Hemi Hauler

[PJs]

Awhile back Jere posted his creeper build and it reminded me of my Hemi Hauler I built back in the mid 70's. I had mentioned it in the postings and the use of car seat material for durability. I was in the shed the other day and spied it in the corner so I shot a few pictures with my cell phone (not great quality) to share with you all.

I was doing car and motorcycle work out of my garage, part time back then and was really tired of up and down on my knees on the concrete. They had similar things out there but they cost the earth to me at the time and were a bit unstable to me. This was built from old bed frame angle iron, some scrap plywood, old egg crate foam, an early 60's Chevy seat material, casters from a broken creeper, and some odds & sods nuts and bolts.

Basically eyeballed most of it and gas brazed the angle iron pieces, hand drilled most of the holes and put it together in an afternoon. It has amazed me that it held up through all I've done with it let alone the kids riding it down our sloped driveway for several years. Even the hand painted Hemi Hauler has lasted through all the brakeclean, brake fluid, oils and solvents. Can't remember if I put Varathane on the wood or what it was but it cleans up fine...and the Chevy seat cover held up for 40+ years and maybe 500 miles. A few bolts have fallen out and probably needs a tune up and FEA but it is probably one of my most used Homemade tools ever.




Hope some find it useful and simple to make. ~PJ