Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
I couldn't bring myself to ever raise a body by the doors / roof. Just a "personal demon" ,

The way 406 Rich did his truck body is pretty cool but for me, I'd build more structure to get as close the "A" & "B" posts, again, just a "personal demon"....
I agree. Someone posted on here a year or so ago that they lifted their car thru the door openings and it buckled the roof! Another guy with a 37 sedan put a beam through the rear side window openings close to the B pillar because it was stronger there. He had no problems. The idea still scares me a little though. That would really suck to bend the roof!

When my dad & I first built this car years ago, we raised the front high enough to slide a 2x4 under the front mounting points and then the same on the rear. The 2x4's extended about 2ft out from each side of the car. we jacked it up one end at a time and placed stacks of concrete blocks under the ends of the 2x4's then rolled the chassis out from under it. Maybe I'll just repeat that process....