72 Swinger Special

jtolbert said

I like the caster idea...I'm going to need something like that soon for my '67 Valiant. Do you store the car on them? Did you just come up with them on your own or did you have plans already? It looks like 16-gauge steel...Is that right? Where did you get your casters?

Sorry for the questions, but these are about perfect for what I need.

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I built them because I needed to turn the car around in the driveway and it doesnt have any front suspension on it now, I also will need these for my Challenger when I get around to blasting it. I have the pneumatic tires for going over dirt and such but I ended up putting solid 6" casters on the front just to keep the pneumatic tires from going flat while I store it like that. I borrowed the main idea from the ones made by John at US Car Tool, which I saw when I was down there. Theirs are laser cut and a really nice design, I would have bought them if I had the money. I basically just measured and cut based on some pictures and I wanted them a bit higher so I could get under the car if I needed to. The 2X2 is about 16 gauge the plates and the angle is a little thicker than 16 i'd say. I bought the casters at Harbor Freight. They work great, I just wish I made them a long time ago. It took me about 5 hours just to drill all the holes (about 40 of them). I made them to bolt to the bumper bracket locations for the A-bodies and the top holes are so that I can bolt it to the K-frame locations on A & E bodies. If the angle I used was wider then I would have made it so I could bolt it to the bumper bracket locations for the E-body.

Thanks for the interest, I hope that explains it 8)