[68GTOSCA]

I have lifted several bodies from frames and usually it just
myself and I. I place a 4 x6 timber beneath the auto below the access holes behind the backseats. I then hook a tag line to both the front of the boby and rear of the body attached to two points in the garage ceiling. I just lift the boy througth the window with the cherry picker hoist. I raise the body about 4 to 4 inches and then adjust the tag line. The purpose of the tag line is to just balence the load. Once, the body is approximately 2 foot above the frame - pull the frame out from under the body. I then low the body on to some saw horses.

[Birdguy]

After removing the frame from under the body of my Firebird I needed to be able to get it onto a trailer so it could be taken to the sandblaster. My ACME anti-gravity ray was out of order, so I reinforced the ceiling rafters with additional 2x10's and then added 4x4 posts to the midsections so they could support the additional weight.

Using cable, chains, and a ratchet hoist I got the whole thing suspended in mid-air so the trailer could easily be guided underneath. Being a convertible I was very careful about locating the lift points. You can see the front lift points, and the rear points were where the rear seat belts bolt to the floor pan. The balance was excellent and the risk to flexing the body was nil.