Body Lift Checklist
| Step | Action | Location |
| 1 | Remove battery | Battery compartment |
| 2 | Remove kick panels & speakers | In front of door, under dash |
| 3 | Remove seat belts | Cockpit. |
| 4 | Remove #3 mount access panels | Front of rear wheel wells |
| 5 | Spray PB-Blaster on all body mount bolts. (Repeat this periodically until you pull them) | All mounts bolts. On #1 and #4 mounts be sure to get both ends. #4 nut is in pocket behind deck-lid springs. |
| 6 | Remove shifter console | Center console |
| 7 | Remove shifter boot, knob, t-handle | Center console |
| 8 | Remove rocker moldings | Trim under car door |
| 9 | Remove hood | Covers engine |
| 10 | Remove cooling fan. Loosen radiator support, remove all but the bottom 2 bolts. Take covers out of A-arms, let them hang on fender wells. Re-tighten support when done. | Front of engine |
| 11 | Disconnect all hoses from radiator. While your at it, disconnect the heater hoses from the engine. | Connect to radiator, heater hoses connect to heater core on passenger side firewall. |
| 12 | Remove fan shroud and radiator | Engine compartment |
| 13 | Disconnect fuel line, vacuum lines from engine. Try to tuck these out of the way. Disconnect throttle cable. | Engine compartment |
| 14 | Remove starter wiring, electric choke wiring, distributor wire. Remove temp sender wire, disconnect alternator wiring. Disconnect oil pressure sending unit. Disconnect brake warning light from proportioning valve. | Engine compartment |
| 15 | Remove tachometer cable | Engine compartment |
| 16 | Disconnect both brake lines from master cylinder | Engine compartment |
| 17 | Remove rear bumpers, remove all bumper brackets, remove rear valence panel and brackets. | Rear of car |
| 18 | Disconnect antenna ground and rear light ground, also remove antenna and backing plate | Frame directly below antenna. |
| 19 | Disconnect negative battery cable from frame | Below battery box |
| 20 | Disconnect speedometer cable and reverse light switch | Transmission |
| 21 | Disconnect steering disc. | Below master cylinder. |
| 22 | Remove gas cap and gas filler boot. | Gas cap. |
| 23 | Remove front ground strap | Drivers #1 mount. |
| 24 | Disconnect clutch linkage and spring | Z-Bar |
| 25 | Disconnect transmission interlock cable. | Steering shaft in engine compartment. |
| 26 | Remove floor skid pans | Under floor pan |
| 27 | Disconnect parking brake cable. Remove pulley, cable connector, and spring. | Under car, below storage compartments. |
| 28 | Disconnect starter wiring | Starter solenoid. |
| 29 | Remove front cowl | Under front bumper. |
| 30 | Remove front frame extension brackets | On front of frame. |
| 31 | Remove front cross-member | On front of frame under radiator support. |
| 32 | Disconnect seat belt cable from body. | Under car on front of transmission cross-member |
| 33 | Creep around under the car and double check | Under car |
| 34 | Remove all 4 sets of body mounts | You should know this by now |
| 35 | Lift away | A safe place |
Optional Items
| Step | Action | Location | Reason |
| 2a | Remove seats & sill plates | Cockpit | They are in the way, its much easier to remove the kick panels with seats out. With seat out you sit on door sill, don't want to bend plate. Removes significant weight. |
| 3a | Remove carpet | Cockpit | My carpet was shot, also I plan to detail the floor pan and wanted to get all the seat belt bracket bolts out so I could remove the rocker channels. |
| 6a | Remove parking brake console | Cockpit | Easier to remove shifter console. |
| 17a | Remove spare tire carrier | Below gas tank | Much easier to work on bumper bolts without this large monstrosity in the way. |
| 17b | Remove rear light wiring harness | Rear lights | Mine was kind of ragged, didn't want any of it to catch on lift, just pulled from lights and taped to body in drivers fender well. |
| 20a | Remove exhaust pipes | Under car | Im replacing the rear exhaust with side exhaust, and it kept getting in my way as I tried to creep under car. Also its easier to get to the speedo cable with the exhaust gone. |
| 28a | Remove passenger side header | Engine Comp | Its much easier to remove the starter wiring with the header gone. Its not going back on anyway. Also it helps makes sure the wiring harness wont snag. |
| 33a | Remove mirrors | Doors | Just to be sure they don't get ripped off during lift. |
| 35a | Remove Doors | Doors | My rockers channels were rusted out so I had to lift from the door strikers and door hinges holes. |
| 35b | Remove Dash | Interior | Had to remove dash to remove doors. |
| 35c | Remove Deck lid and convertible top | Rear interior | Weight saving measure.. Needed to be removed for restoration anyway.. |
| 35d | Remove windshield and window trim. | Windshield | Since my rocker channels were rusted out I didn't want the window to fracture from body twist. |