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You make it look easy, Drew:) Seriously, you probably just removed 1/4 of the 2 tons that car weighs. Can't wait for your updates, this is as good as watching Young Frankie come together!

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I've only pulled one or two of those old style rear ends and heavy is putting it mildly.

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Like I need another thread to follow.:) JK, glad to see how this is coming a long. Very cool!

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

I'd love one if I could snap my fingers and it would be out of my way when I didn't need it.

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I really want to weigh it, but how? Bathroom scales won't cut it. Anyone got a cheap solution to figure out what it weighs?

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MaxJax My dad has these in his Garage Town building and he swears by them...

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

I like it, I've been using very old Walker bumper jacks in the same way.

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This has become my favorite thread. I check this one before checking the truck forum anymore.
This person might be interested in some of your old parts, he seems to be needing everything.

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/4799077035.html.

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

I've stripped the 4 barrel intake and carb off for sale, and both exhaust manifolds are good and worth around $300 to $400 each. Apparently they crack easily? Anyone need a 300 HP 361 ci Buick nailhead??? It did still run before I pulled it.

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

Gotta love getting paid to pull parts!

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Drew..Stumbled across this 57 Buick Special with a jag front and rear installed...just in case you need other parts...https://westky.craigslist.org/cto/4850069679.html
Does look a bit picked over.

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See, I'm not crazy after all.;)

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Sorry for being a slacker this week, but friends invited me to a Montana ski trip in Whitefish near the Canadian border and I just couldn't resist!

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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.

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

That is crazy!

I bet you will save even more after all the crud is scraped off.

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And gaining way more in cool! :metal:

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Scraping the crud off the Buick torque tube will only make them closer in weight!

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The cool factor will be way up - and better ride, handling, braking, and NHV.

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NASA spends millions to save that much weight. You got a bargain!

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I wonder how much unsprung weight you shed. As much as that car weighs, it might not matter too much.

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I'm thinking there's more than 3 pounds on it, could the torque tube actually be lighter?

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Saturday night picture time!

I've got Rosie the un-riveter working with me today.

Grinding down the rivet heads and then hitting them with the impact chisel to finish off the head. Then switch bits to punch them back through. 22 in all.

Cut the middle of the crossmember out so we could pull it out one side at a time.

Good day, lots of gunk to be scraped off still.

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We left the front cross brace installed so we wouldn't have to worry about our frame rails moving around.

One more thing removed, pretty soon we won't have any car left.

Re: Bride of Young Frankenstein - 1957 Buick Super
 

You and Biz have really been busy ,looks like fun.