Weight of Body Shell

[TVollnogle]

Does anyone know how much the body shell weighs with everything removed: interior, doors, fenders, engine, drive train, suspension, etc. Curious how heavy it is for transporting on a trailer and building a rotisserie to hold it.

Thanks,

Terry

[Corganx33]

somewhere around a 1000lbs or so. Light enough to move around on a rotisserie fairly easily, heavy enough to crush you if you aren't careful.

[mull]

I doubt it's a 1000 lbs ...

When I had it stripped - on jacks - I could lift the front of the car with ONE finger.

The rear was a pretty easy lift as well, could probably hold it at least a minute on

my own I'd say.

Anyway, we were 4 (non body builder) guys carrying it onto a truck when I needed

to get the Zed to a workshop. Wasn't much of a sweat. The guy upfront

carried the car pretty much all by himself once it was hoisted onto the truck.

Let me tell you - he ain't Hulk Hogan

Here ya go.

[TVollnogle]

Thanks for the info. I suspected it wouldn't weigh a lot. Did you have yours on a rotisserie, Philip? Most of the rotisseries I've seen look to be overbuilt, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I would rather build one as light yet functional as possible. Guess I could have my engineer son do an analysis on my design.

Terry

[26th-Z]

Terry,

Most rotisseries are built to hold a car much heavier than a Z. We have discussed this several times. Do a rotisserie search. http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5039&highlight=rotisserie

I can lift the front end easily. The back is a little hard to find a place to grab and lift, but I would say two guys - perhaps three - can easily lift an S30 shell.

[kurtwwalters]

I would guess mine weighed about 450 lbs totally stripped. I could lift the back by myself so a buddy could put a dolly underneath no prob (72 240).

[TVollnogle]

Thanks guys. I had seen the rotisserie associated with your link during an earlier search, 26th-Z, and it is along the line that I'm thinking. Found this site too during the search and like the lighter design of this rotisserie: http://www.pape.ws/allan_and_rosanne/Z-Car_Stuff/Rotisserie/Dave's%20auto%20rotisserie.htm. I was communicating with Will (hls30) and he has a shell which he just cut up and said he would weigh the pieces if he gets a chance and let me know the weight.

Terry

[First Gen Z]

Alright all you tough guys!!! Over building won't cost near as much as rehab. Even at a mere 450# it will do major damage if it catches you off guard. I used nothing less than 1/4 wall thickness when I built mine. You could hang a bus on it and it wouldn't budge. I've grown real fond of all my parts and pieces being where the belong.

[MikeW]

I was communicating with Will (hls30) and he has a shell which he just cut up and said he would weigh the pieces if he gets a chance and let me know the weight.

Since he cut it up I'm guessing you'll have to compensate a bit for all the pieces that flaked off over the years. All the holes certainly weigh a good bit less than the surrounding metal.

[hls30.com]

The car does have holes, but they are more thinning than missing, Still, it chould be pretty close-add 10% back in to be safe(not that 10% of the entire shell has been lost to rust). I would rather have a slightly high figure than a low figure. I am using a plasma cutter to trim it up, so it is eating some metal too. I have one cut left to do, the bottom of the firewall(gotta scrape the sound deadening off-too much smoke and blowback!

If the rain will stay away in the afternoons, I will finish cutting it up next week, and get the weight of the pieces posted. I don't want to use a plasma cutter in the rain!!!

Will

[ZSaint]

Three of us lifted my shell onto the trailer. It was very light for us. I think the 400-450 range is correct. My rotisserie is designed to work with any vehicle up to 3500#. We used 1/4" thick 4" tubing to build it. It will hold a fullsize car, no problem.