37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[randyr]

One quick question when replacing firewall do you have to put temporary
bracing in before removing old firewall have a 34 want to replace firewall
following your build thanks mark PS body on frame like yours

Hey Mark,

Since the body was still bolted to the frame, I didn't bother to do any temporary bracing before removing the firewall. I left the back half of the floorboards in place during the firewall removal & replacement too. If I was going to be jacking the car up during the process, I made sure the doors were closed and things like that to sorta keep things in place. Apparently nothing shifted because everything still fits & works just fine. The instructions didn't suggest any additional bracing either but it certainly makes sense to take it easy with the car while the firewall is out because it gets a little rickety.
Are you replacing the floors too? After I secured the new firewall in place with the screws, I went ahead and removed the rest of the floor so I could clean & paint that part of the frame & modify the x-member. Even with the firewall just screwed in place, much of the structural integrity returned.

Here's a couple of pics of it with the firewall out......please disregard the big mess of wires.....they're getting replaced soon.....LOL

Hope that helps......feel free to ask all the questions you want. This thread has kinda turned into a "streetrod journal" for Dave (Ireland's Child) & I on separate sides of the country but we're both happy to have somebody chiming in....

Later,
Randy