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Welcome, Lee...tell us about your car.
 
Welcome indeed. You will find this is the place.
 
1971B, running driver
1967B, in the final stages of restoration
1966B, waiting its turn

MGB claim to fame, B engine stand rotissorie picture published in Grassroots Motor Sports Jan 2006.
 
That was your rotissorie!
 
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Awsome! welcome to the asylum.
I'd thought of doing that with stands, but never got around to it. Good to see someone had the motivation and the insight to share thier experience.
 
How-d!
 
Welcome, nice cars /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Great rotisserie... Where did you bolt the rails to the body?? When I am finished with my A and the Healey, my 66 B will go under the knife and using my two engine stands as a rotisserie would be a real benefit in the process.

And Welcome... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
First off, I am assuming the picture was not a joke.

Guys, as a professional mechanical engineer I have recommend extreme caution before making a home-made rotisserie like that. The only way it can work is if the CofG of the body is EXACTLY at the rotational centre. As anyone working with an engine knows, the thing will flip with violence with the CofG off centre with no way to resist the rotational torque. This thing could kill someone. I have to strongly recommend that you stay with professionally designed equipment used for its intended purpose.

Not trying to be a wet blanket, but this one hit a nerve.
 
Welcome- nice collection....A friend of mine about 5 minutes from me has done the exact same thing with the engine stands...Think his is a 74 B, he's also go a show winning TD.
 
It worked for me. It is close to CofG because one person can flip it 360. It was made for less than $100 with two 1000# engine stands and scrap. The center posts 2" ID are reinforced with 4 1" square tubes welded together. The body is mounted using the bumper brackets. I saw something similar in a pro restoration shop.
 
I think the only thing I would want different on the engine-stand rotiserie is a wider stance on the legs. Other than that, it looks to be pretty close to centered IMHO. Looks alot better/safer than some of the other homemade apperatus' that I've seen. I have a mild engineering background too, and I tend to overengineer things (my 16x10 foot front porch has a 2x12 frame, with a 2x6 frame on top of that. It'll probably outlast my house. But, the empty bodyshell doesn't weigh that much. you could probably pick up one end of it if it was laying on top of you. At worst, you might get thrown to the ground if it decided to flip over quickly. But that's why there are locks on the rotaion-pins too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
Well, my 16'x7' deck had 2x8 joists on top of a 2x12 frame on concrete strip footings so I am even more conservative. Too many years of seeing people do really dumb things.

My comments were meant for everyone else reading this. You must be very careful when you are making something like this that you understand the underlying physics and engineering principals. Obvously Lee did a good job of fabing this unit since the proof is in the pudding. The next guy may not be so lucky. A different car would have worked out differently and require some careful counterweight placement.

I agree with the stance of the stands being wider. It is potentially top heavy. Where this may be a problem would be moving it around on an uneven floor.
 
Out riggers, I see outriggers. Or a cable from each end to the roof to catch it if it started to go. Hmm, hydralic outriggers, I like that.
 
Just for the overengineering bit... I have to know... I used all 3 inch treated decking screws on mine... Not one nail... Is there any nails in your deck?

I live in a mobile-home. But, soon, I'll be in an engineered log-home. However, I chose the screws mostly so I could remove and take with me - the deck I love so much. Plus, mine is shped like the front of the whitehouse!!! hehehehehehe. But jeez - 2x8's on top of 2x12's.... You got me on that one!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
 
Who you gonna use for your engineered log home, Kenny?
 
Welcome, Lee! Post some photos of that "in the final stages of restoration" '67 B! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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