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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 08:05 PM
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I'm curious, anyone have a good idea of what the body weighs on a '68 coupe? When I go to lift it, I'm thinking of using my loader on my tractor, but it's limited to around 1100lbs right at the end of the bucket.
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I'm curious, anyone have a good idea of what the body weighs on a '68 coupe? When I go to lift it, I'm thinking of using my loader on my tractor, but it's limited to around 1100lbs right at the end of the bucket.
Completely stripped or with doors, dash, seats etc? Stripped about 500 pounds, plus or minus. If you have a few strong backed buddies, they can lift it off.
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Completely stripped or with doors, dash, seats etc? Stripped about 500 pounds, plus or minus. If you have a few strong backed buddies, they can lift it off.
It won't be completely stripped, but it will be without doors and seats. So it sounds like if won't be a problem at all, at least as far as the weight goes. Thanks,
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