DIY 70 Chevelle Body Removal: No Lift, No Problem! Home-Built Gantry in Two-Car Garage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video, we're tackling a big job in a small space! We re-build our gantry crane to remove the body from our '70 Chevelle right in our two-car garage. No fancy lift or tools, just a homemade gantry and some good old-fashioned elbow grease.
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Sound girl really Danielle'd it this time! There is sound on the whole video, but there was an accidental switch to mono instead of stereo! Sorry! So it's better on speakers than headphones!
sorry... no sound at all at my end... oregon,usa
Got my headphones on. It was left side only and then it switched to right only.
I thought my one ear was plugged until it switched sides😂
Same here, mono left side then aboot halfway thru switched to mono right side.
Perfect rustic wedding arch at your new country estate!! 🤣🤣
As a carpenter for 40 years, your carpentry skills are like my welding skills. If it holds and no one dies. It's a fine job
nailed it! 😆
No 40 year carpenter would ever say that.
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@@FlashBangMafia clearly you have never seen how bad I weld
Dan, Daniel my brother... This Chevelle hit the lottery the day you bought it! You sir, are a master at saving these old heaps! .. and Danielle is just a sweetheart dream! Her questions are excellent! I'm loving this series on the Chevelle. Thank you so much. Signed - Your friend, the Cancer guy! 🫣....
Dannie is a huge asset to your channel with her helping you out behind the camera and her hilarious commentary. Nice to see such great comradery out in the garage! Keep on keepin on guys!
Dan, what a hoot! Former general contractor here. Setting up that frame with 2 screws at the base. Lol And at the top, your perpendicular screwing is called toenailing. I imagine the comments will be wild over this one. 🇨🇦
I believe this is the 3rd frame off restoration I've watched you do Dan.All those fancy shops have like 20 employees and only do 6 cars a year.Also Dani has been working hard,let her bring her 57 home before summer is over.
You did a great job of showing you don't need all the expensive stuff to get the job done great content keep up the great work and saving old cars from the scrap yard
Looking forward to you actually pimpin this one out .😊
Dan, This is one of your dream cars you are building for yourself, go the extra mile. You have access to the frame, clean it, and paint it real nice while you are waiting for sheet metal...get crazy and make it nice...A series where you put the nice touches on a car would be different AND it's a car you are keeping so why not?
No one knows wood as good at DD Speed Shop. Not bad at all. Balance good, everything good, Danielsan. Cheers!! 😎
Dan the automobile MacGyver,can't wait to get home and watch.
As it turns out Canadian Tri-Five Jesus is also a carpenter.
Seeing how Dan goes by "hot rod Jesus", I would hope he would be a carpenter.
Isn't that how the story goes ? Jesus was a carpenter ? I'm not religious. I just recall hearing that "story."
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
@@-Mike-69 I’ve heard him referred to by both names and carpenter was kinda the joke
Fantastic Dan love how you are not afraid to tackle anything...what could go wrong...lol...looking forward to many more videos on this build...
Awesome work guys! There was no TH-cam in 1972 when I did a home frame swap on my 62 Pontiac 2 door hard top lol. Hardly even cameras! My tools were lumber and jackall. But I got it all done, driving and painted. Pretty proud 16 year old I was.
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You always do what you got to do by getting the job done. This is true hot rodding making do with what you have. I will say I can’t wait for the day you find a new place with big shop and a lift to make your job easier. You deserve it. Keep up the good work see you on the next one. 👍😎✌️
Some class A sketchy "Garage Hack" stuff right there !! It's like a class on How Not To Do It....Only BETTER. !
Kudos to you for cranking out great content....
i love the "dont wanna do anything too crazy" as you are still jacking it up
Hey aftermarket suppliers...this what an average guy trying to build his dream hot rod looks like. It would be nice to see you supporting /sponsoring him with some good pieces...he sure as heck ain't afraid of work...I would love to see a nice brake package, good suspension pieces sent his way. Just a thought...and no I don't know the guy.
Well, it looks like Mur's choice timbers were liberated again! Hey, it all worked and nobody lost a limb! Keep up the great work!
"Maybe I should get back into woodworking!" ...maybe not! 😂😂
Well I like your videos and I’m camera shy !!! I was glad to hear the 57 fired up and going to a good home!! I wanted it really bad!! Glad to see this 70 is your dream car so you are going to put some heart into it!! I’m going to start my 57 and I want to ride with y’all! Just keep doing a good job. The great’s are all dead!!
