I got this car from my stepbrother's wife (he died of cancer a little over a year ago). His plan was to do a frame off restoration on it. I tried talking him out of taking it apart as it was a decent beater, and he really didn't have the room or resources to do it. It's an 86 WH1 with burgundy interior and a power moonroof. Pretty rare car, but it spent most of it's life here in the salt belt, so it's far from rust free. He already had the body unbolted from the frame and a lot of it disassembled, so I figured it would be the perfect platform for some chassis upgrades and a good drivetrain.
Since the frame was already loose from the body, I dropped it down and started the notch by removing about 1 1/8". This was done with a cutoff wheel on a grinder. I then raised the frame back to the body to test fit the rear tires. When taking measurements, I noticed that the frame had actually sprung, and now the rear rails were spread apart about 3/4" more than before the cut. I raised the frame back to the car, got the rear body mounts lined back up with the holes in the body, and tack welded a scrap piece of angle across the rails to keep them at the correct width. My plan is to add a piece of 1 5/8" .083" chromoly tubing across the rear of the spring perches where the shock mounts are located. I'll try to update with pics as I get stuff done, but it'll be a slow process.
