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Leadhead
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I like that idea. I don't know if I wanna go all the way and actually roll the frame out from under the body, or just lift it a foot or two. Wish I had a bigger garage!
Ditto on those paint/ rust removing discs. They are the cats meow. I got them on eBay and Amazon too for the 4.5 inch grinder. Be careful around edges as that tends to eat them up fast
There are little tiny roloc versions that are great for confined spaces. Worked well on stripping my core support.
There is also the plastic looking bristle looking brushes but I’ve never tried them. I heard they work really well but they exponentially more expensive than the above discs so I’d be really pissed off if they start breaking off bristles.
There are little tiny roloc versions that are great for confined spaces. Worked well on stripping my core support.
There is also the plastic looking bristle looking brushes but I’ve never tried them. I heard they work really well but they exponentially more expensive than the above discs so I’d be really pissed off if they start breaking off bristles.
Leadhead
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Yep. They also like to kick back at you if you hit the edge at just the right angle. This happened the first time I used it. I was going along great and then.....
I should have gotten stitches but didn't. Took forever to heal, and I got a nifty scar.
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Chicks dig scars so wear wear shorts a lot. J/k. Sorry about you accident.
Fortunately I’ve never been injured but have had them kick on me here and there. I have to admit I took the guard off one of mine to get into a tight place. This reminds me to go put that back on.
Fortunately I’ve never been injured but have had them kick on me here and there. I have to admit I took the guard off one of mine to get into a tight place. This reminds me to go put that back on.
kmakar
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I wear shorts ever day, and I have boatloads of scars. Not so sure chicks dig the scars, but they do feel pity and like to ask how it happened (least that was my experience). Nowadays, my wife just asks, "What did you do now?, No wait, I don't wanna know."
When I had taken one of my Corvettes off the frame I pretty much stripped it down to nothing, removed the entire drivetrain and all the suspension both front and rear. I then jacked both the body and frame up as high as I could go and then supported the body by the rocker panels where the birdcage was in the areas where the body mounts were. I then unbolted the frame lowered it down and slid it out the back. I did this with no help but had help when I went to put the frame back under the car. When we went to put the frame back under the car at one point the frame came in contact with one of the jackstands and the car shook. Boy did my butt tighten up fast. I did this in the apartment building where we lived when we first got married. I rented two garages next to each other sandblasted and painted the frame in the other garage and sandblasted all the parts outside the dining room sliders that were towards the woods with the compressor running in the dining room. I was lucky they didn't throw me out. There were all parts up in the spare bedroom that were all sandblasted and painted. I started to lose interest in the car put the suspension all back on the frame so it could roll and put it up for sale as a basket case. I kick myself now for not finishing it but I doubt I would still have it now anyways. I sold the car to a guy that owned a funeral home. They came one day and took the car and engine on a flatbed and were going to come back another day to pick up the all the smaller parts that were up in the bedroom and left in the garage. I called him a few days later to ask when they were coming back for the parts along with the hood. He asked me if I thought they could fit the parts in a couple of station wagons and I said yes. The first car was a big old Buick Station Wagon and I said to the driver I thought you were coming with two station wagons. He said we are and the next thing I see pull up was the Hearse where the hood went into.
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I might attempt removing the frame from my 67 vert. Anyone think I need to weld in diagonal braces for insurance to stiffen the body ?
The interior is bare and the engine / trans is out.
It's already been painted and I'm not going to remove the front fenders. So I would have to support everything from the radiator support to the trunk.
The interior is bare and the engine / trans is out.
It's already been painted and I'm not going to remove the front fenders. So I would have to support everything from the radiator support to the trunk.
kmakar
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If you plan on leaving it assembled (including doors) you will get some twisting as there is no roof to hold the doors and jams.
If it were me, I'd jack from the bottom and put the body on a body rack (home made or bought), but that would be the safest bet.
Also leaving the fenders on is asking for trouble as they bolt to the core support which is supported by the frame.
Agree. Jacking from the bottom while supporting almost everything will minimize twist. It might take a while !
I would add braces to the interior if someone thinks it was necessary.
kmakar
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Be careful of the fenders because the only support for those is the core support. You're liable to get chipping and the fenders might get messed up.
My friend was doing the body on a guys gutted out 65 Mustang Convertible. I went up to help him and the car was up on jackstands and he couldn't figure out why the door gaps had become wider. Instead of supporting the car from the front and rear suspension like it would have been when it was on the floor he supported it under the sides of the car in the interior area of the body. I went to the back of the car leaned on the trunk area and the gaps opened even more. Put the car back on the ground and the gaps were perfect so you would definitely be better by bracing the car.
As far as leaving the front fenders on, when I had jacked my car off the frame to replace my body mount bushings the total interior was still in the car all the glass and the front fenders, hood and radiator support also. I jacked it up one side at a time using my floor jack with a thick piece of wood straddling the two center floor braces. When it was up I did notice that the front fenders when looking down the side of the car looked like they were buckled out a bit near the doors. Sure enough when I lowered the car back down on the frame the buckle disappeared. So seeing your car was just painted I don't know if I would leave the fenders on or not.
If I were to do this on a painted car I’d take fenders and doors off anyway.
Since it’s a convertible I was afraid that the body would twist so I braced to but later saw someone else on OCS post a picture of his body off the frame, no bracing. I’m asked him if he was concerned and he said it wasnt needed and some others chimes in to agree.
I feel like it’s an easy thing to do for safety sake with literally no downside. I didn’t want to weld to the body so I cut 4 small steel plates. Two bolted where the upper hinge mounts on the body and two are bolted where the door striker goes. I welded a piece of square tubing to connect these two plates on each side and then a piece of tubing to connect those two bars together. So it kinda looks like a letter “H.” When I was done I just unbolted the plates and the bracing comes right out. I meant to cut it up to salvage the tubing but it’s still sitting in my garage.
Since it’s a convertible I was afraid that the body would twist so I braced to but later saw someone else on OCS post a picture of his body off the frame, no bracing. I’m asked him if he was concerned and he said it wasnt needed and some others chimes in to agree.
I feel like it’s an easy thing to do for safety sake with literally no downside. I didn’t want to weld to the body so I cut 4 small steel plates. Two bolted where the upper hinge mounts on the body and two are bolted where the door striker goes. I welded a piece of square tubing to connect these two plates on each side and then a piece of tubing to connect those two bars together. So it kinda looks like a letter “H.” When I was done I just unbolted the plates and the bracing comes right out. I meant to cut it up to salvage the tubing but it’s still sitting in my garage.
1969chevmalibu1969
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I would think you would only need to brace if it were to go on a rotisserie. A good car dolly no braces. May have a little tweaking depending how it is taken off frame. Hardtop less flex than a convertible. Remove as much weight as you can.
I sure would. Even welded braces in my first hardtop I pulled from the frame, a bit overkill though.
I've used the seatbelt holes, and while I was successful, it's a bit more unstable than lifting the rear and setting it on saw horses with a cross beam, then lifting the front with a cherry picker, pulling from the firewall fender mounts or hooking from the lower cowl braces....then just rolling the frame out.
