06/24/2006
- Uber Cheap Body Dolly - New A Arms - Outside shots
Having thought about, designed, and thought again about how to put a
simple front body dolly together I finally just tried to "keep it
simple stupid". Ended up with a 2 x 4 and a couple casters.
Obviously I would not recommend this without subframe connectors or
with an engine/tranny but it works well.
Complete shot of the dolly. I thought this would work fine and it
really does. I figured I could move the car around and move the front
end back and forth without issues. One thing I did NOT think of was Posi-Traction.
It moves forwards and backwards just fine. But when you try to move left
to right the posi makes it quite a challenge.
Rolled out getting ready for media blasting the front clip. We have
a local company that will come onsite and blast things. Hope to get this
done in the next couple weeks.
Rear quarter shot. Wish I had some different wheels/tires but at
least these let me roll it around.
Closer view of the front clip. Everything is really in pretty good
shape and will simply be cleaned and repainted. I still have welded in
the outer shock tower support here.
Weird view - no front end.
Rear end shot - old 57 Ford housing, a couple inches narrower than
the standard 69up housing. Standard 27 Spline 9" Posi with 4.11
gear. I traded off my old Nodular third member years ago. This should
hold up for any thing I build.
Seems like everyone has to take this angle at least once during their
rebuild so here it is.
So if you lower the rear a couple inches or more, change the rear
wheels/tires and add a front end and that is just about how I'd like it to
sit. Hard to tell without a front end though huh.
