Body rotisserie info if anyone's interested

[Rblackadar]

http://www.mgexperience.net/article/rotator.html

[busheytrader]

So that's where Elvis lives now.

TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & Solid Bushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, Green Stuff, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AllyCat 5 Spokes. No Door Stickers.

[Rblackadar]

LOL[;)]

[lebochet9]

Sod all that cutting welding. I bought a couple of builders tresles and modified those. All up cost me £60

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/lebochet9/PICT0564.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj303/lebochet9/PICT1456.jpg

But it is great if you are doing a fful blown resto though.

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...

[busheytrader]

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How did you get the 7 that high up on the spit? It doesn't look like there's enough room for a fork lift.

Cheers,


Adam

TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & Solid Bushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, Green Stuff, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AllyCat 5 Spokes. No Door Stickers.

[bmcecosse]

Yes - I was just wondering the same thing! Many hands make light work ? Was it really stable enough for serious resto work ?

[busheytrader]

and are those trestles bolted to the floor?

I'd probably push them apart me.

TR7 V8 DHC Jaguar Solent Blue. 9.35cr Range Rover V8, Holley 390cfm, JWR Dual Port, 214 Cam, Lumention, Tubular Manifolds, Single Pipe Exh, 3.08 Rear, 200lb Spax & Solid Bushes, Anti- Dive, Granada Vented Discs & Calipers, Green Stuff, 4 Speed Rear Cylinders, Uprated Master Cylinder & Servo, AllyCat 5 Spokes. No Door Stickers.

[lebochet9]

I bolted a steel lifting bar to the garage ceiling with M10 expanding bolts. (garage ceiling is reinforced concrete slabs) and supported it with a pair of accroprops for good measure. A smal lifting winch from machine mart and lift it up very slowly, First the front, then the back. Easy. Trestles were not bolted to the floor, but we welded longer "feet" underneath to improve stabilty. Each one about 1m long. Stabiltiy was then no problem. Driled a couple of holes in the pivot tubes to pass bolts, in order to fix the shell at different angles, and also to stop the trestles ever drifting apart. Obviously you need to go steady when turning, but it actually required very little effort to turn it over, and upside down is the nautral positon. I also added stiffeners between the header rail and seat belt mounts. all very strainghtforward stuff to do, but neeed a lot of thought.

Obviously the hardest part was getting the trestles welded to the correct hieght, so that the shell cleared the floor and the ceiling in my garage. Also remenber an empty shell is actually not so heavy, once you remove engine and drivline, seats interior and panels, there is not much left.

1980 DHC TR7-V8 (was an 8V, then a Sprint)
Back on the road after 3 years restoring...

[omichaelshar]

Looks like a good job. In my situation I needed to be able to move the shell around, hence longitudinal connection between the uprights. Going to this extent enables moving the rig over a scissor lift hoist so that it can easily be put back on its wheels.

See http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7870 for dimensions.

Owen

[mb4tim]

Mine is wood... car has been on it for nearly 10 years...LOL

http://www.tgnagy.com/mgb/progressPages/199912.CFM

-Tim
http://www.morSpeedPerformance.com