Yamil Charif Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom_Overfield Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 (edited) 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) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry butcher Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 DITTO!!! to what Tom said above! What a mess you will have! Keep the body intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken/Alabama Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Here's how I done mine. I've done two Zephyrs like this. Edited February 1, 2018 by Ken/Alabama (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitsoul Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 Thanks for sharing your pictures Ken. That looks like a lot of painstakingly careful work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Markin Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroitsoul Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Nice pics. Its neat to see all the work you did. I could not even imagine trying to tackle this task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Markin Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Thanks. But, I must admit that I was a bit naïve when I started. Fortunately, I had some great help and tutelage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Mc Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Mike, that’s VERY impressive, waaaay over my head. Great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Q Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 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.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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