86 442 frame-off

[gto406]

Looking good Dave, just keep working away at it, you will feel really happy when it is finished and painted up!

[mc84_zz4]

Rotisserie, THAT's the way to do it.

[jackfrost]

Came across this diagram:http://gbodyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=8126
Most of these you've done already, but a few would help further.

oh, I've got all those covered. lots of things in the works for this car.

[jackfrost]

Rotisserie, THAT's the way to do it.

dude, you're not kidding. I wouldn't be able to do half the stuff I am doing to the body without it. and even if I could, it wouldn't be done with the quality it can now.

don't even think about trying it w/o one.

[gstock8732]

hey man, jus ran across this thread and read every single post and picture of the car.. you are doing a friggin awsome job.. im in the same senario as you except minus the rottisarie, i got my car supported the exact same way for like 3/4 a year and have had no iissues, except crawling under there with the creeper to repair the floor.. cant wait to see it finally put back together.. your and mine.. lol.. good luck with it..
btw, check out my car domain page, u wont feel lonely then.. hahahahah

[06RangerSTX]

Looks Great!!!! I cannot wait to see the car done!!!

[Hoghead123]

Damn my 81 is in the same shape yours was....Nice keep up the good work.

[pmgm]

Any updates?

[CruizinKev]

very nice job on the frame! keep it up

[jackfrost]

umm... whoops. I thought I posted an update later then September.

anyway, the frame is done. it's in 2 coats of epoxy and I built some brackets out of 2x4's to hold it upright and out of the way. here it is about to be painted:


and then I just started working on patching rust. here's the passenger side inner rocker:


and the passenger side footwell:



I actually got the footwell done, but don't seem to have any pictures of it.

that's the progress as of Christmas break. since then I haven't really had time to work on it, been busy working extra and remodeling the house. and it's frickin' cold out there!

also have to pay for gutters, soffit and windows sometime this year... :bsjerk: so who knows when it'll get more love... I guess in the meantime I'm "collecting ideas"

[Motown 454]

Nice progress we need some pictures of the frame painted.

[CruizinKev]

very nice!

[PT_79_TA_461]

it was 60* here yesterday, so I got to play lots.
frame and body are completely separated!









i know all this wasn't in the plan, but I'm glad I went this far. all the body bushings were toast: 1 fell out without seeing a ratchet, 3 or 4 of them were rusting through the frame, and will require repair. today I discovered my brake line to the rear (the only one that hasn't been replaced) was paper thin. i can't believe it wasn't leaking.

and, there is more rust damage than I thought to the body. so it will be good to get in there and clean it up, and prevent any more cancer. i need to start practicing butt welds.

dude, i love the Javelin, my friend is in a full restomod of his 74, swaping in an 06 SRT-10 viper chassis and running gear....all what you will see is Javelin, what you wont see is Viper....gonna be sick....i should post some pics of it here....

[Milwaukee tool guy]

1St. off great job you have a nice thread going keep it up......2Nd. I to am going to do a frame off job on my El camino when you boxed the frame. How are you going to install the bottom part of the body bushing...And 3rd when you had the body up on blocks did it set there ok...Because when I do mine I need to be able to roll my frame out from under the car evey time. because I don't have any room...Thanks

[jackfrost]

Nice progress we need some pictures of the frame painted.

you asked for it - this is all I can get at the moment

[jackfrost]

dude, i love the Javelin, my friend is in a full restomod of his 74, swaping in an 06 SRT-10 viper chassis and running gear....all what you will see is Javelin, what you wont see is Viper....gonna be sick....i should post some pics of it here....

hell yeah! get him to start a thread here, i would LOVE to see that.

[jackfrost]

1St. off great job you have a nice thread going keep it up......2Nd. I to am going to do a frame off job on my El camino when you boxed the frame. How are you going to install the bottom part of the body bushing...And 3rd when you had the body up on blocks did it set there ok...Because when I do mine I need to be able to roll my frame out from under the car evey time. because I don't have any room...Thanks

welcome to the forum.

I'm going to use a 2-1/2" hole saw to cut a hole to get the bushing in.

when I had the body up on the blocks high enough to roll the frame out, it was a little wobbly. after I got the frame out I lowered it down quite a bit. I wouldn't liked to have left it there for very long. but it was also complete with interior & glass. maybe if it's just a shell...

[jackfrost]

just a small update - I've been trying to find a couple hours here and there to work on the car, but I've been doing a lot of freelancing, so that kills most of the free time.

but I started working on the driver's side floor. in case you didn't notice before, there's a huge gaping hole where my dad and I did a quickie patch job a long time ago. I bought a front and rear floor section off of a guy on oldspower.com to replace it.

from inside:


from underneath:


removed the seat mount:


here's the replacement pan after I started trimming it down:


mostly I've just been trimming a little at a time from both pieces. you can see from the last pic on the bottom edge (which is actually the left side) it is made up of several pieces layered together and spot-welded in. these layers are duplicated on the car, so right now I'm trying to figure out the best way to combine them. oh, and some of the pieces on the new pan are not the same shape that's on the car. sort of like welding two halves of two different onions together.

[montessaj]

Nice update Dave, keep at it man.

[topher455]

Cool build. I have always loved the Cuttys. My neighbor had one and it was the first G body I ever wrenched on. Curious why you used a 403 instead of a 455. I really wish I had notched my frame while the car was apart. I guess I'll have to do it the hard way now.