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Re: TR6 frame weight

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: TR6 frame weight
From: "Power British Performance Parts, Inc." <britcars@powerbritish.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:30:56 -0500
References: <a8274c94.3651b459@aol.com>
DANMAS@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-11-16 13:53:03 EST, lee.k.janssen@lmco.com writes:
>
> > Yet another stupid question from the odds and ends corner:
> >  Anyone know how much a TR6 frame weighs??
>
> Lee,
>
> I'm going to guess around 130 - 150 pounds. I base this on the fact that I can
> lift my TR6 frame and move it around the garage by myself, and that's about
> the limit of what I can move. Also, a Ford engine block weighs 127 pounds, and
> I can just lift it up off the floor and onto a work bench, and that seems
> about the same as the frame.
>
> I had a magazine a while back with an article on strengthening a TR4 frame,
> and the author gave the weights for that. I don't have the magazine now, but I
> remember the weights he gave were close to what I thought they would be. I
> believe the magazine was Grassroots Motor sports, but I'm not sure. I"m
> certain someone on the list will have the magazine, and report back with the
> weight.
>
> Dan Masters,
> Alcoa, TN
>
> '71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
> '71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
>                     http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/index.html
> '74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition - slated for a V8 soon
> '68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74

 GRM quotes the weight of the TR-4 chassis as 162 lbs. including about 5 lbs. of
reinforcements.  Personally, I believe the TR-6 frames are probably about 20 
lbs.
heavier due to more complex arrangement of the trailing arm/spring moutings.  
My guess
would be about 180 lbs. or so.

Regards,

Brian Schlorff    '61 TR-4     '64 TR-4     '72 TR-6     '79 Spit
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