John -
When I removed the body from the frame of my 59 Dodge, I used 3 long 2x8s,
six jack stands and two floor jacks. the 2x8s were spaced in the front,
middle and back of the body, inserted between the frame and the body. I
gradually raised each 2x8 (supported at each end by the jack stands) until
the body was high enough to slide the frame out. Of course, by the time I
did this, the body was just a shell and the steering column was removed as
well. I strongly recommend that you do all the floors, trunk pan, rockers
and outer body sheetmetal, and align everything before removing the body
from the frame.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry C. Stanley <peerless@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 1999 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Ebay 59 Ply trim
> To John Bartell,
>
> > Can I run a cable under the roof without damaging anything?
>
> In answer to your
> question,NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A good
> way to
> get a kinked roof or spread door frames.
>
> One way is to remove the front fenders and etc. then lift the bare body
> shell with jacks and support the body on some heavy timbers mounted on
> heavy duty 'sawhorses' outside of the frame and roll the frame out from
> under.
>
> Another method I have heard used is to leave the body attached to the
frame
> but elevated above it. If you remove the body from the frame, the stresses
> that it takes from the supports that the body sat on while it was off the
> frame may show up in in a wrinkle or kink in any new sheetmetal when it is
> bolted back to the frame. One shop I contacted mounts the body to the
frame
> with long (24") spacers and bolts. They have 24" spacers made from heavy
> wall steel pipe, large diameter washers, a 30" piece of large diameter
> all-thread (as large as the holes in the frame and body allow) and several
> nuts for the all-thread. They remove the body mount bolts and rubber
> bushings and replace them with the spacers with the all thread through
> them. The washers go on each end of the pipe and under the nuts. The nuts
> are in the inside of the body and under the body to frame mounts. This
> raises the body to a convenient working height (makes it look like a
> monster truck) and allows access to the frame for painting. It also keeps
> body stresses in the same places that they were when the body was on the
> frame. The only places that the frame will not get painted is where the
> washers were. This can be taken care of when the body is first removed or
> before it is replaced on the frame.
>
> Another method is to use a spare frame for the body to sit on while it is
> being worked on then replace it on the original frame.
>
> Larry
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