Chassis Rotisserie

Bill D · 09-27-07, 11:39 AM

Has anyone made a rotisserie for their chassis? I'm thinking of using two engine stands in order to media blast the chassis, paint it, and use it for partial assembly.

Thoughts/comments/suggestions?

Thanks
Bill D

Gregg · 09-27-07, 12:26 PM

Shouldn't you have done that prior to building the car and sending it to paint?

Bill D · 09-27-07, 12:32 PM

Gregg
The body/paint man is fitting the body to the chassis. I've removed everything from the chassis. It's just a bare roller. Once he is done, I'll be building up the chassis the final time. Parallel to this he will be painting the body. When I'm done building up the chassis, I'll go get the finished body and have it installed/aligned by him.

Mike Dozier · 09-27-07, 01:11 PM

Bill

I recall Hershel made a rotisserie from a pair of heavy duty engine stands.
I thought it was a brilliant idea.

MikeD

Ian K · 09-27-07, 01:41 PM

Right you are. Here is a picture of Hersh's rotisserie.

Build Stand

The whole thread is rather interesting.

Ian

Scott Calabro · 09-27-07, 02:00 PM

Hey Bill,

Go for it.

I did exactly that for my Camaro and SS Chevelle. Two engine stands, some 2x4 rectangular steel, a few square feet of 1/8" sheet, a chopsaw (miter), 6 castering wheels, a few nuts and bolts, and a mig welder.

6 hrs later I had an adjustable rotisserie.

The total materials including both engine stands cost me under 500 bucks.

Unlike Hershal's I tied my two stands together, with and adjustment for different length chassis at the bottom of the stands

Cheers,
Scott

Russ Noble · 09-27-07, 02:41 PM

Bill,

Great idea, makes life easy. Some photos of the one Lim made on my build thread Kiwi scratchbuilt. Posts #13 - 16.

For ease of use you want to get the pivot point at about C.o.G height.

Cheers

Bill P · 09-27-07, 02:52 PM

I think Fran uses a similar set up.

Mesa · 09-27-07, 03:44 PM

hey billy
at sema last year there was at least one company displaying a rack. if i can remember i'll look for the info at home. from what i recall it was reasonably priced making the effort to build one questionable.

Bill D · 09-27-07, 03:54 PM

Thanks

Mesa · 09-28-07, 02:26 AM

The Auto Twirler, Stripp'er Down, Flipp'er Over, Get On Top

The low cost option is $775.00 .... use it and sell it to the next GT40 lister for $575.00.... eve'body wins

Rob · 09-28-07, 12:38 PM

Yep... it's a great idea Bill. I have done it this way before also. The only concern is stability if you actually roll it around. If you tied to two together with a tube bolted between them, it helps significantly.

Just something to keep in mind. The stripped chassis is so light, that it can easily be flipped by two people. For this build, this is what I did. As I figured once I flipped it, prepped and coated, I would have no reason to flip it again. So just flipped it on the chassis buck.