steved69tr6 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) I'm in the process of gutting my TR6, and for whatever reason wanted to know how much the body tub striped nearly bare weights in Kg Anyone know? Cheers Steve Edited April 18, 2017 by steved69tr6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waldi Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I lifted mine with 4 people, more for controlled handling than for the weight. I estimate the body without any panel fitted between 100 and 150 kg. Waldi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ed_h Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I estimated about 250 lb (114 Kg) when I lifted mine off. Ed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nickffc Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 depends on how much rust.... i belive rust weighs less....!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steved69tr6 Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Awesome, cheers guys Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 depends on how much rust.... i belive rust weighs less....!!!! Actually its more! Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 I'm in the process of gutting my TR6, and for whatever reason wanted to know how much the body tub striped nearly bare weights in Kg Anyone know? Cheers Steve 2 of us regularly lift body shells on and off here if its bare with no outer panels. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RogerH Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Hi Folks, in theory it is usually heavier with rust/corrosion I stole this off the web - Corrosion of a block of metal - Iron to Iron Oxide (rust), Aluminum to Bauxite, Cooper to Cupric-oxide, or otherwise - does not change the weight of the metal in the system. If does change the weight of the object itself. As long as the object is undisturbed the its weight will increase due to the addition of oxygen molecules. The density of the object will go down for a number of reasons: oxygen is lighter than the metal and the resulting molecule is larger. Also remember that metallic oxides easily slough off the parent object. As the parent object is handled or otherwise disturbed it is relatively easy to remove some of the the loose material. This will make it appear that the original object has lost weight, but it is no longer the same object. Roger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john.r.davies Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Ahem! Oxygen atoms! John the Pedant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NitronGuy Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hi Steve, I was also curious so I made sure to weigh it before it went off to get blasted, however this weight includes the octogonal frames and the door cross-straps. I will weigh these later to then calculate the actual exact bodyshell weight. No wings, no doors, bonnet or boot. So including the frames it came in at 140.5kg so my estimate is that it will be in the 130kg / 290 lb region. The details are in my restoration blog https://classictr6.wordpress.com which also has engine weights etc. During the restoration I will weigh pretty much everything, this way I can have an accurate record of any weight saving that occurs. I hope this helps, Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
oldtuckunder Posted April 19, 2017 Report Share Posted April 19, 2017 As they say a week at the Gym is normally the cheapest way to save all up weight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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