Hello to all. I'm ready to mount my 70 Skylark body (minus the frame) to my rotisserie but not sure about the mounting points on the body. which holes should I use on front and rear? It appears I have a few choices. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Getting it balanced is the tricky part. Take it slow and don't get hurt. ray: Get as much weight out of it as possible before you mount it.
I used a rotisserie engine stand for a V12 Detroit Diesel once in a galaxy far, far, away and it used a device to turn it that had a ring and worm gear drive (plus a brake) to control the 3000# engine while rolling it. 10 Turns on the crank produce about 1/4 on the assembly. Its enough of a scare turning a block on an engine stand much less tonnage and displacement 3 feet in the air. If your handy enough to work on a shell on a rotisserie, you should be able fab up something with relative ease. ws To simplify this this, heres a generic pic of what we were using, and a link to HAMB to do it cheaply and home made. ws http://www.bestbuyautoequipment.com/otc-1750a-p/otc1750a-03.htm http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/home-made-tools-and-equipment.235784/page-23 Posts 664 665 and 666
This may give you a better idea of mounting points. I added an extra upper mounting angle to the front to make it more stable. Marv.
This will give you an idea on how close it needs to be centered on the rotisserie to obtain good balance. Marv.
Not had any experience with Rottisseri . Watched our old school restoration guy do more damage to the car than what it's worth. When the are off balance the locking bolt gets loose and they shift and swing when you least suspect. I would use a coma long so it won't shift. I had 8 guys help me flip my 72 A-body I used a heavy duty fold out horse so the trunk layed on top of 1 inch piece of plywood. And big jack stands . Were the hood stoppers are mounted on firewall. I used 55 gal drum with wolmerized planks. Sounds pretty ****y. But actually turned out to be comfortable reached the center tranny tunnel no problem. Roof was 3-4" off ground. Painted that way too . I would do it on my next frame off.
But when you get the weight centered and locked to the jig correctly, you can spin the body shell freely using your hands, if your rotisserie does not have a gear drive (just the locking pin in four positions. At least that is what my (former) co-workers tell me I was doing when I had a party at my (then) newly completed shop. Ohhh!
As Steve stated, "you can spin the body shell freely using your hands". I did not fabricate any locking pins when I built my rotisserie and it stays in whatever position I place it due to the body shell being centered in the jig. Marv.
My suggestion would be to keep it low at first like a pendulum and raise it in small increments until it spins freely
