Easiest Engine Pull Ever! Sonett Project Part 20

[@gafrers]

Great work once again

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

Thanks again!

[@danielalexander8229]

couple of tips since I just did this all and have mine in a bare tub now at the sand blaster. You can buy 5" caster wheels with threaded studs and mount them right through the holes in front engine bay where the motor mounts go and then plop the rear of the tub on a single moving dolly that way you move the tub around after you strip the rest off. as for flipping it over I bought 3 50 gallon plastic drums and 2-4 friends can lift up the whole tub and flip it over onto the barrels. (fill the barrels with water they will be plenty strong and heavy enough to hold it) the whole tub stripped only weighs around 350-450lbs. Good luck

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

That's a great idea, I hadn't thought of that. I'll look Into getting some casters. I do have to admit I am a little further along than the videos would indicate. I've had the chassis stripped for a few months now. Only things left in it are the pedals and handbrake, the pins are very stuck. But I'm sure I'll get them out soon. At the moment I have it high centered on the steel cart my lathe came on. But sometimes it falls off. I haven't weighed mine, but 400 pounds sounds high, my brother and I can carry it around pretty easily. I'll look into that. I'm planing to hot tank the engine and have the tub sandblasted in the next month. I think I'll build a rotisserie though, I was planning on mounting it using the bars for the bumpers, does that seem like a good idea?

[@danielalexander8229]

@@Ludicrous_Speedway That will work too, just brace it well as the metal on these as you know is super thin. I've even seen people make a rotisserie for them out of two engine stands at each end and just make a bracket off the engine stand spider.

[@patcarbone1753]

Excellent job

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

Thank you!

[@watermelon2.]

Just wanna say, your litteraly my guide for this car. Got one with rebuild engine/transmission and 27,000 on the odometer. It's bright green and is in terrific condition with it being a ca car. You do awsome work! But damn the bodies like to warp...

[@Ludicrous_Speedway]

Thank you! Comments like this make my day! I really hope that someday I'll be that "Sonett guy." Yeah my body has been sitting in the sun for the past 6 months, so I imagine it will be warped beyond measure or so pliable it fits on anything.