Jason G 53 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I have finally made time for ole blue. Day 1, started with the hood and worked my way down pulling off any and eveyrthing. I bagged/labeled all my nuts and bolts and began an inventory on what can we saved and what cannot. Day 2 got the motor and trans all freed up to be pulled. Later in the day, I scored a used one time cherry picker and engine stand for $100 off craigslist! Day 3, well today, out with the motor and trans. Detached the trans and put the motor on the stand. Tomorrow I'm moving to the back. Need to pull the bumper, tail lights, tank. This weekend, my plan to pull the body off: going to mount my chain hoist to a rafter, have a 4x4 running horizontally with 2 straps on either end. I'll run each strap through the windows, as far apart as possible. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gush's monte Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Jason I pulled the body off my 71 using the engine hoist. I used chains bolted to the seat belt holes put the engine hoist through the window and hoisted it off the frame. I did have the car already jacked up a bit on jack stands which gave me clearance to get the hoist inside the window with out hitting the roof. Took about an hour to set up and I had it off the frame and sitting on 4X4's on cinder blocks within minutes. I did use an engine leveler to connect the chains to the hoist but have seen others just use the chains connected straight to the engine hoist. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCfan Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 My thoughts: 1. You are a courageous and ambitious young man. 2. Looks like you have a good helper. 3. Hope the 4x4 doesn't break. 4. Good luck with your project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boots Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 what Gush said...lol I remember where you are at now..that was 2 years ago...sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnFound Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Great solid looking Monte you started with. Good luck with the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I remember where you are at now..that was 34 years ago. I don't know on the 4x4 but my gut does not feel good. Rent or borrow an engine picker, be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbit Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I took mine off the frame with floor and bottle Jacks and 4x4. Had no issues and did it by myself. Then I built a 4x4 cradle with wheels to move it around. You can see pictures in the ss section on this site. Good luck with your project Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Jason I pulled the body off my 71 using the engine hoist. I used chains bolted to the seat belt holes put the engine hoist through the window and hoisted it off the frame. I did have the car already jacked up a bit on jack stands which gave me clearance to get the hoist inside the window with out hitting the roof. Took about an hour to set up and I had it off the frame and sitting on 4X4's on cinder blocks within minutes. I did use an engine leveler to connect the chains to the hoist but have seen others just use the chains connected straight to the engine hoist. John That is something I have not thought about. Might be the way to go because I'm starting to have my doubts about how I had planned on doing it, namely the weight on the rafter and the weight on the 4x4. I think this might be my best option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 My thoughts: 1. You are a courageous and ambitious young man. 2. Looks like you have a good helper. 3. Hope the 4x4 doesn't break. 4. Good luck with your project! 1. Thank you. 2. He gets down and dirty and loves this stuff. 3. Yeah, that's been swirling around in my head and I don't want to gamble! 4. Thank you! As long as I see progress, alls good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I have done three body off on different cars. On a Monte we wrap a chain at the base of the fire wall using the cowl body mount openings and a elec wench from Harbor Fright at the front of the car (also can see the body dolly). At the rear we used another chain ran through a piece of pipe welded to bolt which screws into the rear bumper bracket then hooked to a engine hoist. Once the body was in the air under went our home made body dolly. Or in one case we made body stands to work on the a car. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostnFound Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Nicely done Ert and thanks for posting. That should be saved in the tech section me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 Got a question. Looking at the front body bolt, are all of them going to have that square nut plate holding them? If so, use a 1' end wrench to hold it in place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Jason they all have the square nut at the firewall to frame location, why who knows. Here is one thing you can do is weld the square nut in place this will keep the nut in place while breaking it lose. You can change it out to a regular style nut if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 4, 2016 Author Share Posted February 4, 2016 Put a tack weld on em. That's a good idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Got everything loose and just about ready to raise the body. The picture shows how I got one of the bolts off. On the other side however, after countless tries, I finally just cut it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 I've been a little busy. Everything is torn down minus the dash and rearend. Next stop is pressure washing the frame, hitting it with the wire wheel, then the por15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GatorDog72 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Looking good! I wish I had done this with my car when I started. Much easier to get all the rust off with the body removed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stangeba Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Very nice! That is the way to do it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Peters Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Wow, no snow on the ground and yet you can still start to see a snowball starting to roll. rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72-CLASSIC_RIDE Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Wow, no snow on the ground and yet you can still start to see a snowball starting to roll. rob Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 When I installed my body bushings a few years ago. I had the square nut in the left rear break loose. I had to cut into the rear brace to weld the cage back down around the Stupid nut. And those bolts that came with my new bushings kit wouldn't screw back into the body. I reused most of the body bolts as long as if they weren't rusted to the point to where they were rusted thin on the bolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigdaddyT Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I wish I had the guts to do this but I drive my car almost every day and I'm worried I'll never get it finished, as it is I can go anywhere I want even taking a trip to Myrtle Beach next month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason G 53 Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 I read on another post "some progress is still progress!" Waiting for more por15 to come in, thought I'd spray a little silver! I've got the trans cross member, all trailing arms a arms spindle components several other stuff ready for por15. I found a parts car about a 100 miles west. Guys tells me it's a 70 SS that had 36k miles on it, been sitting for years after a wreck. He has a ton of parts I need. However, when we started talking prices, he asked "you seen what these are going for on eBay?" Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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