Weight of Elan chassis back in 1962?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:33 pm
Any documented evidence of what the first production Elan chassis weight was? I've looked all over the place and can't find it.
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Frogelan wrote:Very roughly speaking it is about 40 kg...
Bud English wrote:Ted- There's no loss of metal unless the rust flakes off. All the base metal is still there as part of the oxide and protected the oil.
tedtaylor wrote:Phil, you got your math wrong by ADDING weight with rust......you should be SUBTRACKING weight due to the loss of metal !!!!!