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Friday, September 14, 2012



So, I showed up at Pennsylvania Metal Works in Monaca, PA to give Jerry a hand moving my car into the paint stripper.  I brought Brian to help in case we had something heavy to move.  When we got there, my 40 Chevy was once again sitting in a field.  While this is not what I want to see, I understand that a little rain is not going to hurt it now.

First think we had to do was clear a way through the shop for the fork lift. Not much to move. He has a 1965 Mustang Fastback there that JUST cleared the forklift. (Don't worry, the Mustang is WORSE than the 40 Chevy)

Next we had to put the 40 on the forklift. Jerry has 2 LONG forks he slides on the lift for lifting bodies. They work pretty well, if you have a floor to lift. 

 Body is on the forklift headed back into the shop.

 Jerry is driving, have to go slow as there isn't much floor left to support the body.

 I brought Brian to help. We now needed the crane to get the body off the forklift.




Nice trunk floor.



 Jerry had to drill some holes in the body to let the air out of pockets. I REALLY hated to see this happen.

 
 We then placed the body into a rack. Now the whole mess can be dropped into the paint stripper.
 We needed to lift it about 20 feet up to clear everything in the shop as we head to the stripper.

 All you can see is the center of the roof. The rest of the body in IN the tank. It is actually floating right now.
 Brian watching it float. We are waiting for the air to get out of the ONE 1/4 hole that was drilled.

It was slow, but it finally sank under the solution. It may come out in a week or so. Lots of paint needs to be softened before it can be washed.

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