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Just wondering, someone wants to buy the shell of my car with the driveline, but without wheels and suspension.

How do you get that towed?

I'm assuming you'd have to keep it on some sort of stand?

And you'd need a special company to do the towing?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

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Hey dark,

Towing body shells is no issue for me, as long as you and the buyer don't mind the underbody of the car getting scratched from dragging onto the truck and sliding it off at the other end. Mind you it doesn't actually do any structural harm to the underbody...

Call me when you ready to discuss this further 0419877437..

Cheers

Hey dark,

Towing body shells is no issue for me, as long as you and the buyer don't mind the underbody of the car getting scratched from dragging onto the truck and sliding it off at the other end. Mind you it doesn't actually do any structural harm to the underbody...

Call me when you ready to discuss this further 0419877437..

Cheers

Shouldn't be an issue.

I'll give you a call tomorrow morning.

Thanks Jack.

Hey JAGR33 do you have a way to move em without scratching? dolly wheels or something?  Its a problem I seem to have too often, trying to move a car without wheels :(

Maybe tie the car to some packing crates (the ones for use with forklifts)..?

i might give that a go

Hey JAGR33 do you have a way to move em without scratching? dolly wheels or something?  Its a problem I seem to have too often, trying to move a car without wheels :angry:

Duncan, your right, the proper way to drag it onto the truck is to use what they call 'ambulance wheels', but only panel shops have usually got them... I don't have them coz they are big and bulky which means I can't store them anywhere on the track and the main reason being I hardly ever need them...

dark, palletts usually work but sometimes get caught on the end of the tray when dragging the car up, resulting in the car sliding onto the tray and the crate staying on the ground. Once you get it over the little lip on the tray it's all good, although getting it off at the other end can be a problem aswell....

The way id go about it

* Buy (steal) a 2 tonne pallet (i buy ~30 at a time for ~$12 each 2nd hand refurbished)

* Put car on jackstands and strip as needed

* Put pallet under the car and lower it on

* Get a flatbed with a forky (the same as what bricks are delivered on) to come and fork the car onto the flatbed

* Deliver as needed

Or.. the cheap ass method...drag it on as suggested above...

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