Hey guys,
Doing the final planning for where all the boxes, body, and chassis are going when my kit arrives middle of July. My wife isn't too keen on the body hanging from the ceiling above her car in the garage and I'm not entirely sure it will fit down the bulk-head door into my basement without some serious bending/tweaking of the body to get it down there. Current plan is the put the chassis on a 4-post list over my daily driver, wife parked in garage slot #2, don't know where the body is going.
My questions are 2 fold:

1) how much bending / compression can the body take to fit down a steep bulk-head stairs into a 6' entry to the basement?

2) can one store the body outside under a tarp until it's ready to get on the chassis? Keep in mind I live in New England with a decent amount of snow coverage in winter.

Thanks,
Rob