Charles Johns
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I am ready to fab transmission mounts but obviously the tranny must be installed, so I need to jack the Alpine up high enough to allow me to work. Because the factory jacking points are at the extreme front/rear I assume putting jacks under the front/rear frame horns near the outer ends is okay. Any problems? I'll install both doors to help keep the openings in shape but don't see a need to weld/bolt bracing front-to-rear. Any problem? The Sunbeam box (area between front/rear frame horns) looks strong but the doors probably help when suspended on jack-stands. I could bolt/weld 1 x 1 box tubing in the door openings and leave the doors off. Anyone done this? I am about to get serious on fabrication of body with floor pan, trans hump, trans mount, firewall, brake pedal, accelerator, shifter, etc. Any problems to look for. My 65 Mustang is a unibody but the only one I have worked on, so asking now is much better than asking AFTER I have a problem. I may have told you about my buddy Barry and his 40 Studebaker coupe called "The Elongated Hole" race car. They modified the frame so much nothing lined up when the body went back on...thus the strange name. At the track the announcer refused to mention the name...thinking it must be obscene. Sometimes we read more into a name than is actually there.