Here's a few shots of my son and I taking the body off of the frame of my '49 panel...
1. The body is relatively light--just awkward.
2. I decided to drill a few holes in the rear, lower floor panel
to mount eye bolts. I used two fender washers underneath to
keep the nut from pulling through when I lifted the rear
of the body with my cherry picker. (not an issue at all!)
3. I think the angle iron supports I welded between the door
jambs was a good idea, especially since my floor up front is
weak.
4. I cut small pieces of angle iron and bolted each in place of
the hood hinge on the firewall. This gave me a good place to
bolt a chain to hook a come-a-long to lift the front of the
body.
5. After the body was up in the air, I simply rolled the frame
out from underneath the body and rolled the 4 wheeled dolly
underneath. The dolly was built using ideas from other posts
elsewhere on this site.
I hope this helps someone... Here are some pictures...
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted054.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted060.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted056.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted063.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted066.jpghttp://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e381/rockettruck/Picstobesorted069.jpg
