How to lift body off frame
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2019
- Disclaimer: This method can be dangerous to you or to the structure of your garage. Proper installation and safety assessment is strongly recommended. Attempt at your own risk.
I show the method of how I removed the body from the frame.
Harbor Freight hoist
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Some of us don't have access to a garage full of Snapon tools or even a spare hand to help every now and then.....thanks for showing a lot of things can still be done at home by everyday people👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Cmac And that’s one of my main goals for creating this channel. Thanks for the positive feedback!
@@dtuck0509 What's up? You just gave me an idea. Thanks for the video 💯😎
Dan Marley I’m glad I could help
Great video. Serves as an example of how to work on my 82 Monte Carlo.
Also I see you work alone. Same as me.
Good work bro.
Man, my grandmother used to say it’s more than one way to skin a cat and you proved it! Somebody’s cats may not understand the grind talking about the little rich kids with all the tools, and wants to do everything by the book, but a great mechanic knows how to work with the book and without! I salute you, My Brother 🫡
I appreciate that! 💪🏼
My wife would kill me if she pulled up and saw a car body hanging from the ceiling.
chris-style405 😂😂😂
Put your pants on
U sir do NOT run yur household....grow a pair!!😂😂😂😂
I love this back yard boogie ish. Got my body off with similar unsafe tactics and didn't know how I was going to get it back down. Now I know.
Vernon LeSure sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Thanks for watching
Bro you are a beast to take a big project like this
Tony Solis thanks brotha. It’s a lot of work, I won’t lie. Gotta keep pushing though!
Came across your video today reminded me of my first car 79 cutlass I had when I turned 16. Wish I still had it loved that car
My first cutlass was an 85 supreme brougham. I still wish I had that one.
I would not believe it if I did not see it good job!
1st I said what in the hell is he doing, then after watching I went outside and looked @ my garage. Yup the 72 monte is going up this weekend. My good man I owe you a 🍺
😂😂😂 trust me… I get that a lot. Glad to be able to help… just make sure you reinforce your trusses 💪🏼
Good idea man, I think I might try something similar myself.
Putting in that good work
Good work
I am looking in doing kinda the same to my 51 Buick Special. I will hook up an overkill (electric) hoist to multiple beams on the ceiling. I am not worried about the setup but more of the body if it will stay in pne piece and not warp. Mine will be hanging like that for awhile since I got two other cars in the garage and one is on lift so I can park frame on the floor underneath the lift.
You got some work ahead of you with that body. Get that shot done fam!!
Pablo's Buick Garage yessir, little bit at a time. Thanks for watching
Great job! 💪
I got to do this to my 62 impala
Thanks for the tip. I think I might make a gantry out of wood to help reinforce the ceiling.
Good job sir was real helpful
You seem like a good dude hope the project is going well
I appreciate that. Project moving along slowly, but it’s progress. Thanks.
@@dtuck0509 that's how it goes keep at it👍
Nice man !!!!
Awesome! Ingenuity at its best! Thinking of doing the same on my 69 cutlass.
Sometimes you have to think outside the box and use what you have.
I'm doing a off frame my self How u remove the steering? I took out one bolt still can't any tips
Tuned in bro.... i wanna do mines the same way ....good content!!!!
kiNg SiX313 thank you, I appreciate the feedback 💪🏼
Yo bro would the process be the same if I wanted to leave my engine and trans in ?
kiNg SiX313 yes it would.
Holy crap, this looks dangerous at first, but then I was " my man got skillz" haha
Tino V 💪🏼 appreciate it brotha.
As long as the walls are sturdy, provided the bolts are rated to hold such weight, I doubt it would be a problem. He actually gave me an idea. 😎👍🏿
@@dtuck0509 Clean the frame, then build from there. I'm in your position as of right now lol! I bought damn near everything new. Look into PTFE conductive hoses, those are what I plan to use. Back to you, strip the frame clean and coat it with rust preventive paint. I guess you can decide what's best for you. You just earned a sub 😎💯
@@dtuck0509 oh yea, can you please tell me what is stamped on the head of the bolts-just one of them, that was screwed under the body to hold it in place? I have a 84 Fleetwood 2dr and mine says 12.8/9. This is known as the tensile strength of the bolt. Thanks in advance.
Dan Marley I used the hooks of the ratchet straps at certain points of the body to lift it.
Going to try this with my 66 elcamino thats for the idea for sure
💪🏼 Just make sure you reinforce your trusses.
How did you reinforce your beams?
Good job
I appreciate it 💪🏼
Nice job man I just bought my 13-year-old a 77 Impala we're about to pull the body off to do framework to it I ended up buying a harbor freight winch a 5,000 lb one which I know is for pulling but I'm hoping it'll do a thousand pounds lifting mounted it in my ceiling after making a land beam up there we're going to be taking the body off this weekend I'll let you know how it goes I'm hoping it can lift it do you have any idea how much the body weighs
Thanks, I appreciate it. Not sure about the older impala, but I would guess the cutty shell to weight around 400-500 lbs. That impala is a bit bigger, so I would guess 600-700 maybe? I would definitely go overkill on the reinforcement…. Better safe than sorry. Good luck on your project.
Bro, what did you use to get in on the 4x4s orginally? Floor jacks? If so, what was your method
Steven Chance I used floor jocks and jack stands. I jacked up one end if the car up using blocks of wood so I could slide the 4x4 across the top of the frame, and repeated for the other end.
Dang, watching this video, I was concerned about the rafter holding up to the weight of the body. I had a '83 hardtop baby blue, I put a '87 nose on it with a rebuilt 3.8 .231. I miss that car so much.
Thanks. The rafter is reinforced with an A frame. I’ve used the hoist to lift truck beds , engines, the body. It’s definitely sturdy. I had an 85 cutty supreme I wish I woulda kept, same color as my current one.
Now that's how you get ish done.
Good music you listening to.
Thats the exact same thing that im doing rn, well im still thinking how im going to lift the body of my hummer h2. Literally the exact same thing rusted and wholes and no interior
Just got a ‘55 Chevy and the body needs to come off. The frame in my car doesn’t look that different from the one from your Cutlass
So at the end of the build with everything done how much did you have invested ? if you don't mind my asking
I am roughly $2000 in right now. That’s fabrication materials and body parts. I’m currently working on the floor plans with a long way to go. I’m guessing $15-$20k by the time I’m done with me doing all the work.
Good luck with the build brother
Good shit dude
Thanks 💪🏼
Nice😊JR
you going to do away with the vinyl top?
Thinking about it
@@dtuck0509 it would look good, more modern.
What kind of build is this?
Victor Perez restomod LS build
I subscribed
U going big wheels? Or lowrider
22’s
What up bro? I saw you said you reinforced the rafters with an "A frame." What all materials and fasteners etc did you use to do that? It kind of looks like structural I-beam steel? Any chance you could do a detailed video of your roof frame design?? Appreciate this video man. Peep my channel...
I just used 2x4’s and lag bolts. Not the safest, but it worked for my situation. The body is a couple hundred pounds, so the beefier, the better.
Scratch that trim
Powder coat
Can’t believe that you trusted that beam to hold that’s a truss not meant to hold that way
Kevin Lausier I reinforced the beam.
DTerry nice. Way to think outside the box.
Kevin Lausier Appreciate that. Thanks for watching.