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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: how much does a beetle body weigh? |
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body lift coming up. want to know how much it weighs before I remove it. _________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
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jps1145 Samba Member
Joined: March 16, 2005 Posts: 654 Location: Tehachapi, CA
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: |
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without the doors, hood, decklid, it probably weighs 250#. my son and i lifted a body off ourselves. It wasn't that tough. _________________ Tehachapi, CA
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joescoolcustoms Samba Member
Joined: August 08, 2006 Posts: 9054 Location: West By God Virginia
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Hacked and ready to Baja, My guess is between 250 and 300 pounds.
I screwed 3/8 lag hooks into my ceiling stringers and used two 3 inch ratchet binders to lift my oval body up off the pan. (it was pretty rusty and a lot of weight loss due to no heater channels) Rolled out the old crusty pan and in with the new prepped pan, lowered it down on the new heater channels and instant baja.
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