Not a A-body,,,but an extremely rare mopar (* forest find !!!)

nm9stheham said
At a minimum......Get some chains or cable, 2 per car, about 4-5m long and jack the cars up carefully, and used the chains/cables and come-alongs to connect the lower front area to the lower rear area. The floors and subframe area completely rusted through and the floors have collapsed; that is obvious from the way the cars are sitting. If you just pull on either end, you're likely going to mess up the roofs and tear them apart at the A-pillars, and perhaps bust the glass.

If it were me, I'd jack them up in place, it enough was left, remove the interiors, and take along some steel tubing, a generator, and a MIG welder, and tie whats left of the front and rear together before trying to move them. I'll bet the floors and rockers are almost totally gone.

If welding is a problem he might be able to bolt some flat stock between a couple of solid points. Even something link some 2" x 3/16" flat stock would do wonders to keep things together underneath if there's a couple of solid chunks of rocker or frame extensions at each end. Or just some 1" square tube with some landing plates bolted in as door reinforcements. Only problem with any of it being the availability of solid metal to connect to. The door bars would probably work best, but, only if the door jambs are still connected to anything.

For the OP, if you want some jamb to jamb measurements on the doors I could measure my '71 Satellite. Should be the same, that way you could pre-fab some door bars before the extraction and just bolt them in.

MOPAR4Me said
Can't wait to see lots of pics of the extraction from the earth, and your build thread chronicling the path from current state, to the path back to full glory by your proven skills reflected on the Cuda.

I more recently started a greater appreciation for these later body styles, and have been looking at these currently listed, sometimes at very reasonable prices.

http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/cto/5220010363.html

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/cto/5202137837.html

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/5240533109.html

The first two aren't awful for pricing, but that '72 Satellite is more than 2x what I paid for my '71 SSP in similar condition, ie, running, drivable, with some minor rust and paint issues. Mine is also pretty highly optioned as an SSP, with a 383/727, power windows, power steering, power brakes, rear defrost, buckets with a buddy seat, disks, etc. Assuming the '72 is a Satellite and not actually a RR or GTX, but since he listed ALL of the models I'm assuming what he's actually got is just a Satellite.

My '71 SSP