Great video Dan. The 70 Chevelle is a bucket list car for me. Matthew McConaugheys black 70 in Dazed and Confused, totally changed my life. Im loving every second of this build 🇺🇸
Dani made me laugh. Not sure if anyone else heard her but I caught her family guy reference. I know exactly what she meant. Love that show. Nice one, hun.
DD Wood Shop, has a nice ring for a second, or third or forth channel!
Ready for sheet metal. Now the hard work begins. As a former 70 chevelle owner I recommend UMI tubular control arms and rear control arms, along with their sway bars. It’ll be a super solid affordable setup
I feel like we're going Old Skool DD Speed Shop in the new garage... And I Love it!!
I took thr body off my 1970 442 completely by myself using 4 floor jacks, blocks of 2x4, 4 hd jackstands and 4 2x14 about 12 foot long each. Started dropping front of the frame while supporting the body with rhe 2x4 until the long boards would slide under the rockers to a jackstand on each side set up wider than the frame on outside of the body. Same procedure for the rear until frame was laying on the ground. A piece of cardboard under the front crossmember where engine mounts go. Cardboard allowed me to drag the frame out from the back. All by myself. New frame all painted pretty and all new floorboards installed, reassembly was exact opposite of how it came apart. Easy peasy.
As a Carpenter you make a good Plumber.
as usual, great build. we all cant wait for this one. THE BEST color choice also. Where is Mur? we miss his pod casts!
Physics for carpentry with Dan!🤣
This is exactly what I need to do with my 70 Chevelle!😊😊😊
Just did this on my 56 bel air. Ended up buying heavy duty saw horses, and used a 4x4 across them. Lifted one end at a time with my engine hoist. Little sketchy on the way up, but it worked. Amazing what can be done with little to no tools and even less space!
Reminds me of back in the day we would build an a frame to pull motors in the backyard
Good times 🎉 that body was held to the frame with hopes and dreams 🎉
My brother is a Master Carpenter, I was laughing so hard while sending him the link, so your plan worked, lol.
When I took a car off the frame all I did was use the engine crane on the front put a 4x4 across on saw horses then move the crane to the back. It honestly took like 15 minutes and I was done.
A floating 70 Chevy.
Fanbelts, doubled around, work great for lifting points. Like your trunk bar. Learned that one about 50 years ago, works great,, keep goin',,, Love, DUBS,,
Hey Dan, You are a genius !!! My favorite part is watching you guys do the metal work on the body. Nice work Danni and Dan !!! Rave - On !!!
This build is gonna be very different, especially if you get fancy with paint and everything. I like the look of the front wheels and tires.
Yep fancy flat black lol
Would someone tell past Dan to disconnect the sterring
You are the Macgyver
of the hot rod world!
If y’all ever come back to Mississippi and Dan wants to help me make memories for two days maybe even one day, that would be great lol.
Reminds me of when my cousin and I jacked my 55 coupe up in a dirt driveway and supported four corners with 2x4s and tree stumps we then took the rear end out as well as the front end out dropped the frame to the ground and pulled it out! We were just kids back then didn't have any fancy lifts but we got her done! Love your enginuitty! 47:15
It's very entertaining, like watching people launching their boats at the boat ramp, knowing something can go very wrong at any moment.
You make it look easy. Keep doing it your way, it works.
DD Speed Shop and Gantries at your service 👍😎
We made a side roll body stand years ago, for a '70 Chevelle. Two 10' sticks of 3" exhaust pipe, bent in the center at 90 degrees, tied together with three 10' sticks of 2" exhaust pipe. Some fabbed up mounts to bolt it and the body together, and shazam! We could at least roll it on it side to clean up the underside, mighty handy to have back when my knees still bent a little.
Your A frame exceeds Mortske's standards of construction quality
So pumped for this build. I agree that full frame cars are much easier to work on in a lot of ways with the strength and rigidity. Unibodies are easier to pull apart but big horsepower and half frames are sketchy. Oh hell, I have one of each!
This brought to mind what my 10 year old nephew and I did with my '68 Baja Bug. We made "A" frames on wheels front and back. Lifted the body off the floor pan and rolled the body around easily wherever we needed to.
You said Danielle likes to read comments: You guys sound like you would be great neighbours. All the best from Lacombe County Alberta. Every time I see a beat up classic car for sale on FB marketplace I think of you guys. Cheers.
"Dani here......DD Speed Shop"...............C'mon Dani! Show the talent "Dan" that you are the go-go juice for the channel!
Once you've finished using the Gantry for the body lift, you should put it out the front of your house for an "Entry Arch " Swing a few wheels or Hub caps off it for some Legit DD Speed Shop Patina just to finish it off. WHAT A PIECE OF ART it would be..😀👍
I gotta say I like your idea of bolting the new floor to the frame and dropping the body down over the top. It sounds like something I would attempt. Gotta get creative when you don’t the fancy tools and what not.
