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MG MGA - Rotisserie

Is a body rotisserie any advantage in renovation / painting? If so, has anyone got a good design to share?
Art
A Pearse

I would not consider a restoration without a rotisserie.
you can make one by purchasing two engine stands and creating two brackets to attach car to rotating engine stand plate. Canadian tire should have them as well as Harbor Freight.
What part of Ontario are you in?
Sandy
conrad sanders

I'm just North of Brockville
A Pearse

I did my restoration without one. The painting was done with the tub dolly raised by two feet to allow tilting for painting the underside of the body. Worked fine for me.

I agree a rotisserie with make it a lot easier but it is not a required element.

Jim
Jim Ferguson

I made a frame rotator from two inexpensive engine stands (see photo). I will also use it as a body rotator. Most engine stands have the upright post raked backwards a few degrees from the vertical. I had to cut them loose at the base and reweld them to 90 degrees, otherwise, they will not rotate properly. It worked very well for doing rust repair on the frame.


H Speer

Thanks Henry. Nice scenery out there. I've done the frame (used saw horses for support). My concern is with the roadster body, and the framework to support it, between the swivels.
Art
A Pearse

I designed my own and the plans and information are posted on the British V8 Newsletter site. http://www.britishv8.org/Articles/Auto-Body-Rotisserie.htm
I designed it to be easily transported and folded to reduce storage space. By changing the "adaptor arms" it will fit most any LBC.
The downside of most engine stands is that the head is angled in relation to the ground, so two stands opposite are not in the same plane of rotation so you will probably have to wind up cutting and rewelding the head assembly as well as raising the rotation axis to clear the body. I figured I might as well just start from scratch.


Bill Young

I have pictures of a rotisserie that I built for about $100 on my site: http://mysite.verizon.net/vze2tk73/index.html

See the Project Pictures page.

It works great and was easy to build with scrap steel and plywood "beams".

I highly recommend building one - it's fun.

JIM in NH
AJ Mail

I did the same as H. Speer, two engines stands connected together but must be on the same plane, or revolution won't work. It's a wonderful thing to rotate and work on your project and see every part of the frame. I've done it on a Bugeye as well, unibody, makes everything more enjoyable.
R.AF. Robert Finucane

Jim, looks a great contraption! Do you have a pic of the front end connection of the plywood box to the axle ?
Art
A Pearse

I have more pics I can email you off-line. Send me an email to alan.mail@verizon.net.
AJ Mail

This thread was discussed between 09/11/2008 and 12/11/2008

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