catanddavo
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Hey all,
I have an old vw camper rolling chassis,its not worth putting back on the road because its an old panel van with holes cut in it and its got no interior at all,tried to think of how to get rid and suddenly came up with the idea of building a trailer out of it,to tow behind my camper,first of all has anyone done this before on here?secondly a couple of things Ive been playing around with and would like some opinions please!
1 can the body be taken off like a beetle?sorry for being ignorant! I was kind of thinking it might be easier to take the body off,if it does come off like beetle and putting it on to a trailer chassis-saving time fabricating an A frame etc
2 leave it on its wheels,which would require at least removal of gearbox and driveshafts,plus would be a bit of a bugger as far as attaching A frame and locking off front wheels etc
3 chop off front axle and wheels and fabricate A frame and then take out gearbox etc
Any ideas/suggestions would be much appreciated! Im sure this will be amazing if I can pull it off![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have an old vw camper rolling chassis,its not worth putting back on the road because its an old panel van with holes cut in it and its got no interior at all,tried to think of how to get rid and suddenly came up with the idea of building a trailer out of it,to tow behind my camper,first of all has anyone done this before on here?secondly a couple of things Ive been playing around with and would like some opinions please!
1 can the body be taken off like a beetle?sorry for being ignorant! I was kind of thinking it might be easier to take the body off,if it does come off like beetle and putting it on to a trailer chassis-saving time fabricating an A frame etc
2 leave it on its wheels,which would require at least removal of gearbox and driveshafts,plus would be a bit of a bugger as far as attaching A frame and locking off front wheels etc
3 chop off front axle and wheels and fabricate A frame and then take out gearbox etc
Any ideas/suggestions would be much appreciated! Im sure this will be amazing if I can pull it off