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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