[Roadsters] Body Weight

[Brian St. Jacques]

So were you just hooking the tie downs to open holes in vertical
sections of the body, or were you doing anything to secure them - like
bolting them down?

Brian

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From: datsun-roadsters-bounces+bstjacques=atrua.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces+bstjacques=atrua.com at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of andycost at embarqmail.com
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:17 AM
To: datsun-roadsters
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Body Weight

The body is close to 400 pounds. The frame is close to 400 pounds.  The
engine is close to 400 pounds. Everything else (fenders, hood, deck lid,
carpet, seats, etc...) is close to 600 pounds. 2000 pounds total.
Roughly.

I used an engine hoist several times.  I used two nylon tie down straps.
one went straight across between the holes in front of the door jamb
where the hold open bar resides.  The other went straight across between
the large holes beside the package tray.  They were both attached to the
hook on the engine hoist.  I was able to adjust the front one tighter
and the rear one looser in order to get the body to lift evenly.
Ratcheting tie down straps work best for fine tuning the body angle.

The body on my car only weighs 150 pounds give or take.  I have gutted
most everything and cut everything off in front of the firewall and
behind the step up to the package tray.

Andy

PS - You'll always find something that you forgot to remove like the
throttle cable, brake line, etc...  That makes the lift quite a bit more
weight.

----- Original Message -----
From: jover4x4 at aol.com
To: bstjacques at atrua.com, datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 10:41:11 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Body Weight

Anyone have a rough idea on the weight of the roadster body by itself? I
have the interior fully gutted, no top, all body panels in place. Any
recommendations on the number of people to use to lift it off the frame?
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