Wooden Chassis Dolly?

[Ferrino]

Does anyone have plans for a simple engine dolly made of wood, please? Looking to have the ability to move the chassis around the garage and into the driveway, but without an elaborate welding project. Car is currently suspension-less and engine/tranny-less. Thanks.

[mcaterino]

This worked for me. Bolted to front crossmember attachments, cradling the torsion tube in the rear. Some were concerned about racking potential, but with enough strong bolts/wood screws, I felt it was plenty strong.

That said, try this at your own risk.



Mike

[19-911-65]

A couple of 2x4's and a sheet of 1/4" plywood...glued and nailed.

The car was not attached to the dolly and allowed full access under the car. Worked for the better part of 10 years...;-)

[Ferrino]

Thanks for the suggestions!

[BK911]

I made this one. Basically a pair of saw horses on casters. Jack up the front, insert one, jack up the back and insert tbe other.

[BK911]

I like marks better. They look stronger.

[frankc]

I have some pictures of the dolly I built in this thread:

Time to replace 30 year old suspension - little help please?

I owe a few people the details of the dolly build. Perhaps I'll get time this weekend after I get my Webers back together to post the details on the thread.

[Ferrino]

Frank - I'd be interested to learn more about your dolly for sure.

[Ferrino]

Question for you guys with the one-piece dollies: how are you getting the car from jack-stands onto the dolly? I can see how a 2-piece setup would work, doing one end at a time, but how do you slide a single dolly under?

Here are a couple more shots of my set up. It's 2x6 and 2x8's glued and nailed with bolts through the top crossbar. Wheels from Harbor Freight. If I get home at a decent hour, I'll shoot some more tonight.

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[T77911S]

Originally Posted by mcaterino

This worked for me. Bolted to front crossmember attachments, cradling the torsion tube in the rear. Some were concerned about racking potential, but with enough strong bolts/wood screws, I felt it was plenty strong.

That said, try this at your own risk.



Mike

this is not good.
you need a brace from the top of the crossmember to the 4x4 that goes from the front the the rear. IE it needs to be triangulated.

[19-911-65]

Originally Posted by Ferrino

Question for you guys with the one-piece dollies: how are you getting the car from jack-stands onto the dolly? I can see how a 2-piece setup would work, doing one end at a time, but how do you slide a single dolly under?

I would guess the "tub only" weighs around 400 lbs, my son and I could pick it up and move it at will. When we returned the tub from the paint shop four of us picked it up and set it on stands. I also rigged a snatch block in the rafters of the garage to pick the tub up as needed.

It takes very little structure to support the tub yet however you do it needs to be sturdy and still leave you the ability of access to the bottom of the car.

This is how we prepped the tub for the body Schultz.

[BK911]

I add a 2x4 to each side to connect front and back dollies when I plan on moving the car a lot. Turns into one dolly which still one person can add/remove a car from With minor modification.

[earlybroncoguy]

I actually built that one for my Bronco project, to hold the body while I'm working on the chassis. I may have gone a bit overboard on the triangulation.

[roblav]

A rotisserie is far nicer to have!

[47silver]

i made one with wood and it was very stable and easy to move around.
i used 3/4 inch plywood on the front, i cut them in a triangular fashion and used the torsion tube bolts to fasten them to the car.. i thien cut down some 4x4's so that they would fit into the shock housing and cut them on the angle against the plywood, i then fastened some large wheels from harbor freight.
i the back i used a 2 x6 across the car with teh 4x4 in ths shock housing, i connected the frpm and back with 1 x3 for stability,
used it to move the car for sand blasting on a trailer
then to the painter
then back to the garage and nothing broke.
the plywood was cut in trai

[juanbenae]

as a former carpenter by trade I can truly appreciate every model presented here for one design feature or another. the arched plywood gussets come to mind....

if I could suggest one thing it'd be make sure your caster wheels are soft. hard wheels jam against the smallest pebble or crack. #softwheels