lowering a 383 into A-body
In May me and my buddy installed my 440/auto/TTI's in a 68 from the bottom. We took a piece of short 2x4 and mounted a heavy duty caster 5" centered in the board, then drilled the board and mounted to the bottom of my k-frame using the two outside holes. Also took to tie down straps and secured my wheels/tires to the wheel dollies. We used a cherry picker with a chain connected to the back bolt hole for the front bumper on each side and then removed the k-frame bolts, lifted the body up and rolled the k-frame assembly out. I used second cherry picker to lift the engine/tranny on the the k-frame and tightened up the motor mounts. Next we rolled that package under the car , lined up the tranny crossmember and then lowered it in to place. Connected steering, brakes and lines and good to go.
In May me and my buddy installed my 440/auto/TTI's in a 68 from the bottom. We took a piece of short 2x4 and mounted a heavy duty caster 5" centered in the board, then drilled the board and mounted to the bottom of my k-frame using the two outside holes. Also took to tie down straps and secured my wheels/tires to the wheel dollies. We used a cherry picker with a chain connected to the back bolt hole for the front bumper on each side and then removed the k-frame bolts, lifted the body up and rolled the k-frame assembly out. I used second cherry picker to lift the engine/tranny on the the k-frame and tightened up the motor mounts. Next we rolled that package under the car , lined up the tranny crossmember and then lowered it in to place. Connected steering, brakes and lines and good to go.
