64 ford van frame question ?

I've been working on getting a 64 ford pannel van . Haven't got the van yet hopefully next week . Its going to need to be restored . What I was wondering can the shell of the van be detached from the frame ? I wanting to start with the frame and work my way up . Or is it a unibody frame ? Just wondering thanks for the info .

The "Frame" is a U channel welded to the floor, I have seen pictures of the pick up bed removed by carefully cutting the welds but never a van.

Wouldn't want to do any cutting . Thanks for the info !

what are your plans...or why do you want to alter the frame? i virtually built my entire frame maybe i can give you some tips.

I was just thinking if the shell of the van could come off I could start restoring from the ground up . No altering the van . Just make it like new from bottom up . I have some friends that have done cars and they would take the shell off and restore from bottom to the top .

mothradeath wrote:what are your plans...or why do you want to alter the frame? i virtually built my entire frame maybe i can give you some tips.

By the way I weld for a living and was looking at your frame and you did a good job on it . Looks good ! Thank y'all for the replys