Then I went to set the body on the frame to see how everything I had been planning was going to match up. That's when I had my first "Oh Shit!" moment. The firewall fit perfectly and I couldn't have gotten the distributor any closer if I wanted to. However the rear of the body wouldn't go down the last 2"... As you can see in the last two pictures below, the body is resting on my rear top shock crossmember that I had made. I put it inside the frame, not knowing or thinking that the body would drop down right there.
So after checking everything out I had two options, take the cross member out or cut the body. I went with option 2. The Crossmember and top of the shocks will be under the rear seat, I guess they don't call it a rumble seat for nothing!
After making those cuts the body fell right down. So I went to Lowes today and got a piece of sheet metal to make a cover that can be removed in case I need to replace those shocks in the future. Cut the piece of steel and bent a small piece that is shaped the same angle as the edges in the middle for a support so it will hold it at that shape and give it some rigidity (even though the seat won't actually be sitting on it), just over it.
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