1961 Volvo PV544 in Holland

[Army]

To avoid a situation like this =>



I came up with a plan (that this one man band can do on his own)



The shell is so light I've just supported it with chunky soft wood at the A pillar and B pillar. The main contact points are on the sill and the roof gutter on the B pillar and this is the more important support point to get right because that's where most of the weight is...



HD ratchet strap across the width of the vehicle as close as possible to the B pillar ^^^^

Using the engine hoist to clip to the ratchet strap and up up in the sky (in my beautiful balloon) =>



I found that when you get to this angle (what's that 20 degrees or so?) =>



I needed to reposition the body (just by lifting by myself) to reposition the bits of wood on the side



Up until now you can see I had time to make photos and **** about

The next bit was a bit more intense (!)

Still it was easy to just man handle the body into position =>



Now I guess some might be seeing / reading this and thinking I'm likely to damage the body by leaving it like this. All I can say is that I'm sure this isn't going to be a problem (I might drop it righting it back after I've painted the under side of course - but that's another thing!)

Still this has saved loads of dosh buying a proper rotisserie thing so as far as I am concerned all is good (in the deep dark wood).

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Reason why I've done this =>

Under the bitumin undercoat there's a wee bit of surface rust in some places



This needs to be sorted yesterday before it takes hold.