I finally got it done!

[Jim_Gruber]

Dimensions on a blueprint / markup piece of blueline work certainly be helpful along with material list.

 

[MichiganTed]

Yankee engineuity at it's best! Love the wood rotisserie. But I also love the just lay it on it's side on some old tires or a mattress idea. Never seen that one before - Bedbugs for the Bugeye!

 

[58Custom]

Nice. I like that. But how do you get the body up high enough to mount up?

 

[JPSmit]

Nice. I like that. But how do you get the body up high enough to mount up?

when I built mine, I just bolted the board to the body and lifted it onto the end of the rotisserie.

 

[Rut]

Tom,
I used my engine lift to pick up each end of the car since I was by myself. I just picked it up and slipped the engine stand on each end...very easy.
Rut

 

[58Custom]

Tom,
I used my engine lift to pick up each end of the car since I was by myself. I just picked it up and slipped the engine stand on each end...very easy.
Rut

LOL! I should have thought of that.

 

[rkep01]

Nice. I like that. But how do you get the body up high enough to mount up?

Two strong men and SWMBO to push the ends onto the pivot shaft.

 

[BuggerAll]

When you're done with the car you can reconfigure your rotisserie to launch pumpkins great distances -

 

[bug_sixty]

back breakers guys! how's about two 18 dollar comealong's screwed into overhead beams?. don't pull the roof down however...

 

[RickB]

back breakers guys! how's about two 18 dollar comealong's screwed into overhead beams?. don't pull the roof down however...

This really just sparked something in my head.
Years ago I built a wood swing set for my kids, basic A frame ends with about a 14 foot piece of 4x6 across the top.
Very sturdy.
If I were to put that back together with a few pulleys and either a pair of come-alongs or maybe even a nice AC powered winch and some connections to bolt the cables up to a car...
That's a really inexpensive lift.
Sure I wouldn't lift more than a 400 pound stripped tub with it for metal repair and painting, but it would be very useful.
Wonder if anyone else is using this design yet.

 

[rkep01]

back breakers guys! how's about two 18 dollar comealong's screwed into overhead beams?. don't pull the roof down however...

That's actually where I got the mounting idea from. Unfortunately, I don't have ceiling joists that'll handle the weight in my prefab, delivered to site garage, so I went the way I did. Cost me abut $100 for lumber and hardware at the Home Despot.

 

[Talonaer]

how are you bolting through the rear for that?

Why did I not think of doing that, that's a brilliant way of doing it.

 

[rkep01]

how are you bolting through the rear for that?

Why did I not think of doing that, that's a brilliant way of doing it.

Those were not photos of my car. They were downloaded from another site, and were just posted to show where I got the idea for mounting the Bugeye. To answer your question, though, the rear mount is a 2x8, which is counter-bored to accept the nut on the end of the threaded rod. It does not go through the car. If you wish to use the method of hanging from the ceiling joists, you should use a substantial eye bolt. If I were doing it this way, I would weld shut the eye of the bolt to prevent it from opening under load. Hope this helps. :thumbsup:

 

[Talonaer]

I must say if I had slung up my original body shell like that...it would have snapped in half!