engine pull out

If you plan to overhaul the suspension, drop everything out the bottom. If not, you can pull the engine and trans together out the top if you're carefull. Your year has a bolt-on rear flange so there won't be any leaks there but you will have some at the speedo cable and shift/park cable holes. Get a cap plug assortment to fill those holes or just drain out the trans first. Strip off all the stuff on the front of the engine to make more clearence and keep from bending/scraping things. You might think about pulling the engine down to the short block and seeing if you can get it unstuck. Then you could just pull the engine and not have to worry about everything else.