Getting ready to pull the frame out

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Well we (that’s me, myself, and I again) built a frame to set the body on today. I didn’t use the word dolly because I don’t plan to wheel it around. I might throw some wheels on it later if I think I can’t live without them.

My plan it to jack up the rear, pull the back tires, lower the whole rear section down on the wooden frame. The current Chevy rear end will go down until the hubs touch the ground. The height to where I will locate the wooden frame is currently 27 inches from the ground. Once it is lowered on the wooden frame, it will be at 24 inches.

Now, that was the easy part…
Since I don’t have the height in my garage to jack the body up any higher (or enough anyway), getting the frame out is going to be a process. I have to have the rear tires off so the frame can be wheeled straight out the front. I wouldn’t be able to get it free from the body otherwise. Due to the support arms for the running boards being attached to the frame, it’ll take a process of having the front part of the body on jack stands, move the frame forward, relocate the jack stands, move forward, etc…

When I’m ready to do it, I’ll take pictures so that it’s better to understand what’s in my mind. It’s a poor boy way but, it’ll work. I’ll have to do it when I’ve got my ducks in a row. The frame will be in the driveway until I get the new 4 link suspension (haven’t gotten it yet, that’s another story) put in, the 9 inch rear installed and the frame buffed/painted.
That’s quite a bit of work so; I’m going to be aiming for a 4 day weekend to get it all done.

The other story…
I ordered my 4 link suspension from CPP the first week of the New Year. No problem, it’ll drop ship from the factory. My IFS came in the same way in 6 business days. Since we were at roughly 10 business days on Thursday and no parts, I called CPP to find out the status. I was put on hold so the guy could call TCI. Turns out, it hadn’t shipped yet. TCI was doing inventory on the first week, back logged the second week and hadn’t gotten to mine yet. The guy at CPP was about as happy as I was. Either TCI didn’t inform their distributors well or CPP’s person that received the information didn’t distribute to their personnel well. They were going to try to ship it out Friday or tomorrow (Monday).
We’re still good though. I wasn’t ready to put the suspension in yet.

But we’re almost ready now that I’ve got the frame built!