30 ford coupe body cart

I'm getting ready to take my body off the frame. I would like to have a cart made and ready when this happens. Does anyone have any dimensions and pictures of there's that I could work from.

 

Wescott has the dimensions of the frame. Use the dimensions to build a 2X4 frame for the body add wheels.

 

4x8 sheet of plywood and some 2x4s . run you about 60 bux if you have to buy all the wood and casters .

 

If you want the cart to be wide enough to support the entire body, here is a picture of our tudor body on my 4 x 6 foot utility trailer. You can see from this how it fits that dimension:



But I made two body carts for our shop out of 2 x 4 , 4 x 4, and 2 x 6 lumber plus a couple of caster wheels and I think a coupe body would go on it too. So far I have used it for my 27 roadster body and a 30 Model A rpu body and those fit fine. It is 2 feet wide and 4 feet long.







I think for a coupe body I would make it a little wider and longer though, at least longer.

Don

 

Thanks for the ideas. I need to build one for my 32 Es*** coupe.

 

Thank's, just need to dive into this project now! Keep you guy's posted with build thread!

 

I just made a simple four foot by eight foot cart out of some 2X4's and a sheet of 1/2" osb. I ended up putting some leveling jacks and frame fixtures on it and using it as a half-***ed frame table...

 

Can't take pix of my body cart because a friend has it borrowed for a project. But even if I had it @ my shop, I wouldn't be able to take pix because I built it (2X4s & 4X4s like others depicted here. Only I bolted it together so I can dissasemble and store in shop attic when not needed. Saves a lot of space when not in use.

 

I built a perimeter frame out of wood 2x3s with some casters on the corners. Dirt cheap.

 

I built mine out of a bunch of steal that i had. I just had three cross pieces to support the body some legs and wheels. But my body was pretty sturdy. I made mine really high Like 3-4 feet high so it was easy to do all the rust repair that was down low. The roof was kinda high though.

 

I built mine from a pitted (junk) Model A frame. Whacked off the front about an inch or two in front of the cowl and welded legs to it. The legs are connected at the bottom with braces and then I added wheels. It's dimensionally accurate to jig up a body as well. Which comes in handy when you do as many Model A's as I do.

 

Yea and as cheap as they are you can't beat that.