[jmcarson3]

Everyone, thanks for all of the ideas! I think the LS body with the doors, windshield and cowl bar will also be around 300 lbs. I'm thinking that as a first test of a lift that I could just put a 2X4 between the top of the rear firewall and the top of the dash to give some extra longitudinal strength. I seem to recall someone posting about doing that when he moved the body after cutting out the door filler piece. I'm also thinking that I could make some spacers out of 2X4's that sit up in the tops of the wheel wells to distribute the lift load and to also keep the ropes for making any point contact with the fender edges... thoughts churning. Thanks again.