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Finally scrounged up a two-day weekend to work on the car. The goal was to detach all suspension components and rear-axle, and attach the chassis to a finished wooden dolly. I'm happy to report that the rear end and the dolly have both been dealt with today, with the front suspension remaining for tomorrow. I had loosened the trailing arm bolts and detached the A-shaped torque arm a few weeks ago, but was nevertheless surprised that the axle came off quite readily, following the workshop manual's instructed procedure - no springs bounced off my face. I'd also thought that the rear axle would weigh a great deal, so I dropped it onto two of my metal dollies; this worked nicely, but the axle really didn't weigh that much.

Thanks goes to Ossopedia for providing me with detailed pictures of his wooden chassis dolly, after which mine was modeled. It rolls on 5-inch Lowes casters, with ease despite the weight of the chassis.