I couldn't justify spending over $1000 on a car rotisserie so I built my
own. I have no money at all invested in this rotisserie. I borrowed
two engine stands off of a friend, and I made the brackets out of some
angle iron that I had lying around. If I did have to buy all of the
materials I could have built this for under $150
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| The front brackets were made from 1/4" thick angle iron that I had left over from an addition that I had put on my house. The brackets were then bolted to the existing bumper bracket holes. |
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| The rear bracket was made from the same steel as the front. This bracket was also bolted on using the existing bumper bracket holes. |
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| View from the front. |
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| View from the side. Before the car is flipped the fenders, doors, and deck lid will be removed. |
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| Here is a view of the car on its side. The engine stands are not quite tall enough to get the car completely on it's side. The underside of the quarter panel hits off of the leg of the engine stand. This problem could be eliminated by buying some square tubing and extending the height of the engine stand, but for my purposes this is flipped as far as I need it to be. Also they are not my engine stands so I didn't think the owner of them would have appreciated me cutting them and adding an extension to them. |
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| Front view |
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| Side View |
I made my own car rotisserie, too! I am happy with it and it's much like yours! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletewill this method work for a 1968 mustang?
ReplyDeleteIt should work for a '68. The brackets may be slightly different, but the principal is the same.
ReplyDeletepull the wheels and set it on railway ties it should clear
ReplyDeleteHow did you lift it up to get the bracket into the engine stand? Engine crane?
ReplyDeleteIt was a little tedious. I just used a floor jack. I jacked the front and back of the car up as high as the jack would go, then put jack stands under it. The I set the jack on top of some 6x6's and then I was able to get it up to the height that I needed. Hope that helps.
DeleteVery helpful, thanks for the info. I'll be doing a 70 convertible. Just need to brace it up first.
DeleteAn engine hoist (cherry picker) could also be used to lift the ends of the car
Deletewhat are the dimentions on the engine stands.
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