Ok I have been lax on the updates but here it is. I was able to have my family over on July 4th of 09'. had a BBQ and removed body here are my Dad and Brother and I discussing the best way to do this. I am going to add two pulleys to the roof for lifting the body back on to the frame. WE used a engine lift on the front and man power on the rear and Slid my home made body Cart under the body. I am not entirely happy with the body cart, but I will make changes to the design later. The soft tires are not the right way to go I am going to replace them with a hard tire for rolling the body around.
the frame is now ready for powder coating. I had the car body and frame media blasted and found a few more issues with the body that will need to be addressed. I found additional floor damage on the passenger side and it looks like someone took a post down the entire passenger side of the car so there is a long crease from the door to the rear quarter and the rear quarter had some poor body work done that will need to be fixed at some point.
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enjoyed looking at your pictures.i just bought a 62 impala 2 door ht with 45,000 original miles.it had been sitting behind the womans garage since 09. she was the org. owner i was lucky to get org. bill of sale.i have been in auto body all my life never restored one of my own.im not getting any younger so its time. looking forward to seeing more as you go along. if i can be any help if nothing but moral support please give me a shout at jwreathford@aol.com
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