How much does a mostly-stripped A-body weigh?

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So, I'm tearing my '67 Valiant down. Front-end sheetmetal is coming off, interior is out, engine/transmission are out, k-member and axle will be out soon. How much does the mostly-stripped body weigh? I'm asking cause I want to build a set of dollies to bolt to the k-member location and the rear spring perches to roll the car around. My guess is in the neighborhood of around 2,000 lbs.

I know others here have built this type of caster/dolly before...What casters did you use? Thanks!
 
I bought 16 of the heaviest caster wheels they had at Home Depot. Used on a concrete floor they worked fine. A stripped A body shell can't weigh more than 1000 pounds.
 
Not sure of the size. They were about 10 inches tall, worked awesome, easy to push around. Bolted the front castors to where the bumper bolts on the frame.
 

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just make buy 2x2 tubing make it however tall you need and weld it together...

i have my b body on a set and there is no problem...
 

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So I have casters (wttool.com, 600-lb load, swivel, two-axis locking caster, $20 each) and found a hunk of 1/8", 4x2 square-tube in my garage. I also have a hunk of 4", 1/8"-thick flat stock. I'm guessing that's enough to build the bases. I'm probably going to use 2", 1/8" thick angle iron for the top of the fronts, with holes drilled in the horizontal face to mount to the K-member holes and holes drilled in the vertical face to mount to the core support holes. That's for the front end. My question is...What do you do in the back?

I thought about notching/drilling the tube to allow me to bolt to the front spring shackle. Others suggest bolting to the rear bumper support...But I'm not sure about that. It seems iffy to me to hang the weight off of bolt holes that weren't intended to hold more than the weight of a bumper. What say you all?
 
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So I have casters (wttool.com, 600-lb load, swivel, two-axis locking caster, $20 each) and found a hunk of 1/8", 4x2 square-tube in my garage. I also have a hunk of 4", 1/8"-thick flat stock. I'm guessing that's enough to build the bases. I'm probably going to use 2", 1/8" thick angle iron for the top of the fronts, with holes drilled in the horizontal face to mount to the K-member holes and holes drilled in the vertical face to mount to the core support holes. That's for the front end. My question is...What do you do in the back?

I thought about notching/drilling the tube to allow me to bolt to the front spring shackle. Others suggest bolting to the rear bumper support...But I'm not sure about that. It seems iffy to me to hang the weight off of bolt holes that weren't intended to hold more than the weight of a bumper. What say you all?
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as long as the car has frame connectors there is no issues... we do most of the reassebly on the rotssery... everything except engine/trans and rear end...
 
a striped 72 swinger with some scarp (maybe 400lbs at the most?) in it came in at a measly 1600lbs....
 
1.5", 1/8"-wall square tube should work fine for the verticals, right? I either have that or 4"x2", 1/8"-wall, which won't let me bolt to the radiator surround...
 
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