TBird - BBF = With a Little Help From My SAWZALL

[LakesOnly]

Up until yesterday, every motor that was pulled out of one of my vehicles was eventually going to go back into it. And so you had to be careful: bag and tag all the bolts, careful not to smash the windshield when hoisting the engine, etc.
Not the case with this '69 T-Bird. I picked it up specifically for harvesting the motor and trans (a 429 Thunderjet with C9VE heads, C9VE block and C6 trans).
So I just cut up the beater-bodied car and yanked out the drivetrain in one big piece. Took just a couple of hours from beginning to end!
Car started out complete and fully operational:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/350DisAssy_1-med.jpg
Then I just removed the grill, radiator and a/c core and whipped out the ol' SawzAll and cut the core support away.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/350DisAssy2-med.jpg
Hoses, wiring and other connections to the powerplant were basically cut with a razor knife or dykes, and then the motor mounts, tranny mounts and driveshaft were unbolted and the whole damn drivetrain came out in one piece:
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/350DisAssy_3.jpg
Oilah! Powerplant is in the garage and the body goes to the crusher (note sawed-up exhaust under the car).
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/350DisAssy_4.jpg
Without the trusty SawZall, the whole operation would have probably taken double the amount of time, maybe more. And lowering the C6 onto my chest probably would have crushed me.
Thanks SawZall!
LO
[ September 08, 2003, 09:27 AM: Message edited by: LakesOnly ]

[Blown 472]

You going to do the same when you put it in the stang??

[rrrr]

OH SHIT! I've been trying to find a '69 TBird roller for two years...You cut it up??? OMG,OMG....I would have given you $2K for the car without the drivetrain. :mad: :mad:
(heheh, just kidding :p )

[LakesOnly]

rrrr:
OH SHIT! I've been trying to find a '69 TBird roller for two years...You cut it up??? OMG,OMG....I would have given you $2K for the car without the drivetrain. :mad: :mad:
(heheh, just kidding :p ) What, this piece of shit???
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/35069_TBird-med.jpg
And that is its good side!
Actual color was an array of rust, bondo and primer gray.
LO

[HOSS]

Wanna know whats faster than that damn sawzall.
A torch. Done that twice.

[rrrr]

LMAO, LO. It were a beauty, for sure.... :D :D :D

[Danhercules]

NICE!!!!!!!!!! By the way its not a SawZall, but a SolvesAll. Solves all problems!!!!!
Are those my heads? :D :rolleyes:

[LakesOnly]

HOSS:
Wanna know whats faster than that damn sawzall?
A torch. Done that twice. Yeah, a friend of mine that worked in a wrecking yard told me that he used to tip cars on their side with a forklift and then take a cutting torch to the motor and tranny mounts and let the motor just fall out!
Lo

[77charger]

man you even drag the driveshaft out of the car.LOL.
I have taken a few engines at the wrecking yard and i think the bigger the hammer the better.(somethings barely have room you make more)

[LakesOnly]

77charger:
man you even drag the driveshaft out of the car.LOL.Yep, didn't even drain engine or tranny oil. So the driveshaft had to stay in the tranny's tail shaft as a "plug."
Of couse, the driveshaft has since been cut (just aft of the u-joints) by the SawzAll! :D
LO
[ September 08, 2003, 09:11 PM: Message edited by: LakesOnly ]

[rrrr]

I know why this deal went down.....
Didja notice the shiny new fuel pump? LO saved $12.59 by finding this particular donormobile. :D

[Moneypitt]

A card carrying member of the Meat Cutters Union,(butcher) for sure!!!!!!!

[LakesOnly]

You guys are killin' me... :rolleyes:
LO
[ September 09, 2003, 11:28 AM: Message edited by: LakesOnly ]

[Wet Dream]

Whats next...pull the wheel chocks and let it take out the neighbors Nissan? :D