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I got a second opinion from another welder concerning the frame. He recommended replacing the main c-channel with 5" inch tube including the cross sections. The outriggers would be fabricated from sheet metal. He estimate the price of the steel materials at roughly around $1,000 - $1,500. So the two welders I have consulted are both estimating in the same ball-park.

The interior is now completely stripped. The copper propane tubing has been removed inside and outside. I decided to toss the water heater, toilet, furnace, and the stove/oven. The local garbage man threw them into the back of his truck as I waved fair-well to these original applicances. The refer is still sitting in the drive-way as the cooling unit is definitely shot. Probably the garbage man will get this one too come next weekend.

The interior wheel-well covers have been removed. I found these to be brittle and cracked. I wonder if these plastic covers are still available and replaceable? The exterior wheel well trim, curbside and roadside, has been removed as this extends below floor level. After the frame is removed the shell needs to sit fairly flush to the ground. For the same reason I removed the battery compartment assembly as the door frame also extends below floor level. So at this point the shell should sit level with the ground after the frame is out.

Next up is removal of the lower interior skins so I have access to the floor channels. Now that the headers and main assemblies are removed the shell is far less stable and will easily sway side-to-side with a push of the hand. So I need to make a plan for supporting the shell (minus the frame)? And then a plan for lifting the stablized shell off the frame?

My thinking so far is to remove the flooring except for the two sheets of plywood fore and aft of the wheel wells. The rear-most sheet of plywood is already out. So I would remove the plywood flooring between the wheel-wells and the forward most piece in the front. My guess is the two remaining sheets (fore and aft of the wheelwells) would provide some stability side to side and would be the point of attachment for framing from below with 2X8 or even 2X10s. The framing would also serve as a point for jacking or lifting the shell?

I would really appreciate some advise on doing this drive-way shell off!