[davepl]

I'd like to get some input from folks that have been through a frame-off restoration before. Here's my situation:

I've got the truck stripped down to where the cab is ready to come off. I've selected a body shop. I was going to trailer the truck with the cab and box still attached so that they could remove the cab and body, do the bodywork, and I'd take the frame home and continue restoring the chassis in parallel.

That will work, but they want to do the block sanding and prep on the chassis in order to get everything straight, which I agree with. So I'm concerned that I won't be able to turn the chassis around quick enough, and they're a small shop that doesn't want to store a body while they wait on me.

So, I was thinking that I'd pull the cab and box off. I have room for them as long as I can keep them mobile enough to roll out of the garage needed.

A second chassis would be nice, but its a longhorn so not that easy to find. I was thinking that perhaps just those dollies that movers use would work... a pair under the cab and four under the box, and when I go to trailer the cab and box in I can just use my cab/bed lift to put them on a trailer.

So that's my plan at this point, but would like to hear input from others who have worked out the logistics of this before!

Thanks,
Dave