Mokesta wrote:
Yep, 310lb is right. Not for a later shell with additional seat belt strength and certainly not for a Rover shell with all the additional brackets.
The glass weighs a lot and so do doors. I have a very thin front windscreen in my spares pile. I'll never use it because it is toughened, not laminated but it is far lighter than the later windscreens. maybe a racer after extreme lightness but constrained to use glass may want it.
The engine weight I posted was measured with a calibrated load cell. It didn't include exhaust/inlet manifold, alternator, radiator or fluids. It had a rod-change box. Add in the bits not attached and you'll get the 154 kg listed above.
That cutting I posted was from an article in "Automobile Engineer" from 1959. The same article is full of tech data, like that torsional rigidity value also in the cutting.
M
I have just looked through an old manual and it also gives the 310lb weight for the sedan and also gives 420lbs for the estate and van body. The weight of the body with subframes is given as 435lb for the sedan and 545lb for the van.
This book also gives the "Weight of engine (dry)" 308lb (139kg)
Thinking about it the weight for the engine that I quoted must be a complete "wet" weight. I should know this because I can lift an engine and gearbox (without manifolds, radiator, alternator, starter and oil) I don't think I would be able to lift 150kg.
