Home Garage Body Swap! - No Lift, No Rotisserie, No Brain, NO PROBLEM! 1955 Chevy Nomad
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- IT'S TIME!
After all the metal work, welding and grinding it's finally time to body swap the 1955 Chevy Nomad onto its completely rebuilt chassis.
In the summer I did a body swap on my 1957 Chevy Convertible and it did NOT go well. This time around I took my time and built a proper fixture to life the body evenly.
The meat and potatoes of the swap was an A frame gantry style crane. I built it in place out of 4x4 fence posts and 2x4's for added stability. With the fixture built I simply hung a 1 ton chain hoist from the center so I could lift the front of the car.
Around back was a little less fancy. I used the engine crane and simple ran a strap through the window openings and pumped it up.
It was a little unnerving having 3 weeks of solid hard work hanging 4 feet in the air from a couple of chains. Overall it worked out great and was pretty darn safe.
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Definitely not the most aesthetically pleasing thing I’ve ever seen but definitely much safer than the last body swap. Thanks for not being squashed like a bug in front of your Mom. I don’t see you putting Norm Abram out of a job anytime soon.
Hopefully you’ll be back in time to put a real paint job on it before he decides it just needs a Black Widowish paint job.
People have been yanking bodies and engines for over 100 years with wood. Of course... Some of that wood is now 100 years old...
Mur, it was dark, but I got a pretty good look at the guy who took your wood!
Remember don't put anything on the internet that can incriminate you.
That gantry was a "Dan Special" Looked like junk but worked a treat. ;D ha ha
That's what I call getting it DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMM NICE WORK
That's what I call a positive body image
the DIY 'marriage'...body to chassis...awesome guys, well done!!
Dani ,, impressive. Now we know the brains behind the operation.
Awesome!!!!!
Dani is a card...A real Joker. A little added comic relief/drama and sarcasm with her killer Bobcat driving skills. A stellar performance!... The Queen of Tri-5's.
Dani did an excellent job swapping out the chassis, glad she could show Dan how to do it the easy way. Great video, glad no Murr's were harmed in the making of this video. thanks for sharing
You two are impressive. You adapt and overcome the limitations of a small garage. Thank you for the inspiration !!
Dan, Your living your dream!
Can't wait to see the wagon finished
awesome engineering
Well Dan & Dani. That went smoothly 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Dani is regularly Heavy equipment operator. She needs a raise 💲💲💲 we all learned again 👍🏻👍👍👍👍😎
Thanks for the help !!! Murr, he is so cool , and Dani, what a body swap !!! hope Dan enjoyed laying on the couch, lol
Believe Jerry Brewer from Tilton Illinois owned this car in 1982 or around that time ,he actually put the lace on the side
I bet you're neighbors just love you two 👍😎
You are building one of my all time favorite rides! So happy to see you building a Nomad!
That's how they did it in the old days. Dani is sure handy with that bobcat.
Such a pleasure to see man/wife work together.
It looks so good outside.👍👍👍
You should be pretty bloody proud of yourself Dan, rust to riches in 2 weeks. Absolute gun effort!👍🇦🇺🇨🇦
Outstanding AF!!!!
Dan you've got a great talented woman there nice job Danni❤️
Work of art for sure
Nice work. Probably one of the best back from the dead ever.
You will remember these times forever!
Your staying on top of this job. Even with adverse weather. Thank you for sharing!
What a difference,New frame,quarters,floor and arches.Brill 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Like a glove!!! Great video 👍🏻
D & D, wow!! The Nomad has come a long ways...you've taken a huge piece of junk & made a worthy car out of it.... good job man!!! Be safe, God Bless!!!
One thing you have that I don't is the floor mounted winch. That's a nice, handy piece.
You’ve redeemed yourself bigly Dan! I’m no longer angry about your cutting up of one sedan delivery!
Dannie the bobcat queen
For the win! Nicely done
And they always wondered how the Egyptians moved the stone for the pyramids. Necessity is the mother of invention. Great team work. Great video.
That A-frame is how the Egyptians built the pyramids, they could only wish for a chain fall 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That is the way to do it. Way to go Dan and Dani.
Danni….”You Da Woman”…… 👍 👍 👍 Let’s face it, Dan would be lost without you!!!!! 🥰 🤩 😇
Genius and assistant at work. Fantastic job!! Big Al.
Wow, way better than last time. The Nomad is beginning to look like a car, again. Great work.
