vettjam

Here she is hanging in the air. The #4 body shims were nothing but rust. That is probably why my doors had a big gap at the top.



Here she is setting on the body dollie.



Now it's time to take a close look at the frame.

Bluestripe67

Your cross beams on the lift look real sturdy. If I ever do this I'll use the same method. Dennis

shemp

Much better than the 2x4's he originally started with. Good design change Shemp

65silververt

Nice rig!!! Make sure you document how many shims were in each place. Great job! If you plan on not using any of the original bolts, i might want to buy them.

mudbone64

Like you, I am considering removing my wheels before lifting the body. Did you have any extra pairs of hands to help when you lifted the body? I really, really need to get the body off my car. I'm kinda high-centered until I get it removed.

Good work.

vettjam

I did have my wife help me by lifting the rear a little to keep things balanced.

Two things to keep in mind when doing your body off,
1. Have someone keep an eye on the clearance between the #4 body mount on the frame and the rear of the rear wheel opening on the body. The clearance is real close.
2. Originally I had the dollie wheels mounted on the four corners. Because of the way my engine hoist lined up with the body, I had to move one of the wheels on the dollie to clear the legs on my engine hoist.

So someone noticed that I went from a 2 x 4 wooden lifting jig to a 2 x 2 x 1/8 steel tubing one. Thanks to comments from here on the Forum I rethought that one.

TC233

well done, I will be following you next winter. Thats next years project for me.

robert miller

Keep the pic,s coming on her.. Robert