Rotisserie - never seen one like this before

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While surfing the net I came across some pics of a Cuda on some sort of rotisserie flipped up on its side. What caught my attention was that it wasn't your "traditional" rotisserie that bolts to the subframe at the bumper mounts. I'm not really sure how this thing works as I have never seen one like it before. But it does look like it could be more convenient to use in a space limited garage than it's bigger cousin the bumper mounted rotisserie. I'm intrigued and want to find out more about it. I tried a search of the net to try and find out more about it but came up with nothing. Has anyone ever seen one like this one?

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Imagine how many more cars I could stuff in my garage with a few of those. Hmmmmm
 
They had one of those at the last world of wheels shows I was at. They showed the car going from on the ground to on it's side and those brackets bolted to the hubs. The demo car had no engine or trans in it.
I tried to find a demo on line but couldn't find one.
 
I remember seeing those in Eastwood catalog (I think that's where I saw it) a few years back. If I remember right they were powered by an electric drill(not included). Don't remember the price. I sometimes wonder if some of the stuff in Eastwood catalog is quality or not as they will sell it as the innovation of the century, then 6 months later it is not in their catalog.
Maybe it wasn't that exact one but similar.
 
Doesn't look like it would be very useful in a restore fashion.You would want the axle and front end out to do it right.that being said that thing can handle a lot of weight,most rotisseries can't handle the axle,front end plus the engine and transmission.
 
i think eastwoods sold these. they attached to the axles using the lug nuts and studs. im going to build something similar to this that attaches to the bumper mount ends instead of the axles to roll my cuda shell on its side when its time to scrape the barnacles from under her hull LOL
 
I'm wondering if the guy will think about the potential for oil to run past the rings and fill/hydrolock a cylinder on the earth side of that engine, before he tries to fire it up.
 
ok, heres my poor mans rotisserie. AKA rocking rotisserie. I had all the steel lying around the house. the curved pieces and silver pieces are from an old trampoline i bought my kids that took flight in a springtime storm. i saved the pieces with the intent of doing this. so far $0 dollars spent. i will probably have to spend about $35 more on the remaining material i need.


been using a fan to keep the fumes away as i'm welding since the galvanizing is poisonous to breathe.


i will have to buy some square tubing to finish, and make a copy of the one i just made to use for the back of the car. the one i made for the front is pretty stout. there is a jackstand in the pic, but it is not supporting the car. i used it to support the car when making this.


these pieces are removable from the piece attached to the frame horns. that piece i have legs with wheels that slide in to roll the car around. i will be making the same setup for the back.

a gutted shell is still heavy, but in the grand scheme of things pretty light with nothing in it. i will be using this setup to scrape, clean, primer, and paint the undercarriage.

Matt
 

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grassy said:
Yeah..look at my rebuild thread..I made mine out of wood....
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Well you do whatcha gotta do to get the job done. Personally i dont like building anything out of wood. I prefer to zap it together with a wire welder. Fast and strong. That one end i made took me 4 hours. The one for the back end of the car will come together much faster since i got everything figured out on the front one.

Nice thing is i can store the rocking rotisserie ends behind my shop when im done with them , and use em for my next project. Going to dress all the welds, and brush on some rustoleum metal primer to protect everything from rust.
 
bighammer said:
Nice work Matt. That is a cool tool! Looks like it will work well too.
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Thanks for the kudos big hammer,

I am almost done with the other frame, and supports. Tonite after work i will be doing the final fabricating , and welding, and my wife and i are going to roll the car body onto its side. I cant wait to do that, i got so much work i need to do on the underside.

I will submit more pix once its on its side.

Matt
 
ok guys the cuda is officially on its side. the rocking rotisserie is a little top heavy, so the car will lie on its side without the support rods, but i put them in anyways.

i will be fabricating and putting in my home made torque box plates, fabricating and welding in a second muffler bracket for the dual exhaust, installing the lower radiator support chromemoly loop i bought from Dillinger Chassis, fabbing up my fuel line, and front to rear brake line, then scrape, clean, prime and paint the undercarriage.

i am surprised at how well my welding looks on my subframe connectors as i welded all that up on my back under the car months ago

Matt
 

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i watched these kind of stands in eastwood several years back and they just disappeared. i don't know if eastwood was having problems getting these from the manufacture or if there were safety issues. one thing i always wondered when i saw these was if the stress on the body would cause any of the glass to break. i also suspect that you could not safely roll a car on its side like this with the engine and trans still in it as i doubt if the rubber motor mounts would stand this kind of stress. i think i would stick to the more conventional "twirlling" type of stand.
 
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