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hooligan -- Sorry about your back condition. That really throws a wrench in the gears! Perhaps a wheeled bag would help. My concern is jostling and bumping of equipment -- I tend to be very protective of mine, preferring car seats to trunks or foot wells.
With your interest in reduced weight and the fact we are on the Alt board, I can understand the inclination toward APS-C and smaller formats. My approach is 1) lenses appropriate to subject, 2) highest quality resolution -- both within reasonable costs. For me that means TSE and L lenses, and FF to get the widest AOV and IQ. I've never seen APS-C to have the same flexibility, especially at the wide angle range needed for architecture. PP can help with non-TSE, but that is extra work, and somewhat limited compared to "shooting it right" the first time.
The way you keep referring to your 24 TSE, it sounds like it is the original version. That is fine -- I had mine from around the mid-90s up to about 3 years ago.
But I think even if you get a 17 TSE, you still need a 24 TSE -- the gap is too wide between them.
I think I said, but my minimal kit for photography buildings like hotels is a 24 TSE with 16-35L II. I seldom use much longer than a normal lens, certainly very little telephoto. Considering I must use some lighting on interiors, I travel as light as possible, especially if it involves airlines. These days, I might be inclined to take the 17 TSE, 24 TSE and 24-105L.
If you are asking if you can finance a 17 TSE by selling an original 24 TSE plus a 35/1.4L, I'd say no, not quite, unless you are extremely patient and diligent in your search. If they are in excellent condition, I expect you would get $750 for the TSE and around $950 for the 35L. That's nearly enough, but I would miss that 24 TSE, as I said.
Good luck deciding!
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