It might be interesting to work backwards from items that you KNOW you need, and adding up the weights of those as a sanity check:
Wheel/Tire combo (ea)
Front Axle
Rear Axle
Front leafsprings
Rear leafsprings
Frame
Fully-dressed BBC
TH350
NP205
Driveshafts
(2) 12K winches
Shocks
etc.
Then go to your "negotiable" parts list...items which can be lightened or replaced with a lighter (aluminum?) part.
Truck cab
Radiator
Core Support
Fenders
Doors
Truck bed/ Flat Bed
etc.
I'll bet there are enough resources online to figure out the weights of the non-negotiable items. From there if your list puts you at, say 3800Lbs of non-negotiable weight....you will know that hitting a 4500Lb overall target is probably not going to happen.
Wheel/Tire combo (ea)
Front Axle
Rear Axle
Front leafsprings
Rear leafsprings
Frame
Fully-dressed BBC
TH350
NP205
Driveshafts
(2) 12K winches
Shocks
etc.
Then go to your "negotiable" parts list...items which can be lightened or replaced with a lighter (aluminum?) part.
Truck cab
Radiator
Core Support
Fenders
Doors
Truck bed/ Flat Bed
etc.
I'll bet there are enough resources online to figure out the weights of the non-negotiable items. From there if your list puts you at, say 3800Lbs of non-negotiable weight....you will know that hitting a 4500Lb overall target is probably not going to happen.
