After getting the firewall painted last weekend, I was looking forward to getting the body back on the frame and making it look like a car again. I had the problem of the wheels not fitting under the body to sort as well. I got around that by swapping the wheels front to back, looks odd but it should fit according to my measurements. I needed to get the body up in the air high enough to get the frame under the body, and then back down again. I had planned to get a few people round to help lift it, but after thinking about it for a while, reckoned I could do it on my own.

I put wood under the axle stands and used a set of shelves under the jack to get it higher. Once I got it as high as I could, I put some paving slabs under the stands but still needed more height. I ended up with the jack on wood, and a stand at full height and a piece of box section to get it high enough to get a shelf under each side. I pushed the frame out, then lined it up ready to go under before taking the rear wheels off to get it between the shelves and sliding it under on the jack. Once in position, I used two strops to lift the back of the car up, then lower it down slowly while holding it steady. It came down within about a quarter of an inch of where it should be. I put the engine carne through the door frame and lifted the body off the shelves, then down onto the frame. I spent the rest of the day lining it all up and fitting the body mount bolts, while grinning like a fool. A few hours of tidying up and sweeping out months of dust and I called it a day, tired but happy. Space to work on the Camaro when it arrives, and room to finish the 55.