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Thanks everyone. I guess I'm going in the right direction now. The metal prep shop is going to spray the inside and outside of the frame with PPG 50 I think it's 50 maybe it's 90. The whole frame will be covered inside and out. The next step will be to actually paint the frame. I'm...

The frame is at the shop to go into the tank. When it's out of the tank my plan is to have it primed. They'll prime inside and out to make sure no rust starts inside the boxed portion of the frame. I thought I could just get it powder coated when I got it back and I'd be in good shape...

I'd recommend leaving the castle nut loose but still threaded on the joint so it catches the arm when the joint breaks free. Otherwise you can get hurt badly by the spring. Spring compressors with saftey chains are always the right way to go.

Thanks everyone! I found some more information looking through Doc Rebuild's catalogue last night. They're called heat shields. They also show foam inserts in various sections of the frame similar to the descriptions above. The inserts varied based on model year. I'm not too sure how they...

$18K sounds about right to me depending upon what you want to do and the cost in your area. I won't even get into the NCRS vs Custom issues and personal debate. I'd put that into a "religious" discussion. What I can say is I feel strongly both ways :) With respect to starting price on the...

I'm going through my frame off on my '71 and I have two foam pieces, one on each side, on the frame that I'm not sure should be there. I can't find them in any catalogues. They appear to be foam cushions that isolate the body from the frame. Does anyone else have these on their frames? If...

Mac, My wife is NOT going to let me play with you. :) I didn't know you could paint the powder coat. Seeing the frame in the back of your truck just makes it all way too easy. Thank you very much for the follow up. The only problem is the truck is my wifes vehicle and she hates when I use...

Thanks for the feedback Mac. I'm thinking the chemical stripping is going to be a sure thing. Kill all the rust and seal inside the frame. I'm leaning toward a POR-15 on the clean frame with a semi-flat black top coat. I have powder coated trailing arms that already have a few chips in them...

Ok. I got real quotes: Chemical strip: $450 Epoxy Prime Inside: $150 Powder Coat: $300 They say it will take 14 days to strip. Powder coat is a few days. I'm tempted to get it stripped and primed inside and then POR-15 and top coat with semi-flat black at home. I would just finish the job...

Now that I've got the body off I'm in for trouble for sure. I was just going to wire wheel the frame and POR-15 the parts I missed when I had the body on. I ran into a guy today that made the cost for Stripping and Powder Coating the frame sound too good to be true. He told me he paid $150...

Not sure how accurate this site is but it appears that they've done some research. Good luck.. http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/3000/cmspec.html Whiplash

Thanks Mac. It was 40 degrees in the garage but we were all sweating and cursing. I was particularly unhappy with Mr. Nolan Adams as the body dolly (made to spec) was a cumbersome and ill fit. We had to lift the body off the dolly several times before we finally made modifications to the...

Pictures of Lift Day Well guys here are a few pictures of the lift day. I've got bunch more but these came off my wife's camera. She took some mpegs of the actual lift that look great but are over 100 meg. I'm not sure how to post these yet. So the final answer is the engine hoist does...

Don't let him fool you. It's a beautiful original 68. I should have paid closer attention to the thread. I didn't even realize it was you here Roadster. I pulled that black wire last weekend so it's fresh on my mind. I'm pretty sure it's the neutral safety switch.

I think it's the neutral safety switch. Single black wire with push on plug.

Bud, I bought the Nolan Adams Video #3 and Body Lift workbook/checklist. You can buy through NCRS or even Mid America. I'm sure some of our other vendors here may have a copy. Overall I thought the video was a rip off (IMHO). It was MidYear focussed, lacked much in the way of actual...

Mike, Sorry, I logged off before I saw your post. Well the body lift this weekend was sort of a good news/bad news event. Good News: Everything is disconnected and I only had to cut off one bolt. One of the front bumper bolts would not come out because the nut inside the bumper that...

Mike, Thanks for the insight on the flexing due to weight. I've got 5 guys coming over to help during the lift. Well 3 will help, the other 2 will be in the way but they're more curious to see it happen than anything. I'll make sure to have the 3 that know what they're doing support the...

Mike, Wow. That's a very kind offer. I bought an engine hoist from Harbour Freight that extend to almost 10 ft high. It's got a long enough arm to lift the car to the full height without the sides hitting the hydraulic ram. I put larger casters under the dolly with a little extra spacing...

Got the straps from Mid America today. They're 70 inches for one pair and 68 inches for the other pair. I've got 10 ft ceilings and the hoist extends about that high. I think that will give me about 4 ft of lift. It should work. Thanks for the advice.