Gotta love a rotisserie!

[493 Mike]

I bolted the Belvedere back on the rotisserie this PM. All I've got left to do is weld up the drive shaft loop attachment, the bulkhead wiring hole, and mount the VA unit to the inside fire wall!
Then it's ready to go back to the body shop for finishing. Mike

 

[tnfastback]

Looking Good

 

[Durandal25]

I bolted the Belvedere back on the rotisserie this PM. All I've got left to do is weld up the drive shaft loop attachment, the bulkhead wiring hole, and mount the VA unit to the inside fire wall!
Then it's ready to go back to the body shop for finishing. Mike
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[Pikser]

Thought for a moment you were talking about a chicken!

 

[Kern Dog]

I spot several improvements...
Front torque boxes, frame connectors, relocated leaf spring mounts, larger trans tunnel....

 

[440Coronet500]

Damn, you've been busy! Looks great. 440'

 

[493 Mike]

I spot several improvements...
Front torque boxes, frame connectors, relocated leaf spring mounts, larger trans tunnel....

Look closer and you can see the inner fender braces and the e-brake cable routing tubes, and the square tube for mounting the transmission cooler.
Mike

 

[493 Mike]

Damn, you've been busy! Looks great. 440'

Thanks guys. It is a lot of work but, I'm having fun figuring out solutions and fabricating.
Mike

 

[Dan64]

Looks great Mike, that rotisserie is the ticket. I wouldn't know how to act without 10 lbs. of old undercoating packed in my eyes, ears and nose. So is that the trans tunnel i'll be building to fit a gear venders unit?.

 

[493 Mike]

Looks great Mike, that rotisserie is the ticket. I wouldn't know how to act without 10 lbs. of old undercoating packed in my eyes, ears and nose. So is that the trans tunnel i'll be building to fit a gear venders unit?.

I put one in my 66 Belvedere SW and added a section of enlarged tunnel but, when it came to the 65 I thought the correct method would be to replace the entire tunnel. I had a length of 18 gauge rolled to a 4 1/2" radius and cut out the floor to accept it.
Mike

 

[Don selleck]

doing the body work on one is way cool also no bending over, adjusting the car to a comfortable position to block sand, etc. metal work looks great especially like the tunnel.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Speaking of rotisseries.....

 

[hemi62valiant]

what brand rotisserie was used?

 

[moparedtn]

Thought for a moment you were talking about a chicken!

 

[493 Mike]

what brand rotisserie was used?

I do not know the brand. It does not belong to me, I borrowed it from my body/paint guy-in 2009!
Mike

 

[hemi62valiant]

thank you Mike

 

[6PKRTSE]

They can be a life saver. I have had two cars on mine. Two buddies borrowed mine for their cars and another buddy borrowed for his pick up cab and the mounted his bed.

 

[Dibbons]

Rolled our '65 Formula S Barracuda over for the first time this morning.

The "home made" rotisserie should also fit the '65 Valiant Signet convertible perfectly we have as well (but I imagine the convertible would need some mid-body reinforcing first).

 

[6PKRTSE]

I also used mine once the body was mounted. I then flipped it over and removed the k-frame, front suspension and rear suspension using my cherry picker and lifted everything off from the top. Never had to lay on the ground and do it from underneath while laying on my back and didn't get rust and dirt in my eyes either.

 

[71Beeper]

This rotisserie was sold in Canada back in the 80's.
Mounts to the wheel hubs. One man can flip the car using a cherry picker.
I used it on my runner as my shop ceiling height is only 8ft.