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rkep01

rkep01

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of the weight of a stripped B/E tub?
 
Is it that much?
Seemed pretty easy to move around, but I guess that's about right.
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That sounds about right. It is a handfull for 2 people to lift but easy for 4.
 
The hood is close to 100 lbs so without one is probably around 300 total.
BillM
 
100 lbs? I'd guess closer to 45-55 lbs.
 
FINE!!- I was just using the Armstrong (armweak??) method of measuring :smile:
BillM
 
It is still a WAG on my part, and mine is an early bonnet which is lighter.
 
Billm said:
The hood is close to 100 lbs so without one is probably around 300 total.
BillM
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+1 - two of us could carry it (and that is a '76)
 
Depends on how much of the tub is Bondo.
 
Trevor Jessie said:
It is still a WAG on my part, and mine is an early bonnet which is lighter.
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I didn't know that, Trevor. I knew the early tub was lighter but what is different about the bonnet?

Kurt.
 
nomad said:
Trevor Jessie said:
It is still a WAG on my part, and mine is an early bonnet which is lighter.
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I didn't know that, Trevor. I knew the early tub was lighter but what is different about the bonnet?

Kurt.
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Paint thickness! :devilgrin:
 
nomad said:
Trevor Jessie said:
It is still a WAG on my part, and mine is an early bonnet which is lighter.
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I didn't know that, Trevor. I knew the early tub was lighter but what is different about the bonnet?

Kurt.
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The early bonnets did not have the air box and associated bracing that the later cars had.
 
Can't weigh too much. I dragged this one by myself at least 100 feet from my garage to my garden shed (where it currently resides).

I bought it in '69. So, sentimental attachment. Or maybe just <span style="font-style: italic">mental</span>. :jester:

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Hard to let go isn't it?

Reminds me of my MGC.
I bought it in Anchorage in 1985.
I drove the heck out of it, through all 4 seasons up there then drove it down the AL-CAN when I moved to Seattle.
Drove it all over Seattle, then spent 6 months rebuilding the engine - professionally rebuilt head etc...
After I got it running the clutch went out and I decided I wasn't going to pull everything out again (NOTE TO SELF: always replace clutch when rebuilding engine).
Found an ex BL mechanic (Indian guy working at a BP station) who agreed to do the job, so I had a rebuilt 6 cylinder motor, a great running OD transmission and a new clutch.
Then I got married, had a kid, sold my motorcycle and bought a house way out in the outer burbs.
Drove my MGC out to the property and parked it in the back yard.
There it sat for 20 years, until I got into Spridgets.
I put it up for sale and got just $100 less for it than what I bought it for.
It was a total rat infested POC. Rusty as all heck too.
But it had all the original stuff, so the guy wanted it. Even came with a set of new rockers and a nice new grille I had bought and kept in it's box over 20 years before. New front & back glass and a lot of other parts all stored neatly.
I hope he restored it, but it was definitely better off with him than me.

Anyway, the Spridget bug had bitten me and now I have 5 of them.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it. :laugh:
 
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