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

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (marc_scirocco Quebec)]

I've seen a rotisserie done to a '59 Caddy somewhere on the internet a few
years ago.

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco Slegato

-----Message d'origine-----
De : scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org]De la part de Ron Pieper
Envoye : mardi 18 novembre 2003 21:02
A : John C. Worden; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Objet : Re: Question to the more experienced listers and/or
engineertypes(mechanical and the like)


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-
> '86 Scirocco 8V-
> '81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
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