Removal of the Olds Front Clip
Posted on – 08-30-2008 06:09 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
Time for the almost movie queen to leave for the bone yard to be recycled.
Posted on – 08-19-2008 07:18 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
Once the front clip was free, I lowered the body back onto the frame and removed the tie downs. Next I will remove the steering column and the remaining length of emergency brake cable. Then the Olds is history! Next major task will be to move the wagon back on the lift, level it out and cut it’s suspension off and graft on the new one. I have located a 2005 Dodge Durango with 33K miles. It is a 2 wheel drive model with a 5. 7 Hemi and a 5-45RFE automatic. It suffered a slight roll over that collapsed the roof on the front passenger side – the rest of the car is 100%.
Posted on – 08-19-2008 07:10 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
I then lowered the frame and supported the front clip with jack stands and a floor jack while I cut the top and outside of the frame.
Posted on – 08-19-2008 07:07 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
With the car raised on the hoist, I used the Sawzall to cut the bottom and inside frame rails.
Posted on – 08-19-2008 07:03 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
I had determined that I wanted to cut the frame behind the front body mounts so that I would have more than enough material to work with when I began to merge the two frames. Unfortunately the body was in the way of cutting the outside of the frame. I removed both the front and center body to frame mounts on each side of the car, and then jacked the front of the body off the frame until I had access to where I needed to make my cuts. Since I would be removing all the weight in front of the hoist arms I secured the frame to the arms using tie down straps.
Posted on – 08-19-2008 06:56 PM 1956 Dodge Sierra
The frame horns had been cut by the movie folks to ensure that the frontend of the car would crumple properly when it was crashed. My Sawzall finished the cuts quickly!
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