I have removed the body from my 56, and recommend the following: Make a cross brace using flat metal welded to square tubing to brace the body from the front brace mounts in the center of the body below the firewall area, to the soft top mounting plates. I use a come-along with nylon straps and use eye hooks at 6 body mounting locations. You can balance the body and raise it up easily. Roll the chassis out from under the body, with enough height, you can leave the drive train in the chassis. I built a rolling body dolly out of angle iron and square tubing. Make a bed frame with the square tubing uprights with threaded rod to catch about 8 to 10 body mountings. You can raise and lower the body, and roll it around the shop. The painted body can be installed on the completed chassis in the same fahion. Do all structural body work before removing the body, and dont forget to log your shims and put them back the same way.
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