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Mini weight

Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 6:55 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Anyone have any idea what an old mini would weigh without an engine, running gear etc, stripped out as far as I can take it? Ie, bare shell? I know it's an odd question.. just a little mission I'm on :lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 12:07 am
by Phoenix
lol lets just say two people would be able to pick it up quite easily :lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:31 am
by GroovyCarrot
Lovely... do you think two people would be able to carry it up a flight of stairs, is the next thing :lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:03 pm
by Gra-GT
I'd say about as much as a "wet fag packet"

Not sure on the metric conversion of that though :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:59 pm
by bstardchild
Phoenix wrote:lol lets just say two people would be able to pick it up quite easily :lol:
But if you are planning a bedroom rebuild - I'd be carefull about the weight when it's all bolted back together - although they do drive down stairs quite well :lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:19 pm
by Iain_Mcl
You could turn it into a bed quite easily!

.................... (if you were the size of a pygmy)

:lol:

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:38 pm
by Tahrey1043
hahahahaha :D

well VW beetles are supposedly doable with a team of 4, so you might be able to get away with 2 for a mini (4 sweaty builders allegedly being able to pick up a road-ready one).

the floor should take it, think of the combined weight of all the other crap a bedroom floor takes...... might wanna remove a few of the heavier items first though just to be sure. (the bed, for starters)

maybe you should see if you can rebuild it on the roof of the polo :D
(it's pretty tough - i know it's stronger than the ashtrays one, thats for sure)

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 10:54 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Nah, I'm thinking sixth form common room.. the leaving year has a fine tradition of leaving some random mark on the common room, and I think a mini would be pretty cool :D

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:50 am
by 13twelve
haha do it!

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 6:46 pm
by SpikeyG40
lol, like the sound of that mate! make sure u take some pics!

no chance of us doing that to my old common room, probably couldn't get a mini moto down the stairs at my old skool! 8)

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:21 pm
by GroovyCarrot
Mm, that's the problem, space is very tight.. got to get the caretakers permission as well, which is awkward because he's a moody bugger and I think he may have something to say about the mess. Still, I'll work on it.. it'd be great if we could pull it off :D

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:42 pm
by Tahrey1043
well, sod it - you're not going back, are you? i'm sure even a grumpy arse such as that will get a smile out of it even if only on the inside...

he may just leave it as a "feature" :)

do it do it do it do it.... (etc) :D

did you see the metro today, by the way?

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:44 am
by GroovyCarrot
Metro? Which metro? :?

Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:11 pm
by Tahrey1043
as in, the newspaper


.......... eh, hehe, sorry, i was about to put something about you surely having seen it as you were at school and so probably take the bus / train in...... but of course, you have a car :D