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Body removal

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Roark
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Body removal

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If I wished to remove the body from the chassis of a coach built Daimler how difficult would it be? Obviously there would be the need to disconnect every cable that could be seen as well as all pipes.
I can imagine that the steering column would have to be removed too. The doors would have to be secured in the closed position before any lifting could take place but are there any other pitfalls/caveats to consider?

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Re: Body removal

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Hi John,
Have a look at the National Museum of Australia blog site for the Royal Tour DE restoration, there is a video of the lifting of the body from the chassis.
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Re: Body removal

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http://nma.gov.au/blogs/daimler/

Blog is not easy to find, here is the link.

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Re: Body removal

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Thank you for your comments gentlemen and the link to the Australian site. However, unless I have not looked carefully enough, they do not mention how they removed the body.

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Re: Body removal

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I spoke to someone at the RR rally last month and asked him how he and his team removed bodies. Apparently it involved scaffold poles and wind down jacks. It has to be done very slowly and when refitting the body that is the more important part. If done slowly and carefully it means that the body/door gaps can be maintained and corrected if necessary.
I asked him how long the process would take and he said, without batting anything, "About twelve hours". Crikey!
I suppose it is necessary to find the fixing points, ensure all bolts are released and then lift it off carefully. It would appear, from the Australian blog, that they use gantries. I have just one so I am in the process of making an adjustable frame with lifting points to enable me to lift anything off anything else. Well, that's part of the idea.

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