How/where did you attach your rotisserie

[fairlane292]

If you have used a rotisserie for body resto work on your roadster could you please share the mount methodology you used. If you have any pictures of what you did, that would be great.

I’ve been lifting my roadster body with a homemade gantry crane, moving it back and forth from a body stand and the chassis (door openings are braced). I do not have the rotisserie yet.

Thanks everyone. Jim

[spriso]

Jim,

We attach to the large body frame bolt holes in the engine compartment and the trunk-- here is a shot that shows the rear:



And a shot showing the front connection-- both were home built!







Hope that helps...

Michael

[GoldHawg]

Mine is similar to Michaels, but because the front is higher than the mounting spot on the rear, I had to add a 2" spacer between the arms of the front of the rotisserie to get it to work, even with the two height adjustments fully at each extreme. See pic. I cannot do 360 rotation as the windshield would hit on bottom.

[Nissanman]

Here are some pics. of my rotor: -

rotor 010.JPG

Robust trolleys with vertical adjustment.

Fairlady 119.jpg

Front frame which allows front guards to be re-attached for fitment check.

rotor 016.jpg

Support frame for rear of body.

rotor 017.jpg

Spacer to avoid the rear beaver panel lip.

rotor 013.jpg

Rear frame clear of body lip.

rotor 004.jpg

Lock ring to allow safe and positive location of the rotor.

rotor 018.jpg

Two locations for the front frame height: the lower location allows the guards to be re-attached.

rotor 000.jpg

Template for the lock ring.

rotor 001.jpg

Mounted lock ring.

rotor 003.jpg

Nissan head bolt employed as a lock pin.

I find that drum brake hubs are ideal for the pivots.
They have a nice flat mounting surface where the backing plate attaches, 4 threaded holes to use for mounting and can easily handle the weight of the body once mounted.

Fairlady 221.jpg

The trolleys have had 3 wheels attached to the arms to allow the whole caboose to be mobile.

[fairlane292]

Jim,

We attach to the large body frame bolt holes in the engine compartment and the trunk-- here is a shot that shows the rear:



And a shot showing the front connection-- both were home built!







Hope that helps...

Michael

Hey Michael. That’s super helpful; thanks so very much. My first concern was whether just those four mounting points would be enough. Amazing how well it does. I’ll have really strong door bracing so I should be fine. Looks like I’ll be making both a chassis AND a body rotisserie out of engine stands. Was it pretty easy with the engine stands to get the axis balance between the two stands dialed in ok?

[fairlane292]

Mine is similar to Michaels, but because the front is higher than the mounting spot on the rear, I had to add a 2" spacer between the arms of the front of the rotisserie to get it to work, even with the two height adjustments fully at each extreme. See pic. I cannot do 360 rotation as the windshield would hit on bottom.

Thanks, picture helps to see the height, front vs rear. Were you also using engine stands? Jim

[fairlane292]

Here are some pics. of my rotor: -
rotor 010.JPG
Robust trolleys with vertical adjustment.

Fairlady 119.jpg
Front frame which allows front guards to be re-attached for fitment check.

rotor 016.jpg
Support frame for rear of body.

rotor 017.jpg
Spacer to avoid the rear beaver panel lip.

rotor 013.jpg
Rear frame clear of body lip.

rotor 004.jpg
Lock ring to allow safe and positive location of the rotor.

rotor 018.jpg
Two locations for the front frame height: the lower location allows the guards to be re-attached.

rotor 000.jpg
Template for the lock ring.

rotor 001.jpg
Mounted lock ring.

rotor 003.jpg
Nissan head bolt employed as a lock pin.

I find that drum brake hubs are ideal for the pivots.
They have a nice flat mounting surface where the backing plate attaches, 4 threaded holes to use for mounting and can easily handle the weight of the body once mounted.

Fairlady 221.jpg
The trolleys have had 3 wheels attached to the arms to allow the whole caboose to be mobile.

Thanks for adding all the many pics and related detail. That's a really well designed and particularly safe setup you have put together there. Folks out here are so helpful. Thanks to you and everyone for sharing their experience with the rotisserie setup.

[spriso]

Fairlane292 wrote:

Was it pretty easy with the engine stands to get the axis balance between the two stands dialed in ok?

Yes, it is easy to get it balanced, especially if using an engine stand head with the slotted holes to make adjustments easy.

Michael

[sfdaugherty]

Mine is a bit like Nissanman’s setup. Sorry it’s rotated90 degrees.

IMG_3236.jpeg

[fairlane292]

Mine is a bit like Nissanman’s setup. Sorry it’s rotated90 degrees.

IMG_3236.jpeg

Thanks. Looks great. Condition of car body looks even better. Not seeing much repair work left to do.