Need body measurement from nomad owner

[56Safari]

Looking to see if anyone building a nomad can help me get a measurement. I'm trying to cage the interior of my car so I can lift the body off of the frame and put it on my rotisserie. My drivers side interior and exterior quarter has extensive rot, its separated from both the outer and inner rocker, and I would like to get it as close to where it should be before I weld in the braces.

The measurement I need is inside to inside of the door jamb. 16" down from the centerline of the interior most bolt hole on the striker plate. Below are photos to illustrate what I'm looking for, and help will be greatly appreciated.

I have worked on getting the jamb/inner quarter back to where I think it should be with clamps, and I came up with 64.5" inside to inside.

[chevynut]

Mine is 64 3/8" there.

[56Safari]

Awesome, I'll massage it a little more. Thanks Laszlo.

[BamaNomad]

I guess 5 images is the limit? Here are one or two more... of the 56 Safari...

[BamaNomad]

It seems that 56 Safari may be needing a bit of inspiration (we all do at times when it gets frustrating!).. so here are some 'inspirational photos for a '56 Safari restoration project' .. a friend just completed this restoration a couple of years ago... He didn't have an engine, but he found a '59 NASCAR 389 and had it rebuilt by a nascar mechanic from that timeframe...

PS. I resized these images from 7 MBytes each to their current size using LIght Image Resizer which is a free download - the resizing saved 31 MB for the 6 images...

[56Safari]

It seems that 56 Safari may be needing a bit of inspiration (we all do at times when it gets frustrating!).. so here are some 'inspirational photos for a '56 Safari restoration project' ..

Haha, thanks Bama... I just have to keep reminding myself that I was planning on changing a lot of this stuff anyways.

[WagonCrazy]

Mine measures 64 1/8 inches.

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[56Safari]

Thanks for the help guys, I think that got me in the ballpark for where I need to be. I was running out of longer pieces scrap steel so I didn't get to cage it in exactly how I wanted to.... its ugly but I think it will suffice. I may add some smaller braces off of the existing pipes in the door jambs , and at the X brace connecting the B pillars/inner rear quarters to secure things a little more.

I was also debating if I should tie the lower door jambs together in the front with a brace? Maybe the firewall / toe board is good enough?

[/url]IMG_0911 by james montgomery, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Rick_L]

If it's structurally sound there, no need - but if it's not, you need a crossbrace there too. You should be able to judge that.

[WagonCrazy]

Looks to me like you'll be replacing the entire floor pan? If so I'd definately put a cross brace at front of door jams...between them as low as you can get it (and still get be able to get the new pan in).