WTB: 914 Rotisserie, Near Michigan Options

[CSoso]

Hey Everyone!
Am getting ready to start restoration of a '74 914 and am looking for an economical (or free! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)) rotisserie near lower Michigan from someone who's done with theirs. I could probably travel 4-6 hours from south-central MI to pick up. Would prefer to reuse one vice build new (but am open-minded if none available). Any help, hints, tips and suggestions are appreciated! I have done a rotisserie search on this site. Thank you!
Best regards,
Chris

[friethmiller]

Addressing Questions:

To: seanpaulmc > 1) How were the dimensions as-is? Any adjustments needed during construction / fit-up?

Yes! Glad you asked 'cause I had forgotten. The design is backwards on the transmission mounts. I didn't realize this till after I welded it all together and had to cut and reweld the tabs - after flipping them around (see arrow). The rotisserie was pretty compact. I mean it makes the car wider (of course) but not longer. Keeping mind... rotating this rotisserie to 45 degrees is easy but going to 90 degrees takes 2 adults.



To CSoso:
1) Did you use the car's actual steering support and mount that to the rotisserie? Or did you get another and make it a permanent part of the rotisserie?

Yes, but I actually used one off my parts car. I recommend using a spare mount if you have one. The only reason I say this is because I wanted to send the support off to powder-coating and didn't want to wait till the car came off the rotisserie. The support doesn't need to "weld" to the rotisserie.

2) It seems like we should be able to bypass that and mount directly to the car. Or does the steering support add extra rigidity, etc.?

Man, good question. It does add a bit of rigidity over directly mounting, IMO. I think it would be way better to fabricate a brace that uses the same bolts (mounting points). I say this because it kind of got in the way later when I was undercoating/painting the bottom of the car. You need to keep in mind the height of the hoops relative to the car, though. The design is set so the car is level and pretty balanced front to back.

3) And does this style of rotisserie not require supports to keep the door jambs aligned? Or did I miss them in the pictures?

Oh, you certainly need door supports, regardless! And this is regardless of the type of rotisserie you employ too! I added additional cross and side supports right before I removed the floor pans and center-cross support (see arrows).