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TR2/3/3A weight of tr3 body?

TexasKnucklehead

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Does anyone know the approximate weight of the TR3 body -with hood, doors, trunk, interior etc removed? I finally got the body on a home-made wooden frame, basically resting on a pair of 2x4's and I'm surprised at how much the rear 2x4 is bowing under the weight. It seems as I could lift the body alone, if it were a bit smaller.

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Hi Jerry;

Relative to the weight of the body; I have no idea what that is. I would only guess somewhere between 600-800lbs??

But, Thats one heck of a nice garage you have there. Those super high ceilings and doors is what I would love to have one day! Is that a commercial garage or at home? Just curious.

Regards, Russ
 

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I don't know for sure what it weighs but I know that my father and I easily lifted the bare body tub of my MGA off of the frame (20 years ago). I would guess that the MGA tub was in the 200 lb range - it certainly wasn't 600 lb or we couldn't have lifted it. The TR3 should be in the same range. I used a hoist to pull the body tub off of my TR6 but as you say, I can easily lift one end by myself. Again I would guess 200 to 300 lb. In both cases, I rested the tub on a pair of saw horses made with 2x4s.

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There were 4 of us when we put the body back on the frame of my TR3A and no-one said it was too heavy. That was in 1990.

See the one we finished last year. It didn't cause our rig to sag.
 

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Jerry-

I think its the weight of that empty Rolling Rock that is giving you trouble. Maybe you should put one on each side of the frame to balance things out!

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Don't know the weight, but your setup should support it very well. Might be a case of bracing at the back - looks like the rear 4x4's are splayed out a bit, which would cause the 2x4 to sag.

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I weighed the TR4A tub when I was flipping it over to work on the bottom. Including the metal "exoskeleton" I built to hold the tub together and not deform as well as hold wheels so I could push it around, the total weight was 400 or so pounds (assuming putting a bathroom scale under each leg of the frame in turn and adding the weights gives a valid figure). Go to my web site and check out the pictures on my TR4A page to see what I am talking about.

As Don said, four of up were able to pick it up with ease. And six of us were able to flip it over with ease though I don't think with the running around and pictures being taken did we ever have all six on the tub at the same time.
 

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Four of us easily lifted a TR3 tub last night. We went to a friends house and helped him unload it off his trailer and into the garage. Definatly not over 500 pounds, more likley around 400. That rig should support it fine.
I have mine on a pair of sheet metal contractors saw horses right now. it's holding just fine.
Lifted mine off the frame with my cherry picker. Braced the door openings very similar to yours.
 
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toysrrus said:
But, Thats one heck of a nice garage you have there. Those super high ceilings and doors is what I would love to have one day! Is that a commercial garage or at home? Just curious.

Russ, it's the attached garage to my house. The over sized appearance is mostly the photography (taken from the floor at the opposite end). The door is regular sized (8'Wx7'T), but it's a story and a half at the back end. I wish it had a single large door, but for 2 TRs, the double doors work fine. A full sized truck will not fit in there -unless I fold in the mirrors and remove the work bench and sink and almost everything else.

RollingRock and I both used to be from Pa. Only a forum guy would notice the *empty* bottle!

Thanks for all the feedback. I put a prop under the sag while it's waiting to be pushed in/out and worked on again. I think it's supported well, but prefer to be sure of it.

I don't think weighing each corner and adding is close to accurate. Is it? Then again, I don't know the exact strength of a 2x4 either.
 

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Went to Tec school in Blairsville PA. We used to joke that our dorm was 33 miles from "Old Latrobe" It was in fact just about that (I think it was 35 actually). My good college buddy Rick Mayer lived in Latrobe. He was, of course, "The Mayer of Latrobe"
Between Latrobe, Greensburg, Indiana (IUP), Pittsburgh and Ricks 79 Z28 we had a good time.
 
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TexasKnucklehead

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IUP was the place to be. I stayed there one summer. The girls out numbered the guys 6 to 1. I had my brothers TR4 well known as "a nostalgic sports car". Either I was popular or the car was. The local police once pulled me over for being overloaded -me and 6 girls. No weight or max capacity tags... memories.

The mayor is funny.
 

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FWIW;
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:](I think it was 35 actually) [/QUOTE]
Actually less than half that distance (if your dorm was in Blairsville).
Vale Tech is now Wyotech and it's digs are northeast of town, near Blairsville High School on what was farmland when I was younger.
IUP?...yeaaa baabaay.

Keep on.
 

Don Elliott

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Wyotech is where the students (and maybe a few profs too) are assembling a new and real replica AMBRO based on an early TR3 with TR frame and all the running gear. The original ones were built around 1958 to 1960. I photographed the green one in 1996. The white one is what is being assembled for Joe in Iowa.
 

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Tosh

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Boy, the things one would not know w/o the forum.

Nice vintage project (replica)?

keep on.
 
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