Inexpensive car dollies

Outlaw525 · Jan 7, 2015

I thought I would share the front and rear dollies that I built from stuff laying around the shop, some E-bay casters and couple hours of fab work.

The front is a beat up k-member that I had cut the motor mount off of with 3' of 3" square tubing and a a pair of 6" garage sale swivel casters. I notched the bottom of the k-member for the square tube to sit in. It just bolts into the stock location.

The is a couple of old front spring hangers with 10" of 3" square tube and $25 worth of E-bay casters. They bolt into the stock hanger location.

I have been using the front dollie for quite a few years and recently built the rears. I just pulled them off my GTX, sorry I didn't get pictures with them installed. My total investment was about $40. Hope this was useful.

5.7 hemi · Jan 7, 2015

Smoking hot idea!!!

khryslerkid · Jan 7, 2015

Nice!

Meep-Meep · Jan 7, 2015

That's funny because I just built some rear dolly wheels using the exact same construction method as you. And all from stuff lying around my shop. Good idea on the K member.

Habib · Jan 8, 2015

I really like that idea using the K Member

satman72 · Jan 8, 2015

What a great idea. Thanks for sharing.

jenkins71 · Jan 8, 2015

cool! I'd love to see a picture of a car on the dollies.

71airgrabberRR · Jan 8, 2015

jenkins71 said:
cool! I'd love to see a picture of a car on the dollies.

Here are a few showing my set in use on several different cars They bolt right in place of the front spring hanger.

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I'm not trying to hijack your thread but I did something a little different on the front to replace the K frame and front suspension. This idea came from a good friend who owns / operates a local Mopar restoration shop. The K frame is replaced by a piece of channel steel with a screw type jack mounted to it. This allows you to raise or lower the front of the car to suit your needs at the time.

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The front wheel pivots and allows you to maneuver the car as it rolls.

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Hope this helps.

RS23VOA · Jan 8, 2015

That's a great idea!!!! Thanks for posting!

71airgrabberRR · Jan 8, 2015

Your welcome. I hope some of our fellow members can make some good use of these ideas posted here. I have had this dolly set up for several years now and I really like them.

Matts68bird · Dec 23, 2015

great thread. really useful stuff here!!

Donny · Dec 23, 2015

You'll graduate to this...

...and toss that stuff you got now...I promise!

Outlaw525 · Dec 23, 2015

Donny said:
You'll graduate to this...View attachment 298886
...and toss that stuff you got now...I promise!

Probably not, thanks- I'll stick with my Mopars! (LOL- I know what you meant)

Donny · Dec 27, 2015

Yeah, me too on sticking with Mopars! LOL

Ghostrider 67 · Dec 27, 2015

Thanks guys, this gives me some ideas. great and useful thread!!

funknut · Jul 1, 2019

71airgrabberRR said:
I'm not trying to hijack your thread but I did something a little different on the front to replace the K frame and front suspension. This idea came from a good friend who owns / operates a local Mopar restoration shop. The K frame is replaced by a piece of channel steel with a screw type jack mounted to it. This allows you to raise or lower the front of the car to suit your needs at the time.

Old thread, but bump to say this is awesome, thanks for the tip! :thumbsup:

Inexpensive car dollies

Outlaw525

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