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| | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 26 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 26 | Hey guys. I have started doing the body work on my 57 stepside cab and was thinking about removing it from the frame to do the work. Has anyone done this, if so any tips? How hard is it? Thanks! | | | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 96 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 96 | its pretty easy just have a couple guys help lift it and make sure to build some kind of dolly to roll the cab around on. should be a tech tip for building a dolly in tech tips | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | You'd be surprised what you can accomplish with two rented or borrowed engine hoists.
I've taken the bodies off of a '56 and '57 Chevy car...the '57 was a station wagon.
Swapped frames under the wagon body in a couple of hours.
Some things that might come in handy: a couple of 4x4 landscape timbers. Some chain. a couple big honkin' eye bolts, and equally big honkin' flat washers.
-Brad
SOUTHERN FALL GABfestOctober 6 ~ Commerce, Georgia Details here!Never Pee on an Electric Fence. | | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 166 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2006 Posts: 166 | As one who is still equiping his shop, I can appreciate the need for chains and eyebolts. Being type A, I have to ponder on the exact meaning of Big Honkin. Sounds like something I need though. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 181 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 181 | I just took the cab off my 65 by myself. I unbolted it, took the doors off, put a 2x6 through the cab from door to door, put a chain on the 2x6, hooked it to the engine hoist and TADAH! it was off. Then I moved it tot he other side of the garage and set it on jack stands. Not hard, even for a type "A" there Todd M.  | | |
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