Remove Body off Chassis

[Yamil Charif]

Hello, I'm trying to remove the body off the chassis, it's been kind of complex at the front, it's seems like a lot of parts are welded on... what am I doing wrong!

[Tom_Overfield]

I would highly recomend you abandon this effort, once you get the body off, its highly doubtful you will ever  get in back in place.

 

a far better method would be get a rotisserie, Mount the car on that, and you can get to everything.

 

The body is totally welded to the frame, and there is absolutely no benefit to attempt this.

 

Tom

 

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by Tom_Overfield (see edit history)

[larry butcher]

DITTO!!!   to what Tom said above! What a mess you will have! Keep the body intact.

[Ken/Alabama]

Here's how I done mine.  I've done two Zephyrs like this.  

Edited February 1, 2018 by Ken/Alabama (see edit history)

[detroitsoul]

Thanks for sharing your pictures Ken. That looks like a lot of painstakingly careful work.  

[Mike Markin]

When I began the restoration of my '40 Continental convertible the car was a mess.  The frame was badly corroded and weak. There also was a lot of corrosion in the panels.   I bought a donor car (coupe) from John Murphy and drilled all of body-to-frame welds out of both cars.  We cut the donor frame apart and used what we needed to make a solid frame.  We also cut of the roof off the donor car and then went on to graft portions of the donor body panels to replace our corroded panels.  After that, we rebuilt the car on the mended frame using many of the weld holes as a guide, along with a lot of measurements, and welded it back on. It can be done but it is truly a lot of work.  Here are a few pictures.

[detroitsoul]

Nice pics.  Its neat to see all the work you did.  I could not even imagine trying to tackle this task.

[Mike Markin]

Thanks. But, I must admit that I was a bit naïve when I started.  Fortunately, I had some great help and tutelage.  

[John_Mc]

Mike, that’s VERY impressive, waaaay over my head.  Great job!

[Ryan Q]

Like others this level of work is beyond what I think I'm capable of.  But I'm glad to see other's have the skills and patience.  (Maybe someday I'll be brave enough to take on such a project, but I'm not there yet.)