was suprised today at the scales,my car weighed in at 2440,will probably be adding 10 or 15lbs after paint and 6lbs pinion snubber,I thought I would be closer to 2600 lbs with the 8 3/4 and sub frame connectors welded in,and insulation under the carpets,was going to dyno car next week, but have to put that off,tear back apart on monday,have booth time fri,will post pics tommorrow before tear down,62 Signet chop top,Mark

Nice work. I think Seymour's white (street) car is around 2600.

Lou

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Lou, I'm pretty sure it is lighter than that. He told me around 2400 a few years ago. He had to cut like crazy on his race car to get it down to 2100. Them old Lancer/Valiants are light man.

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Looking Good!
Wow... 2440 lbs.... I got to get serious about taking more weight off of my Lancer, it is currently at 2650 lbs.
My guess is that a good 60 lbs of that weight is floor pan undercoating alone.
Does anyone out there want to scrap some undercoating?
DD

OK, a search did not yield any background info on "guzzi" or "guzzi twin" that i could decipher, so other than weight, what is the story behind this build, and more specifically, the "look"?

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I just put in guzzi twin and came up with 11 0r so posts,mostly by me,doc built the motor,I built the car,Allen Dutra actually owns half the car.I put it in both of our names so I know it will go to a good home,after I die,hopefully he wont get it till he is 50,and I am 125,bet he will be racing it in the next 5 years,mark

Oh that is so cool! I am in lust. Mesh hood; why didn't I think of that!

I say don't paint it. It IS painted. Black plates. Sweet.

Kip-on-truckin'

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Thanks for posting pics-- the car looks great-- Very clean install & suspension.

What color are you going to paint it?
Rumor has it the shiney paint adds 2 tenths to your times!!!
Lawrence

I'm not a big fan of the Toads, but that is one cool car.

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1000lbs lighter than my car! That would just about put it into the 11s. Nice work. That hood bracing looks cool from the underside.

much respect to you for building such a light car and having the privilege of working so closely with doug dutra, but i still dont understand what the words "guzzi" and "twin" have to do with this car. i was hoping you could tell me, thats why i asked.
good luck on the track and i look forward to your updates.

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I own a moto guzzi shop in long beach,Doug was building two motors at the same time,mine and his,so he named mine the guzzi twin,similiar motors but not identical twins,mark,www.motoguzziclassics.com

thanks for the explanation, good luck with your project~

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Torn apart by 10.00 this morning,blocked out entire car,fixed a few problem spots,taped up in the booth at 4.00,done expoxy primeing at six,hope to block out again tommorrow and shoot flat clear on top 0f base coat thurs.Will be Flat Black with red and silver hand pinstripeing.hope to get it all together next weekend,and be going down the 1/8th a week from thu,shifting issues might put me back a week,mark