Figured you have to mod it quite a bit. If you actually duplicate original, I wouldn't expect to save much. I'd be interested to see what's left for a full dash to only weigh 8 lbs - a few gauges hanging on a bracket?
actually no, i weighed mine without the factory gauge cluster or bezel. that 40 lbs is in the dash frame, the heater controls, glovebox (that glove box lid is over 5 lbs itself) and dash pad mostly.
I figure with the gauges,wiring and fiberglass, the one i make should come in around 15-20 lbs.