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Originally Posted by Rugratman

I helped a buddy a few weeks ago, pull the body off the frame. He stuck a engine hoist thru the door, bolted it to the seatbelt bolt holes, and lifted up, worked like a champ....
We then put blocks under the body and the frame/chassis, rolled it right out.
Even easier with a rag top.

One thing to add here...A ragtop does not have the structural integrity of a hardtop. Easiest way to strengthen it is to build some angle iron "doors" that bolt to your front hinge mounts on the firewall & bolt to the rear pin location in the door jamb. These can be an A-shaped support (3 pieces of angle iron welded in the shape of an A with the two legs bolted to the hinge area). Do not lift the body without adding some type of support here.

Good luck with your GTO. Nice color/options. I am hopefully going to drive mine this spring. It has been a long time since my car has run under it's own power (21 year frame-off). See details here: http://www.akvalley.net/~ss/1966GTO.html