Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by HH56 On 2014/3/12 10:48:31
No idea on the weight but when I did mine, I was alone. Everything was out of the body so doubt it was even 1000 lbs -- probably less.
Took awhile though because I could only use a cherry picker on one end at a time so had to do it in stages. Once an end was up a bit, used a 4x4 supported on cinderblocks and moved to the other end and repeated the lift. Basically, one or two cinderblock height at a time. When high enough, rolled the chassis out.
It stayed on blocks while I did some work underneath (undercoat and caked on grease removal--double ugh) and then repeated the process to lower the body down on a homemade set of rollers until the chassis was ready. Rollers were fairly healthy and the body support assy was made of lumber with dimensions so I could bolt the body on at a few spots to avoid any slipping when pushing it around. Don't have photos handy with it on blocks but do have some on the rollers.
Removed from rollers and replaced on chassis using the same method.
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Took awhile though because I could only use a cherry picker on one end at a time so had to do it in stages. Once an end was up a bit, used a 4x4 supported on cinderblocks and moved to the other end and repeated the lift. Basically, one or two cinderblock height at a time. When high enough, rolled the chassis out.
It stayed on blocks while I did some work underneath (undercoat and caked on grease removal--double ugh) and then repeated the process to lower the body down on a homemade set of rollers until the chassis was ready. Rollers were fairly healthy and the body support assy was made of lumber with dimensions so I could bolt the body on at a few spots to avoid any slipping when pushing it around. Don't have photos handy with it on blocks but do have some on the rollers.
Removed from rollers and replaced on chassis using the same method.
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