Anyone have a plan for a Roadster Mk5 Chassis Dolly?

[dondillard]

Hi, everyone. Happy New Year!!!

I just ordered my Roadster Mk5 Complete Kit #222467.

I found the plan for the body buck in the Installation Manual. I did not see a chassis dolly plan. I would like to build one.

I saw a few entries of existing chassis dollies, but I did not see any that had a design / plan to build one from wood. The pictures I have seen looked great.

Thanks!
Don (Runt)

[gbranham]

Someone just posted a free one in Austin TX, if you're anywhere near there.

[RobHartley]

I took the basic design here and modified it. The dolly is 44 inches wide 60 inches long
Instead of notching the 4x4, I placed 2 ~19.25" 2x6s on the bottom of the 4x4 to sandwich the center 2x6 x 60", then used a piece of OSB to make the triangle braces underneath
I used a 2x4 on top of the 4x4

So the difference is I used
1 2" x 4" x 8'
2 2" x 6" x 8' (a bit of waste here
1 2'x4' ~3/8" thick OSB

and the rest of the same materials in the image

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223455

[dondillard]

RobHartley, this was exactly what I was looking for. Since it is for a Mark IV, I won't set the top row until I can measure the offsets for the Mk5 Space Frame. I appreciate it.

[RobHartley]

You won't need the offsets for the space frame it will sit flat on the top of the top 2x4, put a layer of carpet on top of the to 2x4 to protect the frame (if you got it powder coated from FFR (my doesn't show the carpet on the top yet)

[Papa]

Fot the MK5, you just need a flat platform with wheels about 4'x4'. You can see what I used for my Coupe in my delivery video.


https://youtu.be/1A7l1Q9bACY?si=zOr6KVDt0dr3cJ_1