Painted frame

[DannyB625]

TA-DA, Another long day but worth it. POR-15... looks better in person!

[warren57]

looks good! that's what
I used too...

[567chevys]

look's really good !!

Thanks for the pictures

Sid

[carls 56 (RIP 11/24/2021)]

nice job, you did good danny.

[DannyB625]

Thanks guys!

[DannyB625]

Now for my next question..how should I lift the body off the old frame? Do I need to worry about hurting the body if I lift it from the rocker panels? I have a lift, floor jacks and jack stands. Anything anybody thinks I should be careful of? I'm alittle on the nervous side, lol. I have everything unhooked. Figured I could lift the body off the old frame and roll the new one back under it and lift it from the frame again. Also some of the bolts don't go all the way through to the inside. Could I drill holes and plug them? Anybody done this before? Any suggestions?

[chevynut]

If you have a lift it should be pretty easy to get the body off. Just make sure everything is unbolted. I personally would not lift by the rocker panels. I would put blocks of wood (like a long 2x2 or 4x4) under the floor braces on both sides to lift it with.

[DannyB625]

Ok.. I'll give that a shot. I just figured there were too many braces in the way. I was thinking of running a 2x6 with a slot cut in it for the rocker lip for each side and picking it up from there. I fell in love with this car and I'm worried something goofy will happen. Like the windshield popping out. I do have some rotten luck sometimes. Haha. I stripped out the seats and carpet last night after work. To start welding up the firewall where the clutch assy customized it. The floors look really good. Looks like its water tight. I'm dropping the front end parts out of it now. I'm going to clean up all those pieces and coat them with some of the leftover paint from the frame. Should look pretty good when it's finished. I'm already excited even though I'm a long way from being finished.

[DannyB625]

What about balance of the body? Looks like my only lift points will be under the front of the doors and right in front of the rear wheels. Leaves a lot hanging off the rear. Also I'm having trouble with the front springs. Is there a special spring compressor I should use or will any work on it? The one I have isn't compressing the spring enough to make it loose the way I like them to be before I undo the ball joint. I'm getting close to getting the frame swapped out. Been more work than I had planned. But I'm having fun!

[DannyB625]

I got the new frame under the 55 today. Everything went smooth. No scratches in the paint, no skinned knuckles. It was a good day.