80's factory lightweights?

[69hurstSC]

As stated above the Cobra-R's come to mind but that's about it.

[Fast67VelleN2O]

There was the WE4 T Type which had some aluminum components. Some Cutlass G bodies had aluminum hoods and radiator supports.

[old5.0]

Some Fox Mustangs have been found with aluminum bumper bars, but they're rare and there seems to be no logical pattern as to which cars got them.

[marxjunk]

there has been a program in existence since the 70s...i know GM had them..they sold a car to technical schools etc and called them "bodies in white"

NO VIN just a brand new shell in primer. The company i work for gets them often in current production...especially BMWs for training processes etc..we use them to measure and do structural repairs in a training process..



I remeber somewhere seeing an article or some print on a Fox body mustang that could be bought as a "body in white" to be used as a race car..but it was not a car per-say it was a brand new shell with absolutely nothing on it..and was bolted to a crate

I saw an early 80s camaro, before the body change, as a shell..it was bought and intended to be a race car and it was never built

I know these arent exactly what you are asking about..but...could you imagine if one made it on the street..you could do anything you wanted

by the way..in modern times..the cars are owned by the factory and must be returned and or crushed when done with.

[Lemans69]

I remember going to the Ford dealer in '87 to check out the new Mustangs and seeing a group of brand new 5.0 5-Speed LX Notchbacks lined up in the inventory lot with no options. The window stickers were blank in the options section. No A/C, no radio, crank up windows, etc. At the time I thought they were sort of like the COPO Camaros, and would probably be valuable in the future. I always wondered what happened to those cars.

[flyingn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fast67VelleN2O</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There was the WE4 T Type which had some aluminum components. Some Cutlass G bodies had aluminum hoods and radiator supports. </div></div>

The alum parts on the WE4 are because of the open rear. The G80 limited slips had the steel bumper inserts and the open rears had alum. Same as the GN's.

[old5.0]

Good discussion. Again, a Mustang with these deletions does exist, but what's the consensus? Illegal, or just an extremely unusual circumvention of corporate policy?

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Lemans69</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I remember going to the Ford dealer in '87 to check out the new Mustangs and seeing a group of brand new 5.0 5-Speed LX Notchbacks lined up in the inventory lot with no options. The window stickers were blank in the options section. No A/C, no radio, crank up windows, etc. At the time I thought they were sort of like the COPO Camaros, and would probably be valuable in the future. I always wondered what happened to those cars. </div></div>

Basically every coupe ordered that way (that wasn't an SSP) would have been ordered specifically with racing in mind. Most would have been hacked up and raced to death long ago. I've been on the hunt for a reasonably clean, zero option, radio delete 5.0 coupe for several years now with no luck. I've owned several 5.0 coupes, but they've all either had options, been ex race cars with serious issues or both.

[old5.0]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I thought Olds had built, or was considering building 50 special Cutlass cars to drag racing with the help of Ed Quay race cars. I don't know if that ever happened but, I am fairly certain that I read about it back then. </div></div>

I keep hearing about these things and it's really getting my curiosity up. Can any Olds guys shed any light on this?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Ed Quay was involved? His ship is like 10 min from my house!