the 68 hood protrudes further forward than the 67 and the latch assembly is off by a few inches.Two totally different hoods.Already made that mistake,which is how I got the 68 hood in the first place.
greasemonkeyman
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I'm assuming when you have a hood shipped that they also include the price of the shipping box that you would have built around it.If I were to ship a hood out,I would use a 2"x6" wooden frame around the perimeter of the hood and two sheets of plywood for the front and pack.For added protection I'd use the foam piping insulation you would use to keep your hot water pipes insulated.Put a slit down one side and wrap it around the edges of the hood to prevent damage.From what I've read about shipping on Greyhound's website,the item is too large to meet their requirements,although some people I've talked to have said that they've had hoods shipped and they've slipped by.I guess it all depends on who's checking in your item to be shipped.I'd hate to drag a hood 15 miles to the nearest Greyhound terminal only to be denied shipment.
polara66hardtop
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I would try Fastenal, they take big stuff. I have an NOS 72 Chrysler Newport hood that I can weigh, if that will give you any more Information.
bluefury361
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I quit using the grayhound website, to inaccurate, even the pricing is different. Just carry it to the terminal ..... They hate to turn away business.
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