Lifting the body off the chassis

Obviously, a thorough eveluation of what has been acquired is only possible after lifting the body off the chassis, and removing the paint.

To lift the body, I removed the engine, gearboxtunnel, spare wheel tray and the ventilation boxes on both sides.
This allowed me to pass a steel tube through the car and attache the lower bulkhead supports to the steel beam as is shown in the photo below. Two ratchet straps on both sides of the car then allowed lifting the body off the chassis. This worked very well.