Thank you for this video, I was trying to figure out how to lift my convertible's body off it's frame in off in my small garage. I was going to build an overhead gantry, but your quick jack plan works much better. Since doing this body lift, is there anything you would do differently if you had to do it again?
Not to discourage you, but I dont believe this method would be the best idea for the convertibles. I only say that because the rear section of the body would have no real structural support past the dogleg area once lifted off the frame. You would basically never be able to remove the scissor jack without risking damage. I'm assuming you'd like to roll the frame out at some point. Now if the body is completely stripped? Especially of the convertible components, You may be alright. Otherwise I would set the quick jacks a bit further back then I had them. I've since moved mine (planning on showing that in the next vid) due to gravity centers etc. With the convertible being a bit heavier in the rear, you're gonna be relying on the scissor jack a bit more, its gonna be a little wobbly and felt a bit sketchy at first. I'd probably add an extra 2x4 to pairs that span across under the body for extra support. Not sure if your car has the full interior or not either. Also keep in mind, my car was stripped with no fuel tank. There's really nowhere to "conventionally" lift the rear of these bodies past the frame rail section without some ingenuity. The trunk pan seemed to work fine. I've considered the gantry crane route as well, but am putting in a 2 post in next year. Once it's in the air and on the locks, definitely strap/screw/secure the front section down to the quick jack itself before removing the scissor jack. I keep mine in place unless it's in the way, just to be safe. Hope this was somewhat helpful and good luck.
Thank you for this video, I was trying to figure out how to lift my convertible's body off it's frame in off in my small garage. I was going to build an overhead gantry, but your quick jack plan works much better. Since doing this body lift, is there anything you would do differently if you had to do it again?
Not to discourage you, but I dont believe this method would be the best idea for the convertibles. I only say that because the rear section of the body would have no real structural support past the dogleg area once lifted off the frame. You would basically never be able to remove the scissor jack without risking damage. I'm assuming you'd like to roll the frame out at some point. Now if the body is completely stripped? Especially of the convertible components, You may be alright.
Otherwise I would set the quick jacks a bit further back then I had them. I've since moved mine (planning on showing that in the next vid) due to gravity centers etc. With the convertible being a bit heavier in the rear, you're gonna be relying on the scissor jack a bit more, its gonna be a little wobbly and felt a bit sketchy at first. I'd probably add an extra 2x4 to pairs that span across under the body for extra support. Not sure if your car has the full interior or not either. Also keep in mind, my car was stripped with no fuel tank. There's really nowhere to "conventionally" lift the rear of these bodies past the frame rail section without some ingenuity. The trunk pan seemed to work fine. I've considered the gantry crane route as well, but am putting in a 2 post in next year. Once it's in the air and on the locks, definitely strap/screw/secure the front section down to the quick jack itself before removing the scissor jack. I keep mine in place unless it's in the way, just to be safe.
Hope this was somewhat helpful and good luck.