[Roadsters] Roadster Rotisserie.

Mark Sedlack msedlack at neo.rr.com
Fri Sep 21 14:50:45 MDT 2007


This may end up being a duplicate, but the reply I sent earlier hasn't shown
up yet.  Some additional info - even with it on casters, the unit was very
stable - wouldn't move around with the force of sanding, etc.  The lock
bolts on the engine stand were plenty to keep it from rolling, and balanced
enough that my 8 yr. old 50 lb daughter could spin it...

I have a bunch of pictures of the one I built from two cheapo HF engine
stands
on this page
http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/rotisserie.htm

Also more pics on http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/bodywork.htm

After working with it on the tub, I went to fit up the fenders, and found
the front mounting frame wouldn't work the way it was, so I changed it to
allow bolting on the fenders. Required putting an offset in that mount to
clear the front apron.

Pics on this page http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/bodywork2.htm

Sorry I don't have any dimensions ( rotisserie is down at Jim Sloan's race
barn, about an hour from here), but there are several  side-on pictures at
various places on those pages that show an approximate the height of
roll-center of the body relative to distinct body features like the step-out
of the apron - looks to be just above the bottom of the rear license plate
recess, and 2-1/2 - 3" above the apron step in the front.

Mark Sedlack
ZROC
Cuyahoga Falls OH
66 1600 http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/
77 280Z http://www.mildevco.net/chevypowereddatsuns/


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