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gmcbuffalo

07-22-2011 @ 10:14 PM

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I am working in my garage and have removed all the bolts holding the chassis to the frame (can't believe how many there were). What way would the group suggest lifting the chassis? I have no lifts just some air jacks. Any things you must look out for?
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07-23-2011 @ 7:38 AM

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what exactly do you want to do, lift the body off the frame-chassis ??
what body style, what year?
more info PLEASE,,,!!for us to weigh in,,,
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07-23-2011 @ 8:44 AM

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1935 3 Window Coupe

Yes I want to lift the chassis off to steam clean the frame and paint it.

Greg Meiling
1935 3 Window Coupe

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07-23-2011 @ 10:23 AM

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In any case, you will have to remove the "front clip". consisting of the front fenders, hood, etc, from the body before trying lift the rest. The doors must be securely fastened to support the door frames, and the steering column and floorboards should be removed to allow the body to be raised. We usually place supports under the body after we raise it off the frame and use a sling and a hoist to do the lifting. I doubt that just jacks can raise the body high enough to roll the chassis out, and without sufficient support, it is very likely that the body will be "racked" enough to cause alignment problems when trying to replace it. It is a very big, and complicated job. Without the space and equipment, you are much better advised to forgo removing the body, and clean and paint the part of the frame you can reach from underneath.

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07-23-2011 @ 10:32 AM

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Are you saying that I could run a sling thru the windows of the doors and lift the body off?

The body is sitting about 2 inches above the frame right now.

Greg Meiling
1935 3 Window Coupe

I have finally began to work on this old car. It was my first car and my dad wouldn't let me drive it on the streets because of the mechanical brakes. So it has been garaged for 55 years waiting for me.

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07-23-2011 @ 12:50 PM

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I will tell you how I did iton my 39 convertible coupe body and a friends 36 3 window coupe. Since you already have body apart from frame all you need is four tall jack stands like ones made from Mode A or any V8 axle housings,place two up by front firewall/cowl and two in the rear and slide either strong 4X4 or square tubing with a good wall thickness,this way you are not lifting body as much as rolling chassis out underneath body. Body is sitting on the 4X4 or the square tubing,or tubing could be strong pipe supported by jackstands. Way I have always done it and you can be carefull and do it yourself.Just make sure you know body is not safe to work under without some other safeguards keeping it from falling off stands and cross pieces,like rope or chain to the rafters.

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07-23-2011 @ 5:36 PM

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You can lift the body off any number of ways. You MUST have some kind of rigid support between the A pillar and the B pillar. This will allow you to reinstall the body without twisting it. Some people remove the doors and install two angle irons in an x pattern. This is most ly about a conv or a hard top with rust

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