Any ideas as how to achieve such a feat? Dollies go under the wheels, and a tow truck picks a car up by its wheels, too, so those are both out. The engine is out of it, too, if that matters.

 

60 dollar rental of a trailer from u-haul floor jack and a winch or come along?

 

Flat bed roll back truck

 

Round fence posts. Jack the front end up, put a fence post under the front end. As first fence post rolls closer the rear wheels, feed another post under the front. Rinse and repeat.

Don W

 

How far? I've moved a 3/4 ton van around the shop with a pallet jack.

 

Bring wheels?

 

How would I prop it up on the trailer and secure it?

I'm not sure how that would work. The bottom wouldn't all be at the same level.

Several miles. Sorry, should've been more clear.

Seller took the whole front end apart to install disc brakes from another car. There's nothing to attach them to.

 

ah, in that case, strap on casters.

 

If you could get it on a trailer you could prop it up on cinder blocks and strap it down. Pain to get it there but should ride as well as if it had wheels on it.

 

It will work, might be overkill.

 

Just rent a tow dolly. Jack the car up, slide the tow dolly under the front, tie it down, and you're done. Also, real tow trucks have a boom and sling, not a wheel lift.

 

A friend bought a '68 Cutlass in Ohio with no motor. He and I went to get it with a fabricated two inch square tube about ten or twelve foot long with a bracket on one end to attach to the trans cross member and a hitch on the other end for the truck ( he is among other things a professional welder). Slipped under the engine cross member with a long bolt through the cross member and hooked up to his cube van. Toll booth people on I-90 were a little excited to see this arrangement, also wanted to charge toll for four axles, there were only three. Let us go after we paid for three and brought it up to the wilderness area north of Toronto. No problemo.
P. S. Square tube 1/4" wall.

 

If you can’t figure it out, maybe you shouldn’t own a car with only 2 wheels

 

That's... a great idea! It's both simple and cheap. I don't weld, but my father does. I'll run the plan by him.

 

That's why I haven't bought it yet.