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lifting body off frame

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#1 ·
can a couple of floor jacks and timbers be used to lift the body off the frame of my 67?
does anybody have pictures and suggestions?
Thanks
 
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i took the body off the frame in my garage on my 70 and it was way easy...i had everything out though. motor fenders and bumpers. i had two engine hoists and 2 4x6's. just put a tow strap through the rear bumper mounts and tied it off good so i can attach it to the hoist. then i had a tow chain up front that i put through the lower points and hooked the other hoist up to it. after i had that hooked up i just took out all the body mounts and lifted the body up enough to get the frame out. the frame was already on jacks to support it before i lifted the car up. just have some friends there to assist with lifting the hoist up at the same time so it stays level. after we got the frame out i re positioned the jacks and laid the 4x6's across and balanced the body back on them. they hold nice and firm with now worries. i'll try to post some pics to give you a better idea when i get off work today. hope this helps....
Eddie
 
#7 ·
Not as critical with a hardtop but should be done as good insurance on a convertible. Lots of guys dont want to take chances and do it anyway. I figure as long as the pillars, roof and rockers arent shot to hell your fine. Mine is coming off without the doors and no braces but its also completely gutted so no extra weight of any kind in there.
 
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i left the doors in and windows in....the body didn't buckle at all since it's a full shell on the 70. not sure about others out there. I didn't have any issues at all it's very solid and there wasn't any need for welding anything for support. i done a little homework on it by asking every body shop in my area about what they thought of it.
 
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That's exactly how I did it. I use a floor jack with a cushioned face at the pinch welds of the rocker (did not damage it at all), and then slipped a jack stands under the pinch welds. I worked around the car about 1 inch at a time like this unstil I could get a 7ft wide 4x4 between the body and the frame. I then jacked it up from the ends of the 4x4's.
 
#13 ·
I use three cherry pickers and bars to hook the chains to so your picking straight up and not pulling in or stressing the body.

http://www.1969supersport.com/lift.html

This way I pick it and set it all the time by myself.

Heres the cherry picker extensions

http://www.1969supersport.com/jigs2.html

heres a few more pictures with the cherry pickers.

http://www.1969supersport.com/restoration.html

As long as were talking about lifting a body, I guess I could throw this in the pile, some jigs for holding stuff to paint or sandblast.

http://www.1969supersport.com/jigs.html

Rob
 
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One cherry picker and some chains to lift it off, then cinder blocks & 4x4's to support it.

Pictures... http://www.cardomain.com*/*ride/822091/11

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i took some pictures today of my 69 vert off the frame and on some bocks.one thing i did not like was if you give it a little nudge.the car would rock back and forth.i have played with blocks as a kid and seen them come crashing down.so what i did was hung some safety chains from four points up to the rafters above.this was not to support the car just give me enough time to get out from under it if some where to happen.i have seen some other pictures posted of cars on blocks and they dont look to safe.just a little extra step to insure safety.
 

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#22 ·
Not sure how old this post is but i searched a lot to see if it could be done. ended up trying and yes you can pull off the body through the trunk. Just drilled 2 3/8 inch holed through the openings in the rear re-enforcement. Sorry, my garage is usually a lot cleaner but just couldn't wait to pull her off. The fun begin,s. Maybe looking for a few tips from you guys & gals shortly.
 

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