Panel Body Removal
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Panel Body Removal
OK I know it's project creep 
but now that I've got the front of the frame semi cleaned and I'm thinking why not do the Whole Frame!!! Problem is I need to pick up the body to pull the frame out and get it cleaned and PORed.
Any of you guys got any ideas?? OBTW I'm just me. I can get my son-in-law to help if I have a plan but he's got kids, a job and a life other than helping dear old Dad
but now that I've got the front of the frame semi cleaned and I'm thinking why not do the Whole Frame!!! Problem is I need to pick up the body to pull the frame out and get it cleaned and PORed.Any of you guys got any ideas?? OBTW I'm just me. I can get my son-in-law to help if I have a plan but he's got kids, a job and a life other than helping dear old Dad
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For our '55 cab removal, We got a real thick piece of square tubing probably 10 feet long, and put in an engine crane. We stuck ours in the back window with a D Loop with chains, and wrapped the chain around 4 braces, it bent the tubing but it got the job done. I can get you some pictures if you want?
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On the doors there are steel brackets, how ever many of those there are, get that many chains, put the end of your chain in the d loop, then wrap it through the bracket and hook it back up the chain. You will probably have to have some people to stand on the crain because when it starts lifting it likes to lift the back off the ground.
It's kinda plain, but it worked just fine for us.
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Mine was just a cab, but i think if you figured out exactly how, you could use the same concept.
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BobJ had an animation of doing this a long long time ago. I'll see if I can find it...It's on his homepage: "'48 Ford panel truck"
Appears like it only take a minute or so...
Appears like it only take a minute or so...
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BobJ had an animation of doing this a long long time ago. I'll see if I can find it...It's on his homepage: "'48 Ford panel truck"
Appears like it only take a minute or so...
Appears like it only take a minute or so...
but it does give me some ideas. Looks like he picked up the front and back separately.
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Are your rafters exposed in your garage? If so jack up all 4 corners of the truck,chain body to rafters and lower frame then pull frame out. My gallery shows how I did mine. I also made a steel table to sit the body on with casters to move it around.
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Thanks Dave, I'll check out your Gallery. Still looking for bar door hinges or Pinto Hinges.
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When I built a woodie wagon body to put on the frame I used a small chain hoist hanging from my rafters and a rope at the other end. I lifted one end with the hoist then tied the body off, moved the hoist to another rafter near the back and lifted it. Then rolled the frame under and reversed the process. When I did my truck cab I built an A frame and used a small electric winch. I also used the A frame to lift my truck frame after I stripped it to paint. I did all these by myself, seems like help always came just a little too late... 
The woodie just before I put it back on the frame, but you can see the chain hoist on the rafter. The woodie probably weighed about the same as your panel less the front clip. The second picture almost shows the A frame that I used for my truck. I had some galvanized pipe that a friend had left over from a job that worked fine and was free.
The woodie just before I put it back on the frame, but you can see the chain hoist on the rafter. The woodie probably weighed about the same as your panel less the front clip. The second picture almost shows the A frame that I used for my truck. I had some galvanized pipe that a friend had left over from a job that worked fine and was free.
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When I built a woodie wagon body to put on the frame I used a small chain hoist hanging from my rafters and a rope at the other end. I lifted one end with the hoist then tied the body off, moved the hoist to another rafter near the back and lifted it. Then rolled the frame under and reversed the process. When I did my truck cab I built an A frame and used a small electric winch. I also used the A frame to lift my truck frame after I stripped it to paint. I did all these by myself, seems like help always came just a little too late...
The woodie just before I put it back on the frame, but you can see the chain hoist on the rafter. The woodie probably weighed about the same as your panel less the front clip. The second picture almost shows the A frame that I used for my truck. I had some galvanized pipe that a friend had left over from a job that worked fine and was free.
The woodie just before I put it back on the frame, but you can see the chain hoist on the rafter. The woodie probably weighed about the same as your panel less the front clip. The second picture almost shows the A frame that I used for my truck. I had some galvanized pipe that a friend had left over from a job that worked fine and was free.
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I braced the back part of the panel first, then lifted the front.
It does help to have a forklift truck but there's other ways to lift it. I did the body swap in about four hours on a Sunday afternoon.
It does help to have a forklift truck but there's other ways to lift it. I did the body swap in about four hours on a Sunday afternoon.
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