car rotisserie / spit

[davenport]

the first thing i decided when i started my build was that i`d be spending a lot of time underneth the car scraping underseal off and repairing rust... neither of which sounded fun lying on the floor..

so...

i found some 80x80x6mm box at work (sorry ... erm... 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 inch wall box) and made couple of T`s



a friend of mine "found" some castors... when i say found i think there might well be an industrial "wheely-trash-can" somewhere thats missing its wheels but for the price of a few beers i didn`t ask...

i then cut a a couple of bits of box... 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1/8th wall from memory to fix to the shell and welded some 1 1/2dia solid bar to rotate on...

theres a bit of 2 x 2 x 1/8th box between them also thats removeable.....



if i`m honest the cars a bit "roof heavy" but the pivot point was a toatl guess and its still possible to rotate the car on your on ithout too much effort..

until a few months ago i was using an old tow rope to lock the car in position but then my dad said he wanted it back so i had to make a few mods...

a local laser profiling company cut out a disc from 3/8th plate which i bolted to the front cross bearer i just tapped all the holes M12.. er... 1/2" unf would be your equivalent i guess... and put a rose jointed bar to the the upright...




the good thing is once finished the whole thing can be unbolted and it sits flat against the workshop wall....

cheers for looking
Stu..

[78 Type-LT]

nice fab

[rixtrix1]

Looks great to me. The best part is the cost. Can't beat scrap, or beer, prices!

[liquidh8]

Nice!

[67blacklist]

looks good! I may or may not have alleviated a few industrial trashcans of their ability to roll away in my time. As far as I can see I just made it easier to keep track of where they are that's my story and I'm sticking to it...