Optimus Prime is a Canadian Hippie that likes to party ! 😮😯🤔😎😅😂❤
Nice, you'll be an expert in all GM car floorplan,s soon!
Built like the hangman game
Lol, that mono audio in the beginning was making me think I had gone deaf in my right ear! 🤣
You have found your calling..making turds ready for the road keep up the good work..who ever buys this car knows what they're getting you have done all the hard work
U allways find a way ! And u dont get hurt ! U have earned all da cool stuff u got. The hard way..u be da can do guy.
Success 🙌 you didn't drop it on its roof 😨 things are coming along nicely Dan. ✌️🇺🇲🇨🇦
Stand the body on the cowl right outside the garage door. Makes putting one piece floors in a breeze
Nice of bad chad yesterday on his show to say ty to dd speed shop for wearing one of his shirts keep up the great builds you do can’t wait to see more on the chevelle
Fred Flintstone would be very proud of you
Dan , Hillbilly ingenuity works !!! IF no bang no boom no blood then it was a success !!! When running a freshly written program (I wrote it) on my CNC Lathe and it successfully made the part That was my motto !!!😅😅😅
Great content Dan and Danni.
Dan, a freind of mine in my younger days had a 70 Chevelle SS 396 4 Spd with the "gold" with black stripes you showed in the video prior too this one , it even had the factory mags(wheels) you mentioned !!! Be cool to see you do this one like that !!! Anyway living memories from the times when all the cars were what you're doing 😅😅😅!!! Thanks !!!
Absolutely Ingenuity at its finest who needs a rotisserie, right ? I am really gonna like this build awesome way to make it happen
Oh Man! Thanks for the idea that works great I thought about it but wasn’t sure a 4x4 would hold up.
Nice one Dan! Can't wait for the rest!
The daily vids are the way to go, inspired I am. Have a great weekend.
oh no , tell us it so!, dan gonna try to get fancy with this one…
Looking good ! Yaaaaaa Nice cheap lift.
That’s some amazing Hackett. Hope it gets the job done without injury.
Did the same thing with a '68 Beaumont... I too survived the "Sketchiness"... "Hillbilly Engineering". 💪💪💪
All the replacement panels we ordered, were listed as Chevelle. The Tail light panel was a bit of a pain, as the tailights are different... (More Hillbilly Engineering) 🤣🤣🤣
Tri Five Jesus is also a Chevelle Guy!! :) Can't wait to see what you do with this one!
Let’s name it!!! “Canuck Chevelle” “SS CANUCK”. 🇨🇦
❤ "SS CANUCK" ❤
Hey Guys
Thanks for another good video.
Take care😊
You throw that sawsall around like you've got a sponsorship from DeWalt 😂
Thanks for sharing this video with us Go Dan
I would both in the transmission crossmember help keep the frame stiffer. You're off to a good start Good start Dan. 👍👍🇨🇦
Impressive, Ingenious, and easy enough for guys like me😊❤
Great job Dan
Love your channel. Keep up the great work on keeping these great classics on the road.😊😊😊
Mono sound Danielle! You really Danielle'd it this time sound girl😂
Nice gallows. Dont leave us hanging for the next Chevelle video!
Dan is the reason there are building codes.
That’s a fancy set-up. I like it
Man this makes me want to get another Chevelle mine was candy read with white strips frame painted black with red floors It was one of my best builds other than the 79 lemans
Awesome job on getting the Chevy Chevelle apart from the frame. Keep up the great work.
Some time if you letter a car. You need to letter it “Catty Whompus”. 🤣🤣
Brilliant, simply brilliant display of sketchy awesomeness. I could not have done it any better myself. ;-)
Very Nice Job Dan and Dani Nice set of penguins
I love your videos i lifted cars the same way 30 yrs ago lol.
You're ambition for hotroding Dan is awesome you make it look so easy keep up the great work Dan 👍👏
When I removed the frame from my 66 Impala and 57 Chevy. All I did was support the body with 4 jack stands under the pinch weld lip on the rockers. I removed the wheels and used a floor jack to lower the rear of the frame. I placed an old skate board under the center section of the rear end. I moved the floor jack to the front cross member and after I lowered it to the ground I used it and the skate board to easily roll the frame out from under the car. I did this completely by myself. I am 71 years old. With the wheels off there is plenty of clearance.
❤❤ I love your videos, awesome content😊
I can work fabulously with metal . . . Wood ? . . Not so much 😕 🙃 😐 😒
Love them Chevelle’s
I am definitely using this idea for sure