Tonight was a GOOD night! I have been trying to get some help mating the body of my car to the pan, and have been very unsuccessful. Having 3 brother-in-laws with 1/2 hour of me sounds like it might make it easy, but with kids, soccer games, and hockey practices, trying to find a time when all three of them could get here was seeming to be impossible. So tonight I took four starps and ran them inside the car. The first two were hooked into the heater openings in the front of the frame, while the second two were attached to the rear mounting points of the frame. I strung two more straps from a rafter truss above the garage door and hooked up a one ton chain hoist that I have. The plan was to see if I could lift the car up a little and have two brother-in-laws stabilize it while I lowered it onto the pan. Well after several strap adjustments I was able to pretty much balance the body in the air with just a central lifting pointinside the car. Once I started it seemed so balanced I grabbed my 9 year old son who pulled the body dolly out and rolled the pan under the car. Slowly I lowered the body right down onto the chassis! Fits like a glove! I had forgotten how low these cars are. It appears that the overall ride height is right where is should be, or maybe even a little low in the front, but I have some avis adjusters up there that are set all the way down so I can crank them up. Time to start hooking things up and getting this car on the road. I have downloaded a few extra pictures in my file showing the car when I cut it up, with the new fender on, and the body and parts on their own paint carts. I also threw in a couple of other cars I have worked on in the past. Should have some new pictures of a more finished car very soon. Thanks to all for letting me spout! I am just so psyched right now!
