I'm fixing to take my body off my car and was wondering can I pick it up without the doors or do they need to be on? And does anyone have any pictures of how they pick their bodys off the frames? Mine is a 66 hardtop. Thanks in advance for all replys.

Wiggins, I just put my 66 body back on the frame. Getting it off the frame was not that hard. I did the job by myself, although having someone there would have made it easier.

In short here are the steps I went through:

1. I removed all of the body bolts, steering, brakes, clutch linkage etc.

2. I used a floor jack and jack stands to slowly lift the body from the frame, I did the front a few inches and then the back a few inches. I did this until I had enough clearance to slide 4 x6 timbers. If you look at the picture on my signature you can see where I placed the timbers.

3. I then let the body back down onto the frame with the timbers in between.

4. I then raised the frame (with wheels on) timbers and body. Again just a few inches at a time at the front and then at the back. Doing this real slow is important because you have to keep the car balanced at four corners and you have to make sure the car does not shift. So if the rear end gets higher than the front the whole car could slide forward.

5. Once I got the timbers high enough to slide the saw horses under each corner, I lowered the frame to the ground. To slide the frame out I needed to remove the tires and wheels. The bach half of the frame would not clear the timbers with the wheels on. I think I could have slid the frame out backwards but I backed in to the garage and there was not enough room.

Good luck.




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Larry
TC # 1000
66 Malibu - under reconstruction
Off The Frame (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/lmacdonald1.jpg)

Thanks Larry This is just what I needed. The only thing is I might have to move my body out while I'm doing my frame, But I can probably just lower it the same way onto a little trailer I have.