Re: [AMC-List] 61 Rambler wagon weight

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Swygert, Francis G MSgt 436 CES/CECM wrote:

> Subject: Re: [AMC-List] 61 Rambler wagon weight
> 
> Don't have my books with me to give you the shipping weight, but it is
> around 3,500 pounds, +/- 250 or so. The aluminum block saved 150-200
> pounds. The only real benefit that the AMC dealer could sell was it
> saved the cost of power steering because of the reduced weight. Not
> enough to really cut gas mileage, maybe a half mile to the gallon. 

Isn't "61 Rambler" the American? Even if it's the Classic
chassis, I find it hard to believe it weighs that much more
than 1963.

How much lighter are the Americans, generally speaking? 

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