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RE: Spit body lifting

To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Spit body lifting
From: "M D \"Doc\" Nugent" <docnugent@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:13:45 -0800 (PST)
Since I won't be lifting by hand (the hoist's rated at
2 tons), I might as well leave the doors on.  In
addition to resisting the taco effect, they won't have
to be realigned that way.

MDN


--- Dan Canaan <flinters@roomies.furry.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> When I lived the couple of Spit bodies I've been
> messing with, I lifted
> from the inside of the A pillars and at the floor /
> rear arch where the
> fule tank mounts.  There's enough interior
> attachments to the inner wings
> to do it securely.
> 
> I used adjustable straps for the lifting harness so
> I could adjust the
> length of each of the four lifting points.   Was it
> wise?  Don't know, but
> it worked.
> 
> IMPORTANT!  Make sure you brace those open doorways
> with a channel bolted
> across the top so you don't fold your body tub in
> half while lifting!
> Either that or keep the doors in place.
> 
> -Vegaman Dan
> -68 Mk III "Giles"
> 
> 


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