7 hours ago, wheee! said:

A friend of mine built one out of square channel and angle iron. A little high for centre of gravity but manageable.

Dang... Your access to military grade tools is envious!

Actually my friend owns a large HVAC company...

Double post

Triple post.. Weird

And he very generously gave me the rotisserie to use. I would be happy to pass it on if someone were close.

a stripped chassis is probably 300#-350#, I can pick up one end of the chassis by myself

7 hours ago, Patcon said:

a stripped chassis is probably 300#-350#, I can pick up one end of the chassis by myself

You must be strong buddy, I estimated a stripped Z chassis at about 650-700lbs, that is a combination of guesstimate

and what I read in the archives.

I guess the weight difference may depend on how much of the Z is rusted away!  Based on the total weight of the car I think the bare shell would be more toward the 600-700

pound range, but certainly an interesting question.  Never thought my original post would generate so much activity. Thanks for the input, John-Lugoff, SC

Interesting estimates.

 Patcon, Was it the front or the rear that you could lift? I'm guessing the front. 350 lbs. does sound a bit on the light side. Comparing the two cars I'm working on, one of them would be about 75-100 lbs. lighter than the other due to rust.

 

You all are  probably right, it is probably more but my back is limited to more or less 200#'s I can easily lift the front and I can lift the rear of a 240z although it is fairly heavy, but that is stripped. No harnesses, lines, suspension or panels. The car gets a lot heavier, quick when you start adding the other stuff back on

Another way to do it would be to back into the weight

2300# - engine 600#? - tranny 120# - glass 120# - seats 120# - suspension & wheels 650#?? = 690# with the panels still on and lots of misc weight

I would guesstimate my car at about 600lbs right now. I can lift either end but the front is much easier. From the centre forward I would say about 200lbs and the rear comes in around 400lbs.

Nabbed this off the internet a couple years ago.