southpawboston
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thanks for the clarification, i wasn't clear in my earlier comment about the thicker sheet metal and cars being heavier than heck-- what i meant was that much of the weight of older cars was in the body sheet metal, which did not provide any crash protection. they didn't have the technology to press such thin body panels as they do today. today's cars have paper-thin body panels and contribute much less to the overall weight of the car. today, a large percentage of the weight of the car is comprised of the strategic placement of high-strength steel into the structure of the safety cage.
a front fender from a late-model mid-size car weighs a few pounds, a light fraction of the weight of the same size fender from a car 40 years old.
