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superme
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From: Fort Collins, CO
Registered: Apr 2005

posted 04-02-2005 10:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for superme   Click Here to Email superme     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Greetings,
I am about to put my 66 fastback on a homemade rotisserie. I have completely striped the car with the exception of the front and rear suspension and the doors. I have attached the front rotisserie to the bumper mounts on the sub-frame and the rear to the bumper mounts on the body. I am relatively sure that the uni-body should be able to handle the stress but I have horrible visions of turning my beloved into a pretzel. Any advice would be appreciated.
Rich

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DidgeyTrucker
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From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99

posted 04-02-2005 11:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DidgeyTrucker   Click Here to Email DidgeyTrucker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I've seen cars with a fabricated bar in the door jam to keep it from collapsing. Just a simple bar from the top hinge mount to the lock mount. I would think 1x1 tubing would be good enough for insurance.

But I have never put a car on a rotisserie myself.

Tracy

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superme
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posted 04-02-2005 11:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for superme   Click Here to Email superme     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I was thinking that the doors should work as a brace?
Rich

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74merc
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Registered: Jun 99

posted 04-02-2005 12:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 74merc   Click Here to Email 74merc     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
a bud of mine has one for his 55 Chevy... just the body, not the frame. No problems.

No suspension either tho... as long as the doors are in there, seems it would be fine.

I might make a brace myself tho, get a couple of 2x4s and just wedge them in there good... but considering these cars have to moderately survive a rollover, and the top will never actually touch the ground in this case, you should be fine.

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DidgeyTrucker
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From: Greenbrier, TN USA
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posted 04-02-2005 03:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DidgeyTrucker   Click Here to Email DidgeyTrucker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I skipped right over the part where you said you left the doors in. They will work fine. Watch things the first time you open the doors. You are supporting the weight of the car from the very ends - farther apart than with the car on wheels on the ground. This can put some odd stresses on the car.

Tracy

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63Kcode
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From: Anna Tx
Registered: Dec 2004

posted 04-02-2005 08:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 63Kcode   Click Here to Email 63Kcode     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Fastback won't be a problem even without doors if the unibody isn't to rusty. Only time you need door braces is for a convertible

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TomP
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From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99

posted 04-03-2005 01:56 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TomP   Click Here to Email TomP     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
We've got a 65 fastback sitting on a rottisserie where i work, it attaches using the stock bumper mounting holes and that seems quite solid when moving the car around. The center of gravity is about even with the lower edge of the fuel filler hole. That should be about the height where the pivot rotates.

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