Body Casters
After the body was pulled off of the frame, I decided to put casters on it so I could maximize the space in my garage. I had three 4" casters, all swivel, and went to pick up another one in town.. they didn't have one, but had a 3" that I decided would have to work for me.
The front was easy to do, I just ran a beam across between the two front body mounts, as can be seen below.
I used redwood because I had it handy, as you see the pile on the right. You can see the undersized caster on the left, it works just fine though. Be careful when bolting it in, I just used a floorjack under the next body mount back to hold the body up, but it was a bit tippy. Lag screws that were laying around the shop were used to secure the caster attatchment to the willys.
The rear casters were a bit tricky. There is nothing really to bolt on to very easily. It took a bit of thinking to get it to work without damaging anything, but we finally put it about 2/3 of the way back in the fenderwell. This seems to be an alright spot to put it, and we were able to use the holes in the bottom that were for the rear seat as a mounting point. It's very stable this way.
If you do this you get a very easily moved about body. Wagon body's are not light, and are very hard to move about. With about an hour or 2 into this and just a few dollars I have a very sturdy, and very easy to move about station wagon body. In fact even after I filled the inside up with the outside parts, like doors, fenders, hood, etc, it still rolls around easily. This will be nice when I get to start working on the body.