There are quite a few small differences in the cars, but I suspect that the doors would be quite a large part of the 200lbs. The standard doors are MUCH heavier than the lightweights, which are similar to the original cars.
Add to that things like radios, speakers, aerials, extra trim and these things add up.
I said the other day that I no longer had pictures of AK1023's door conversion, but I came across a disk tonight which has some of the pictures on.
The Red Car internal door is PH 39 which had previously been worked on by the same trimmer that worked on AK1023. He used this picture to try and replicate a similar style on my car.
Firstly you will see that the door trims and locks are heavy weight items and secondly there is a very heavy strengthening bar through the door. Thirdly the heater and fan system which some do and some don't have.
As has been mentioned previously all these cars vary greatly and so I suspect the 200lbs. was maybe a worse case scenario, or a figure thats plucked from the skies, but it is a considerable weight.
I don't have a picture of the finished door and so I've put a picture of my lightweight door at the end. I've also included the jig pictures from which we formed the hinge.
Finally you can see the speakers and carpets in the car which add considerably to weight. There is also leather trim around the cabin edges.
Hopefully the pictures are fairly self explanatory.
I suspect there may be other odds and ends that contribute, but having owned both a standard and a lightweight these are the glaring differences that I cn easily point out.
Finally I would add that the easiest way of shedding pounds from the car that I can see is to ditch the spare wheel and use a "Car Mobility Kit" as a tyre repair system. You would instantly save a major number of Lbs!
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