Re: Body Off Attempt
If you have enough buddies to pick it up & put it on saw horses with some 4X4s to rest on then that can work. If a person has an overhead hoist or a large cherry picker hoist, an H-frame rig can be fabricated to lift it without help from others but it will take some ingenuity to set it up. The sport coupe is only a bit heavier than the roadster when it doesn't have the top on yet. If you take all the doors & gas tank off, it's even lighter.
Some folks build a roll around frame from either lumber or pipe to set the body on for mobility. It just depends on whether you want to go to such trouble or not. The size of you work area has a lot to do with that.
Hopefully, your sheet metal is all still in pretty good shape. Mine had a rusty & broken sub rail on one side that required replacement plus the usual rust at the bottom of the quarters just behind the doors. If it's real rusty then the body should be completely disassembled to repair the cancer. The body can be built back up on the frame after priming all the parts. A person needs welding and riveting equipment & skills for all that.
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