Back on the Chassis!

And so, in just a few short days, as I was on a well-earned vacation, the body finally made it back onto the chassis.  It gets bolted down with shims pretty much matching the shims that were there when we dismantled the car.  Then Dan measures clearances on all the panels and doors where they meet,  He then removes or adds shims to adjust the body and get everything in alignment.  In fact, this is probably way more attention to detail than was originally done at the factory.

Back on the Chassis (For Now)

And now, as we begin March, the body is coming back together!  The individual sections are now mounted on the "sills" (the full-length laminated ash beams that mount on the frame and support the body).  The next step will be to mount the sills on the frame and shim the sills to ensure that the body alignment is correct -- door gaps, etc.  Then we remove the body to finish restoring and painting the chassis.

And so, in just a few short days, as I was on a well-earned vacation, the body finally made it back onto the chassis.  It gets bolted down with shims pretty much matching the shims that were there when we dismantled the car.  Then Dan measures clearances on all the panels and doors where they meet,  He then removes or adds shims to adjust the body and get everything in alignment.  In fact, this is probably way more attention to detail than was originally done at the factory.