Rotating structure for the frame?

[John_Progess]

Has anyone built a rotating structure for the framework for working on the bottom and sides? I seem to remember seeing a woden structure that someone made that attached to the frame and would allow you to flip the car 90 degrees but now I cannot find it. Thanks for your help.

John

 

[Dave Russell]

Hi John,
You can find a pretty good discussion & some pics here:
https://www.britishcarforum.com/ubbthread...=true#Post90509
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[JamesWilson]

This was also very fully discussed at:

https://www.britishcarforum.com/ubbthread...p;page=0#139203

with links for a wooden frame for a bugeye.

John Loftus also posted some pictures and a link to his own wooden frame for a big Healey:

https://www.loftusdesign.net/restorationweb/photos/photo_47.html

 

[vette]

Hello John, a friend of mine who restores MGAs, uses two Swivel style engine stands. He made a "yoke" which slides thru the horizantal swivel bore and then a stand is attached to the front and back of the frame or body, which
which ever one he is working on at the time.
It looks like James Wilson's post have this all covered.

 

[Cutlass]

I'll share a tip I learned when making my rotisserie from engine stands. The bores of the swivel mechanisms of the two engine stands must be parallel to the ground when the weight of the chassis is on them. Otherwise, the chassis won't rotate easily, or at all. The engine stands I used were built with an angle, to allow for the weight of the engine. I cut the vertical part in half and re-welded it at the proper angle.