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I would like to know the approximate weight of the Sedan Body Shell.
That is shell only:
NO: engine; gearbox; rear axle and springs; front cross member; doors; bonnet; boot lid; petrol tank; dash & steering column, pedals ; seats & trim; bumpers & chrome; wiring; AND, front & rear glass.
Thanks
Geoff_K

Hi Geoff,

I reckon you need to take the approximate weight of each item off the known Wagon weight and you'll be left with an approximate weight of the bare shell.

engine; 150kgs
gearbox; 50kgs
rear axle 80kgs
front cross member 30kgs
doors; 80kgs total
bonnet; 10kgs
boot lid; 10 kgs
petrol tank; 5 kgs
dash & steering column, 10kgs
pedals ; 5kgs
seats & trim; 40kgs
bumpers & chrome; 20kgs
wiring; 5kgs
front & rear glass. 10kgs
other sundries (radiator, battery, etc etc) 100kgs

less a little bit for that scourge of the old Holden, rust......

So my ROUGH estmate would be that the shell is around 400 - 500 kgs.  maybe a little bit less?

Any other takers on this one!!!

Cheers,

Craig.

I would estimate about 350 Maximum, for a bare shell . And I rolled one over by myself yesterday . Any one got a BIG set of Scales . ;D ;D ;D ;D

Only scales I'm aware of are suitable for fish and rocker-covers :P

Don't ask....

cheers
RET

Thanks guys,
I have put these weights into a list and using the Shop Manual referenced Totals:
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Weights for Car at 1076kg:1078kg
Engine complete with Gear Box 194kg
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Adding Craig and Slims numbers plus a few factors of my own.
Engine                  168      
Gearbox                  26
Rear Axle                        80
Front Cross Member                        50
Doors            (4x20)      80
Bonnet                        10
Boot Lid                        10
Petrol tank                        5
Dash & Steering column, drag links                        15
Pedals & hydraulic cylinders                        5
Seats                        40
Bumpers & chrome                        20
Wiring                        5
Front and Rear Glass                        10
other sundries (radiator, battery, exhaust, etc etc)                        120
Wheels & Tyres                        50
Liquids                        10
Estimated Body Shell                        374
Total Weight                        1078

Assumming these are the weights, how much more is taken off the Body Shell weight of (825lbs<>374kgs) by removing front guards and front sub-frame assembly.
Being a 70kg weakling I am trying to work out the size/capacity of frame/hoist etc. that is required to move/lift bare shell for repair/rebuild.
For my sake I hope the weight suggested by Slim is closer than the number tendered by Craig.
cheers,
Geoff_K.

Sorry for resurrecting such an ancient topic, but the question remains, what is the combined weight of the two front guards and the front subframe so that we may finally know the ‘correct weight’ of a bare Sedan body shell (in the process of selling one at the moment and a prospective ‘buyer’ is asking.) ???

A guard would be about 8 kg and the sub frame what 34kg?

On the basis of all the assumed inputs you can really only say within 100kg. But I doubt it would be any more than 300kg, a bare shell.

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You are so lucky I have a sedan in pieces.

Front guard, complete with headlight, surround and indicator housing: 12 kg.
Front subframe: 34 kg.  Clay's right on the money.

And no, I'm not going to put the body shell on the scales, but somewhere between 250 and 300 kg would not be wide of the mark.

Rob

Thanks very much for your responses gentlemen. That’s probably as close a figure as anyone is ever going to come up with.

The amount of metal that was missing from that body shell of yours, I reckon it would have weighed 150 kg tops! ;D ;D ;D