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05-12-2014, 02:13 PM
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69 GP Hood weight??
Just curious if anyone knows what a hood from a 69 GP weighs. Don't want to know for any reason in particular, just curious. Also, what's the length?
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05-12-2014, 11:11 PM
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I know the hood is one inch shy of six feet and as far as weight I would say between 75 to 100 lbs
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05-12-2014, 11:27 PM
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The only hood I ever had off that was heavier and longer is a 76 Eldorado hood. I thought the GP was the heaviest until I took one off of that Eldorado.
My 69 GP race car I gutted the reinforcement out and split it at the firewall and hinged it there that took about 1 foot and a bunch of weight out of it. One person could open it then without getting a hernia.............LOL Picture of the hood before I split it and gutted it: 
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05-16-2014, 08:47 AM
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The hood off my 60 Ventura pushes 145-150 pounds!! The GP hood is bigger. Thank God it has a fiberglass on it now. The VFN 'glass hood for 60 weighs 10 pounds...the 'glass hood for 69 GP weighs 20 pounds.. See what I mean..
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05-16-2014, 11:04 AM
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The GP hood is around 100-120 pounds, had one I was storing for many years and moved it around enough to know it is nowhere near 150 or 200 pounds.
Couldn't find a buyer or even anyone to take it for free, scrapped it after having it in the way for 10+ years. |
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05-16-2014, 11:04 AM
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By way of comparison:
'74 Chevelle - Steel hood = 80 lbs Glass bolt on (US body Source) = 40 lbs Glass lift off (US body Source) = 20 lbs The guy next door has a bunch of GP parts. I'll see if he has a hood we can weigh. K
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05-16-2014, 02:21 PM
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i have an extra one i will weigh it saturday morning
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05-16-2014, 03:08 PM
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Probably will keep me from getting shot at... K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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05-16-2014, 06:31 PM
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ECM member. 2008 Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series Champion MANDRA Do it now fool! Life is short. 69 Grand Prix/3163lbs / IAII 535 w/ Tiger heads by Gaydosh....9.35@ 144 so far.. through mufflers. 1.26 60'. Going back to track with pump gas engine.... My 60 Ventura retired to street/strip duty.. |
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05-18-2014, 09:54 PM
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bathroom scale weight 110 lbs
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05-18-2014, 10:40 PM
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05-19-2014, 05:12 AM
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Thanks guys for satisfying my curiosity.
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05-19-2014, 07:31 AM
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05-19-2014, 07:51 AM
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K
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'63 LeMans Convertible '63 Grand Prix '65 GTO - original, unrestored, Dad was original owner, 5000 original mile Royal Pontiac factory racer '74 Chevelle - original owner, 9.85 @ 136 mph besthttp://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/ My Pontiac Story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524 "Intro from an old Assembly Plant Guy":http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926 |
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05-19-2014, 08:14 AM
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i have a big bathroom
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06-05-2014, 09:17 AM
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Sure fooled me!!
Must be getting  
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ECM member. 2008 Outlaw Pontiac Drag Series Champion MANDRA Do it now fool! Life is short. 69 Grand Prix/3163lbs / IAII 535 w/ Tiger heads by Gaydosh....9.35@ 144 so far.. through mufflers. 1.26 60'. Going back to track with pump gas engine.... My 60 Ventura retired to street/strip duty.. |
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#17
06-20-2014, 07:40 AM
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A side note...How to remove a hood from a 69 GP by yourself in the junkyard....
Stand on the air cleaner, facing forward. Unbolt, with hood lying on your back to support it, wearing it like a turtle shell. Grab sides, step on to core support then on to the truck tailgate. Oh to be 21 again.... |
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07-16-2014, 04:16 PM
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When I was 21 (I'm 49 now) my friend blew the 455 non HO in his 72 GTO big time. Being a true blue friend I found a 72 GP SJ in a scrap yard with a 455 and drove up there in my 71 Impala daily driver. I was alone and managed to get the engine in my trunk without help and only a handheld toolbox and no jack!! How? removed the hood and the driver side fender and left front tire (car was up to its axles in muck), yanked the rad etc, removed all the accessories such as carb, steering pump, AC etc removed the intake, heads and exhaust manifolds, timing cover and cam-lifters unbolted the engine mounts, starter and bellhousing dragged the engine forward enough to clear the converter and flywheel (removed them) rolled the engine over with the help of a large branch pulled the oil pan and oil pump pulled the crank and pistons manhandled the block over the frame rails and upper control arms lifted it into the trunk of my Impala Amazingly I put the engine back together without replacing any parts (just gaskets) under less than sterile conditions in my parents driveway using only the carb and distributor from the original GTO engine. We dropped it back into the GTO and he drove it for 3 years (sadly he died at 24) and the guy who bought the car still has it today and drives it a 100 miles or so every year. Engine still runs fine 28 years later!!  My back never did recover from that day in the scrap yard though. 
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My Break Away Squad 1969 Fbird (Base, 350 & Sprint Cvt’s - 400HO & TA Hardtops) 1969 LeMans (2dr & 4dr Hardtop and a Cvt) 1969 LeMans Safari 2 seat Wagon 1969 GTO (2 Cvt, 2 Hardtops & Judge Hardtop) 1969 Catalina (3 Cvt’s & a 2dr hardtop) 1969 Ventura 2 Seat Wagon 1969 Executive 4dr Sedan 1969 Bonnie Cvt 1969 Bonnie 3 Seat Wagon (2 of them) 1969 Bonnie Brougham (4dr Hardtop & Cvt) 1969 Grand Prix SJ (2 of them) 1969 2+2 2dr Hardtop (Canadian model) |
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