Inliners International Forums General Discussion Engines Engine stands

I have four 250's not including the one in my truck and I am planning on getting at least three out of five running so I built the 235 stovebolt engine dolly purely to spec to see what would be needed to adapt to a 250 and I found out alot. The uprights need to be slightly higher and more narrow, and all will be well. It works ok if you hang the oil pan out the back though! I bought enough wood to do the second stand with the mods needed which I will do soon, I will try to post the specs on it for others here. BIG thanks to Stephen "Farmdog" Peterson for the contribution on the stovebolt forum for the 235 plans!



In the meantime, I found that Northern tool has item# 158857 for $35 online and $45 locally which bolts up DIRECTLY to a 250 with 67-72 Chevy truck mounts and probably many others. It is designed to fit a "small block Chevy". Well worth it, and I am going to use this as my run stand and my wooden ones as storage stands. I hope this helps anyone looking to dolly around some engines and again I hope to post the 250 dimensions once I do them too.

At the far left side of your last pic, is that the corner of a teardrop trailer....how 'bout some pics of it! Nice engine stands also!

Thomas, A word of warning on the 'store bought' engine stand. The wheels are somewhat under designed for the weight of an engine block. We had a chevy 350 mounted on one while doing an engine exchange. While moving it, one wheel destroyed itself and we have not been able to find a suitable replacement.

Beltfed, thanks for the heads up on the wheels I'll try to take it easy on them so they last as long

as possible. I guess if one breaks I can just remove them all and sit it on a furniture dolly style rig.

CNC, wow good call there! Yes it is a replica of a 1947 Modernaire Teardrop I am building from the

frame up. I am about 80% done with it. That is why work on the truck has slowed. Here's a couple of pics of my truck and the teardrop together:



and how it sits now with the roof underlayment on:


The Galley and Interior:



Next is putting on the black aluminum on top, then building the doors and finishing the hatch and I am pretty much done except for trimming it out. Also getting a good engine put in the truck! Thanks for noticing, here's the site for it if anyone wants to see the full build:

http://www.grossepointegothic.com/Woodyard/

Looks like you are very meticulous! Very sharp and detailed. Thanks for sharing.

thomas, That is too cool. I followed the build thru your web link
and am impressed.Nice work!

Thanks guys, I jump between truck and teardrop all the time! Just like the inline 6 the teardrop is a not-so-common camper that to me is better than all the rest. A smooth looking 6 cylinder insides a siamesed truck body pulling a "luxury tent" as my girlfriend likes to call it. That's a road trip without all the RV hassles and good gas mileage to boot. Better get back in the garage!