It's so Easy... Even a Caveman can do it. Hey hey... Looking Good. Thanks for Sharing
Thanks Mur love you 👍
BEST CHANNEL EVER GET IT DUN IT'S GOING TO SO COOL 😁😁😁😁💟
Wow that's great how your wife did all the work while you was being camera man. Awesome.
Love the opening and also love that you read the comments and respond
I like this method better than the last time! You're getting it done!
I was gonna wrench on my car....then I heard the notification that Dan had dropped a new video ! Watched that instead ! Thanks Dan
👍 couldn’t been done with your Expert Supervision, Danni !😂😂
You have it figured out Dan, a body swap is no problem for you now, great job man
As 1,000 viewers, holding their breath, watched every second of this procedure with rapt attention.
Nice job Dani (and Dan)
There’s always a way! Looking good! “Stay tuned “
well done DD
That was much better than the ragtop swap. Looking good.
Slick job on the hoist good job
Of my long hot rod life experience the perfect woman to do it with has eluded me ❤❤❤
Nailed it !!
Great video Dan and dani
When the video started I was like, heck ya Dani you got this!
You guys are awesome and I hope that you keep the nomad cause you are a true trifive Guy I was too
That in garage winch is the nutts , great A-frame .
The FrankenNomad is coming along. Very innovative solution for a lift. Well done.
Great Work!
Don’t come a knocking when the Nomad is Rocking….😎
Looking good!
Nice intro.. dani has it down...
Nice job sofar, looking good.
Great job!!!
Amazing job !!! Good Vid n Dani should operate Cranes an Snow Plows 🖒🖒🖒
Glad everything is going smoothly 👍
all new metal, no filler makes it a NOMUD...and it's lookin' good nice teamwork too..
Awesome job!
You do good work Dan !. Nomad lookin sweet
You 2 are rockin' it !!!
Love your get it done attitude !!!
100% improvement over last time! Safety should always come first. I think Dan and Dani had a low stress day with this method. (Except for the midnight heist at Mur's place...I was shocked the neighbors didn't call the RCMP!)
Gettin her done 🤙
Lookin good so far!!!
Alot better than last time. Good job Dani.
Improvise and overcome that is the American way. Even in far North America. Glad that all three of us are Americans. For your hard work and being wonderful People We give you honorary Citizenship in The United States of America. May you be blessed
CONGRATS -- UV GOT THAT DISTINCTIVE CLASSIC BEAUTY NOMAD LOOK GOING NOW!!
Great vid!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍
Great look abought time
Last episode you said "cold garage floor". Buddy of mine used a mobile home furnace to heat his garage. The heat blows out the bottom. He got a used one for free and changed the jets to run natural gas. (was propane) Set it on some bricks in the corner. Warmest garage I have ever worked in. A guy could find one with the A/C too. Thank you both for doing these videos. I look forward to every episode.
Nice job on the chassis swap Dan, Nomad looks great sitting outside with the fenders on it. I think Danny is a Diva and she sure is good with that Bobcat.. Keep up the good work.
Much Safer than the convertible! Nicely done. Calm and steady. You've got the gantry now!
Good job, sure made it look as easy as possible. Looks much more like a whole car now.
My adage. KIS. Keep it Simple. You have a good hand on it. Love the Nomad.
Great Video!
Necessity is the Mother of invention , ( Safety is no Accident )
What a great team Yous 2 are😁
You made it look safe and sound.
You could pull engines with your winch by putting a pulley atop your frame you made that look easy
Nice job bobcat DANNY !!💖💖💖
Back 40 years ago before engine hoists and gantry cranes were common ... we'd put 4x4 posts in the garage rafters to attach our chain hoists to and would pull our engines that way. A long 4x4 post would distribute the weight. I'd still weld some hooks on the bucket of that Bobcat ... it will make hooking up a lot easier.
The prices at Mur Lumber can't be beat. The Nomad is gonna be a driver soon. Awesome job saving another one Dans. Easy on Peg's banner Dan.😁
You motivated me to do some work on my 1965 mustang today. Keep on teaching and aspiring other gearheads to get done themselves.
Woop woop back at it dd shop 😊✌😋
Good Job Dani. The right way to swap bodies. Murr wont mind if you replace that wood and the fact that you were safer. Sometimes a plan comes together.
Daniel you definitely have a ton of Bobcat bravado. Dan shes a keeper.
LMBO!! 😂🤣😂🤣 That was epic Danny!