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: Body Lift Jig for 66/67


Bad67SS
Dec 9th, 04, 9:14 AM
Put this together and worked like a dream. Just used the seat belt holes. Highly recommend graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Mike

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Freddy Mercado
Dec 9th, 04, 9:43 AM
Wow!!! Looks good. That worked for you lifting the body off of the chasis?? By the way, the car looks good. graemlins/hurray.gif

71velle_malibu
Dec 9th, 04, 10:15 AM
Pretty cool! I could use something like that too...

Bad67SS
Dec 9th, 04, 11:28 AM
Yep, just slide the whole shebang under the chassis and drop it down. You can see the long rods I threaded into the body nuts to help guide them to the mounts.

CDN SS
Dec 9th, 04, 12:44 PM
Perfect timing my 66 at same stage and ready to go back on frame in a week or so ...will measure up this weekend and fab up, looks great was going to get a bunch of guys to lift off rottisierre and put back on frame this will be alot easier and safer on us old guys
Thanks for sharing Mike ......

gardman
Dec 9th, 04, 10:29 PM
Great idea. Looks like it would work perfect! Thanks for sharing the pics. And looks like the car is going to be excellent.

afenderman67
Dec 11th, 04, 12:52 AM
your car looks nice bad67ss,what paint did you use on your floor pans?

chris

Bad67SS
Dec 11th, 04, 3:30 PM
Thanks Chris. We used PPG black epoxy primer followed by a 2-part urethane (15% gloss).

cheers,
Mike S.

CDN SS
Jan 2nd, 05, 10:39 PM
Mike ... put body back on to-day made up your jig and used the adj. level bar from my engine hoist to fine tune the balance of body, worked " excellent"

Thanks, Bill