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« on: January 15, 2009, 04:38:08 am »

Building a Body Dolly For your Project? Here is What I Came Up With.  I Picked up A Used 66 VW Pan that needed Floor Pans for $50.00 I cut the Rear Torison Off and Sold it For $50.00 then Cut the Front Frame Head Off And Sold it for $25.00 I Bought 24 Ft. Of 2 Inch Square Tubing Cost $30.00 Then Bought Four Wheels from Harbor Freight Cost $19.80 Spent a Few Night's Welding Everything Up in my Free Time In The Garage Grin Grin  two Cans Of Paint $6.00 Rubber Seal for front and Back  Body Saddle $5.95 And  Its Done Total Cost To Build  $36.75  +  Plus the two 6 Packs I Drank  Grin Grin Grin

 See Pictures on My WebSite http://shubee2.spaces.live.com
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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2009, 04:42:05 am »

Will Be Putting My 58 RagTop on it tomarrow I will add more Pictures Then
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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 13:45:22 pm »

cool idea dude...looks great!
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 14:36:25 pm »

What's the yellow stuff you used on it and the 58 floor pans?  A textured chip guard of some kind?

Dolly looks good, by the way.
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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 16:26:30 pm »

What's the yellow stuff you used on it and the 58 floor pans?  A textured chip guard of some kind?

Dolly looks good, by the way.
it is called Rocker Shultz made by 3M  for Porsche's and BMW's it is a paintable chip proof coating
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« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2009, 18:02:15 pm »

I've got an idea- post the pics here.
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« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2009, 18:54:44 pm »

I've got an idea- post the pics here.
  OK  http://shubee2.spaces.live.com
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« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2009, 20:39:13 pm »

I see a link, but no pics. Huh
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« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2009, 21:19:39 pm »

What's the yellow stuff you used on it and the 58 floor pans?  A textured chip guard of some kind?

Dolly looks good, by the way.
it is called Rocker Shultz made by 3M  for Porsche's and BMW's it is a paintable chip proof coating

Thanks I figured it was something like that.
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 20:23:43 pm »

I build a rotisserie for the body of my 58 today.
I use 60mm pipes that I found in my backyard.

I cut one length of 2m35 and six of 75cm.



I use a 64mm drill bit to cut the pipes.



This way, assembly is very easy. Everything come perfectly together.



I know, I REALLY need to clean this mess Roll Eyes (But, the most messy it is, the more work I do... )



I made some brackets to put the wheels on.



And here it is. I just need to paint it.



It's not difficult to do, it took me a full day of work but I think it worth it. Total cost; less than 80€. I buy the wheels for 64€ and the rest for bolts, cutting disc, welding.

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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2009, 21:26:48 pm »

Hey JF I'll take it for the double off the price you made it minus the wheels, 16x2 = 32€
When can I come and pick it up  Wink Wink Grin Cool
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2009, 21:55:06 pm »

why don't you ask me i can have wheels at the work for free , sometime there's some hospital bed  , we threw to  the trash  Undecided
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« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2009, 23:26:53 pm »

I see a link, but no pics. Huh
Just for you Zach Grin Grin
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« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2009, 07:29:27 am »

Hey JF I'll take it for the double off the price you made it minus the wheels, 16x2 = 32€
When can I come and pick it up  Wink Wink Grin Cool

Hum,that's very kind of you, but no, thanks...  Grin Grin

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why don't you ask me i can have wheels at the work for free , sometime there's some hospital bed  , we threw to  the trash

I didn't know dude. But, I don't know if they are strong enough to support a body and the weight of the dolly.
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« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2009, 19:20:28 pm »

why don't you ask me i can have wheels at the work for free , sometime there's some hospital bed  , we threw to  the trash  Undecided

And you wonder why there are bad conditions in hospitals ! People takes wheels from beds to restore some VWs !  Cheesy Cheesy Grin Grin
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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2009, 19:25:16 pm »

why don't you ask me i can have wheels at the work for free , sometime there's some hospital bed  , we threw to  the trash  Undecided

And you wonder why there are bad conditions in hospitals ! People takes wheels from beds to restore some VWs !  Cheesy Cheesy Grin Grin
not to restore vw but to build vw body dolly   Grin Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #16 on: April 24, 2009, 20:03:25 pm »

Done. Very useful.  Wink





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« Reply #17 on: April 24, 2009, 21:07:35 pm »

JF can you post a pic off where it attaches to the shell?

Thx

Jelle
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« Reply #18 on: April 26, 2009, 12:25:36 pm »

JF can you post a pic off where it attaches to the shell?

Thx

Jelle

It is bolt where the front beam is attaches on the body and by 2 bolts on the luggage area. It's enough as it is quite light.





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