Re: [AMC-List] overweight Americans

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
" 
" MODERN MOTOR CAR (May 1950) says that the new 1950 Rambler
" weighed approximately 2400 lbs. I assume they got that number
" from Nash propaganda (doesn't say).
" 
" []
" 
" 
" The American got longer and longer, so that accounts for some
" of it. But where's all the weight?

i can't point to my source, but iirc the '65 american 2dr sed was 2640
lbs and the '66, 2625.  the 199/232 is almost exactly the same weight
as the 196 as evidenced by use of the exact same front springs for
both in '64-up americans.

make sure you're comparing apples and apples; creeping std. equip can
add a startling amount to 'bare' weights.
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Andrew Hay                                  the genius nature
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adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                       and think what none thought
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