eileenthevette

Well, body lift went a little differently than planned Saturday, but it is off! Due to unexpected lack of personnel, we came up with plan B. We jacked up the body on landscape timbers, rolled out the frame, then rolled in the body dolly. Never had to lift the body. By the way, the older guy in the polka dot shirt crawling around under the car, etc. is my Pop. He'll be 78 next month!

Body dolly plans were great! Thanks Kaiserbud!

Only found rust in 2 spots of the driver side kickup. Passenger side was clean (and I picked it plenty). Don't ask how, but I DEFINITELY learned the importance of the ratchet strap to support the nose.

Thanks to all for info, advice, etc. Enjoy the pics!

Completd body dolly

Important little ratchet strap

Raising the body

Rolling out the frame

Rolling in the dolly

Setting the body on the dolly

Done!

Driver side bad spot #1

Driver side bad spot #2

Passenger side good !

SIXFOOTER

Wow, looks like you got a ways to go.
Just got the body off mine this w/e and got some rust to fix on the rockers

Chandler

Wow that looks familiar. I had the same rust. Welded in some new steel, sand blasted and powder coated. Makes you feel good when you putting the new parts on the 'new' frame.

And when you get bored you can climb the walls!

Artsvette73

Mine was worse that that on my 73. Got another frame. Good luck

Z-man

It's pretty sad to see grown men playing with dollys...

Boofers

Love the bouldering wall and those colourful hats.

eastltd

Congrats on the sucessful lift. Hope you have as much fun with the rest of the teardown as I did. Stripping the frame down was easier then cutting out those body mounts.

eileenthevette

Thanks guys. The wife is the rock climber. I like to keep both my feet firmly planted in the floorboard of a Corvette!

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to FINALLY making some progress toward re-assembly. Just a couple more rear suspension/drivetrain parts, then I build my blasting booth & blast off!

Vettkeeper

Have you decided what you want to coat the frame with after blasting?

eileenthevette

Not yet. Since she is #'s matching, I am going to try to stay as original as possible given my rookie abilities. So I got a '69 judging manual and saw that an asphalt based paint was used on the frame?

I have also heard a lot of guys talk about this stuff called POR15?

Do you know anything about either one of these?

Dave

Vettkeeper

I don't know anything about the asphalt based paints, except I think Zip Corvettes has is on there website. I have used POR-15 on my frame after blasting and if the directions for applying it are followed its very good.