Anybody have plans to build a body dolly like the one sitting under Shine's 57 gasser body in the new Rod and Custom? That's 'zactly what I need to start the body work, and a perfect first project to break in my new welder.
That car belongs to a FL HAMBer... Todd553. It's sweet! And further along than when those shots were taken, if not finished, I haven't spoken to him in a while... I don't know if he knows the details of the dolly though...
OK, I just saw Shine's named mentioned numerous times. Todd Haas owns the car. Does that mean we'll get to see it down here someday?
Yes you will. I worked for SO-CAL for several years. The car is going to be pretty cool. I'm sure Todd is going to drive it. I don't have any details on the dolly. Sorry
For those of you following along, in last month's episode I wanted a dolly like the they used under Todd553's Chevy in R'nC. I have it partially built but here's how I thought i'd finish it. Does anybody have any "Oh my god, you NOT going to do it that way are you!!!" advice? Remember, 41-48 Tudors are heavy mofos. I figure with HF car wheel dollys it spreads the weight out over 16 casters. I can only go up 33" from where my car is right now or it'll hit light fixtures. 26" should be enough to roll the frame out from under it with my roller wheels and tires.
only one suggestion, make the body mounts not so fixed (bolt thru) but rather weld a nut to it and have it so you can tighten a bolt into the body mount and it would contact the main rack.. (so it would sqeeze.. does that make sense) .. that give you infinite sliding position for mulitiple style cars.. (the body mount would slide over the rack (and that you it could be used on any of the 4 sides as required (if you make the rake retangle vs sq)...
I'm going to be using this design, so thank you immensely. I've been looking to make something like this. Out of curiosity, did you take any of the interior out of the car first? How much would you guess that body which you put on it weight? How did you lift it to get it on there?
I have a car on 4 jack stands now. All 4 of the jack stands are set down in 4 HF wheel dollies in the same manner. Nothing bolted together. It cruises all over the shop easily. It's stable enough that I haven't even needed to take them down and relevel the car while I am putting in a cage and a new rear suspension. If your floor is flat and smooth, you'll love it. If your floor sucks, ditch the dollies for 4 big air tire castors.
I got one of those home depot flat plywood carts and it is plenty strong and sits at around 33". we have had everything from a 57 chevy to a 59 plymouth and never had any problems, plus it has 4" urethane wheels so it rolls nice and smooth.