'Modifying' the Blue Sky Motorsports Rotisserie, My own rust chronicles continue! Options

[davebrossi]

Hello all!

The more I think about it, and the more I'm left to putter away in my garage, I'm starting to settle on the idea that, yes, I probably do need to pull the drive train on the clown car and mock up some form of rotisserie for the sake of decent conditions for my welder, and because It'd be cheaper than begging a local mechanic to pay for lift space!

With that in mind I've started researching (started, the top five google results don't count as a thorough search, I know) and I came across Blue Sky Motorsport's almost DIY two piece rotisserie setup. The one piece of the article of note however is the mounting points as they indicate their design was made for cars built to 1974. Mine is a 'conversion' 76, so I'm wondering if anyone's built one of these and can comment on what changes I'd have to make. Here's the link to the article;

https://blueskymotorsports.com/index.php?op...18&Itemid=6

Hurray! More learning! :-D

[914forme]

Time to learn to weld, start on something that won't kill you if a weld cuts loose.

you can build one like mine, it uses a 914 trailing arm bearing section and 914-4 stubs and hubs, All clean but used steel to make it. Heavy as all get out, rolls nice on them 6" casters, and spins better than a hog roaster.

And it is hight adjustable, so I can lower it down to meet my EZcarlift, making it non-back breaking work to place it on the stands. It also makes it easy to "drop" the engine and trans when fitting items in the car. Raise it to weld, lower it to check fit over the engine and trans.





It was based off the design you listed.

I am about to build a 10' wide gantry crane for less than the Harbor freight crane or the other cheap ones on the market. Will lift 3/4 of a ton at the center, chain hoist is rated at 1000, everything I build is a bit over oil when you ned to lift or hold something in the air. Car I tend to make it lighter if I can.