Body off stuck
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (home in Colorado Springs)
Body off stuck
I'm pulling the body off a badly rusted frame. All 8 body bolts are out.The parking brake cable is free
Eng & trans are out
Steering columb free
nose cap support bolts are out
brake lines out of the master cylinder
interior gutted to cut weight
And it's stuck! Am I missing something?
I've got the nose lose, but is/are there anything else hidden away somewhere? Just how heavy is the body anyway?
I'm trying to **** it up just a bit to fish the lifting straps between the body & frame at the 2 places on each side. (front & rear area by the doors.)
Thanks...
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2001
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From: west point ga usa
Battery ground straps. One on pass side by a-arm. One in battery compartment. One by antenna in rear if you have an antenna back there. Maybe a small one by proportion valve area. Good luck.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Space Coast Gator Territory
There always seems to be something else! Check for your antenna cable and ground strap if applicable. Also, look for a ground strap at body mount #2 on the driver side. Did you look at the gas filler overflow. Try moving the body a little to see which end is hung-up. Geter done!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2006
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From: Kingston Ontario
Check the following:
- rear bumper
- rear electrical harness
- front bumper extension arms (run through from frame rails forward to bumper through fender skirt)
- ground strap at no 1 mount location (drivers side)
- seat belt at floor
You should be able to lift at all points, just do so slowly and listen.
- rear bumper
- rear electrical harness
- front bumper extension arms (run through from frame rails forward to bumper through fender skirt)
- ground strap at no 1 mount location (drivers side)
- seat belt at floor
You should be able to lift at all points, just do so slowly and listen.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: North Easton Mass
If the front is loose you probably forgot something in the rear. We damn near pulled the main support beam of my house down because my son didn't remove 2 bumper attachment bolts in the rear of the 72. Ground straps are also a possibility but the body will start to move a little before they run out of slack.
Rick B
Rick B
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Burning Brakes
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From: Concord Calif
Looks like he got the body off, but for the heck of it, youare right that the seat belts do come up with the body, but there is a cable on the bottom of the belt mountings that wraps a round the frame. Seams they didn't think just bolting the belts to glass was good enough
Any the cable was on my 68 maybe not all had it.
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (home in Colorado Springs)
Pix
All by myself! Dang, I need a beer now.
See the pix;
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2658106/2
Body is off and old frame rolled out.
See the pix;
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2658106/2
Body is off and old frame rolled out.
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (home in Colorado Springs)
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 291
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From: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (home in Colorado Springs)
If I had, had a torch, I would have cut a few things out of my way, but nothing "broken" that needs to go back.
New frame will be powder coated and there will be a ubiquitous use of stainless steel and aluminum components.
It's gonna' be so purdy when I geter' all done.