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It's time to either buy or build. Let me know what you have available. I am in Arizona so would prefer something in the southwest area. Thanks
WTB: rotisserie
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Rotary Brackets
We've got a set of the important four corner mounts and crossbars. These are ready for your choice of pivot stand. Very strong design. PM if interested.
We've got a set of the important four corner mounts and crossbars. These are ready for your choice of pivot stand. Very strong design. PM if interested.
I made mine from two summit racing engine stands , some square stock and a few nights in the shop . I went a little overboard because I wanted to be able to fit a mustang on them as well, so I need them to be height adjustable also , but if you are just putting the beam on them you wont have to get too involved . I will take some pics tomorrow and post them if you like . My total cost was just under 300
Here is what I did , Used 2 summit engine stands I used the fold up ones because they take up less room when stored, and have a higher weight rating. Extended the main neck by adding a 3' peice of 3x3 square stock for the factory neck to slide into , drilled some holes in it for height adjustment. Added a 5' length of 2x2 to the back for stability , I had to add 2 wheels on the ends of the 5' bar. Added some angle for stability on the neck . on the top I put another 5' piece of 2x2 welded to the factory engine mount plate , for actual mounts to the attachment points on the Tiger i am using 2 2/2 x 21/2 so they slide on for easy mounting on the car . I used angle for most of the fab points as you will see in the pics .The two stands are connected at the bottom center by a length tof 1x1 stock not show in pic that bolts to the two empty holes you see . All in all the total cost was 325 stands were 99 each and the rest was square stock and bolts and the two extra wheels .
The stands come disassembled which saves you a lot of time , they come with 3" wheels so i just stayed with that.
Honestly I have a lot of time ( at least 5 hrs ) into making the brackets to mount on to the car so if he has some already made it may be easier to just buy them and make the rest of the rotor .
Hope this helps , this spun the GT 350 like butter .
The stands come disassembled which saves you a lot of time , they come with 3" wheels so i just stayed with that.
Honestly I have a lot of time ( at least 5 hrs ) into making the brackets to mount on to the car so if he has some already made it may be easier to just buy them and make the rest of the rotor .
Hope this helps , this spun the GT 350 like butter .
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I always wondered what the advantage was with a rotisserie until I used one with the 58 Edsel we are finishing up--wow they are great. There is a company in the nor cal foothills that makes them, about a $1000 complete. Well worth the money for ease at getting to the underside not only with repairs but also when painting. CT--yours looks great, the one difference ours has that seemed to help is a large bar that goes near the ground from stand to stand to help stabilize the whole thing--helped when rolling the carcass around.
I was looking for about a year , I found a few I liked but they were 2K + truck freight , just figured I would rather put that $ into my cars. These have the long bar on teh bottom but its stuffed under a bench right now. Hindsight being 20/20 I think I would add a hydraulic jack to each just to make moving it up and down easier , right now its sort of set it and forget it. They work well with cars up to mustang size but dont know if I would trust an edsel to it . BTW I used to own a 58 Ranger custom , nosed , decked , turnpikes, continental, lakers ,white tuck and roll, painted candy brick, peal flip flop w/ scallops.