Taking the body off is fairly straight forward...12 bolts...hardest
part may be releasing the wiring harness from the frame in the engine
compartment...assuming you don't want to cut the harness anywhere.
Remember (I didn't) to take the inner (tunnel side) seat belt bolts
out and disconnect the hand brake cable from the frame...also the fuel
and brake lines have to be disconnected.
The removed tub can be carried by two people (assuming the seats,
spare tyre, empty beer cans, etc have been removed first) and is stiff
enough (assuming the floor pans and rockers are sound) without the
frame to be stored on jack stands.
Have fun...
PMCQ
73 TR-6
72 GT-6
69 GT-6+ (2)
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Author: "Charles W. Gall" <cwgall@aloha.net> at smtpgate
Date: 9/29/96 4:11 PM
Aloha:
I am new to the group and live in hawaii. I have two 1969 GT6s, one that I
have owned since 1978 when I lived in CA, it has a good frame and
mechanicals but the body has been ravished by the salt air while it sat for
a couple of years waiting for a home addition to be completed (no time -
less money). The additon is now done and I recently purchased a second GT6
out of hemmings from the LA area (from pictures only). It has a solid
body/decent interior but the mechanicals are not quite as great as they
sounded in the add.
Anyway, I want to take the good body off of the one and put in on
the other chasis. Anyone taken the body off of a GT6?, if so any tips would
be greatly appreciated. Is there any requirement to place the body on a jig,
how heavy is it, and what is required for removal are the general questions
that come to mind.
Charles Gall
Kailua
69 GT6
cwgall@aloha.net
Robert Lynch
co 97
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