Question to the more experienced listers and/or engineertypes(mechanical and the like)

[rapieper at yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

I think it'll be just fine - assuming no engine.

Why?  Well, I've seen a guy do exactly what you describe to a Cabby, with great success.  No
problems whatsoever.

HTH, even if not an 'engineering' reply.

Ron


--- "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net> wrote:
> So I've been working on the '78, up on it's 4' sawhorses, but they aren't 
> as steady as I would like.
> So I was going to weld up a stand for each end out of steel when I thought 
> of a suggestion my
> father-in-law had made- a rotisserie.  What I would use to mount the car to 
> the rotisserie is a piece
> of 2" box tubing across where the bumpers would normally be with a 10-12" 
> piece going into the
> opening for the bumper mount and using the existing mount holes to bolt 
> on.  The question(finally)is
> do you think this area(mine is in good shape) will hold the shell of the 
> car, which is stripped?  It is not
> very heavy as 4 of us had no problem lifting it up on the sawhorses in the 
> first place, but I would like to
> get some opinions of people who may have experience or technical 
> knowledge.  Having it on a rotisserie
> will make it easier to work on since I will be able to rotate the car 
> depending on what area I am working on
> and after this project, with a change to the mounting bars I can use it to 
> restore my '69 MGB which has been
> waiting for resto. since '97.
> 
> 
> 
> John C. Worden
> Bucksport, Maine
> 
> '98 Dakota 4x4-
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> '81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
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