[Brian Baker]

I raised the body of my '73 using cinderblocks, 4x4 wooden beams, and a floor jack!

I started by raising the front, using a large wooden "plank" with the floor jack, spreading the load over a large area of the front floor pans where they meet the firewall and tranny tunnel. The object was to get the body high enough off the frame to slip a 4x4 beam (8 feet in length) between it and the frame rails. Once this was done, I moved to the back and did the same.

Once the beams were between the body and frame, it's just a matter of jacking each end up a little at a time and placing cinderblocks under the beams (I used large and extremely heavy cap blocks, they're alot stronger than standard cinderblocks). Obviously you'll run out of floor jack, so I just propped it up with more cap blocks.

Keep in mind I did this with the interior gutted from the car (save for the dashboard), but the doors were still on the car. Just take you time, be precise about using the jack, and only jack it up a little at time (6-8" on each end at time).

If you have access to an engine hoist, the process is alot quicker, and probably safer than the floorjack.