Since
our donor had no wheels, we decided to make a dolly
to make it easier to move the car around. Thanks
to Bob over at Sstarting Line for the design and
the various internet forums for some of the measurements.
We put 4 swivel casters from Harbor freight on it
to make moving the car easier.
It measures
3 x 6', and is made of one pressure treated 4 x
6 and one 2 x 6. (Home Depot)
Note: Further on in the build, we made the dolly
smaller, see below.
Our Factory Five Roadster
will be
on the dolly until it gets to the point where it
must have wheels and tires to go any further.
We narrowed
one cross member of the dolly to 26" and shortened
the overall length to 60 inches. These
changes allowed the legs of an engine hoist to slide
by the narrowed dolly. We discovered that the dolly
would not allow the engine hoist to get close enough
to the car when we test fit the engine.
One
of the problems we encountered with the dolly was
that it was too low to the ground, a drill would
not fit underneath to drill the holes for the aluminum.
We raised it up a few inches by adding a 2 x 6 on
top of the 6 x 6 cross members and replacing the
small diameter wheels with 8" diameter wheels from
Grizzly. The bigger wheels also made a huge
difference in how easy the loaded dolly was to push
around. The Grizzly part numbers are...
G8175
Heavy Duty SWIVEL CASTER 8" 770# CAP.
G8179 Heavy Duty SWIVEL CASTER W/BRAKE 8" 770# CAP.
We added
a 2 x 4 spacer to the front cross member that fits
between the frame rails to keep the car from sliding
off the narrowed cross member.
Once
the frame is repainted, we'll cover the dolly with
carpet or other padding.
The
width of the front cross member of the dolly is
just enough to so that it is slightly less than
then the outside of the frame tubes.
14 Nov
04
Body buck
is done! Thanks to the various internet forums and Skip L.
We'll add a rear brace to support the rear of the
body after we place the body on the buck and see
how it fits.
