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| RE: would this Work |
| By D. Bellis - 07/01/2002 12:01:23 AM; IP 152.163.207.69 |
Be sure to check the front body mount just in front of the firewall. On the convertibles, this mount is on the inside of the frame, and on all other body styles they are directly on the frame rail. What a buddy of mine did when he transplanted a hardtop frame under his ragtop was to use a grinder on his convertible's forward mount, and grind the welds that held them to the frame. He then unbolted all the other mounts, leaving the forward ones bolted to the ragtop's body. He used two chain hoists to raise the body, then roll out the old, and roll in the new. After he bolted the mounts to the transplanted frame, he then mig welded the convertibles frount mounts to it. (A little at a time so he would not burn up the rubbers) It's not hard, just nerve racking. We did remove a LOT of parts though. We also used the new rolling chassis to push out the dead one so that if it did happen to fall, it wouldn't fall far. All this was done on a '67, but I belive the frames will interchange from '65-'68. This is a really common problem with the '65-'68 models, but if you can find a good frame, it can be changed out.
HTH
Dex. |
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