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vaughn bros. 
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 Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:40 pm Post subject: Moving cars around in the shop (assembled). |
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How do you move your cars around at the shop? Gojaks get too close to fenders. Just wondered if anyone has special dollies or "movers"?
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schell '59
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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them^ and go jacks...car dollies,wood carts...Auto twirler rotiserie etc.
or just plain roll them on the tires.
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vaughn bros.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Other than moving a car sideways on its own tires, anyone got anything unusual ? Homemade? Overhead Trolley? Pictures?
Although I would like to see an assembled car up on a body rotisserie.  |
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green71volks
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| Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| homemade wooden dolly made out of 2x4's with casters screwed on the bottom. Not pretty but works just fine. i use this to move the shell in and out of the garage while stripping to keep the dust out of the shop. |
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vaughn bros.
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Moving another bug around. Tossed it sideways in the shop for drivers side rust repairs.
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gfw1985
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| Depending on how much room you have to work with, I have moved them by using a floor jack. Jacking front off the ground will allow you to move it rather easily. If not enough room to manuver, I'll move the front, then raise the rear and slide it over. Finally just bought a set of wheel dollies as already mentioned. |
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Copernicus
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:33 am Post subject: |
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I want a closer shot of that wiring in the first picture tires work just fine for me.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:17 am Post subject: |
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Harbor Freight, $9.99 ea ......can go wrong for the price. 
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schell '59
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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wooden in this pic,rotisserie on an assembled car makes no sense man.
auto twirler or the like isn't a needed thing for a vw body,as they are light and easy to move around...you can do all the welding and such on a lift.
for mobility:
for work:
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fred69vert
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Here's the dolly I made for my 69 'vert body......
Casters from Harbor Freight, 2X6's and 4X4's with some brackets from Home Depot.
I started out with the 4X4 sawhorses shown in the Bug Me Video, 8 feet long. Too long for my garage, so I shortened them to 6 1/2 feet. Then when I got so far along with the body, I realized I needed to be able to move it. So I made this dolly, and a companion flat dolly for the pan. One problem, though. The pneumatic tires on the casters don't like to hold air well. I fixed that with a little Slime in each tire.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using a set of 4 furniture dollies from menards. Much much cheaper than car dollies with the same weight rating.
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| jandrewthompson wrote: | | I'm using a set of 4 furniture dollies from menards. Much much cheaper than car dollies with the same weight rating. |
I'm using the $9.00 Harbor Freight ones. The wheels fit right in.
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