Who's made a Plywood Rotisserie to Roll Over Car

[Doug Brown]

I can't find the post but someone a few months back made a "rotisserie" out of plywood and 2 x 4's to roll their car over to work on the bottom of the car.

I have my car totally stripped down and need to "roll her over" - so I really need to see that post again.

Anyone remember it or know where it is???

Thanks!

PS - If anyone wants in on this adventure, I'm in New Bern, NC and you are welcome to stop on by!

[F3BZ]

i was hoping someone would post that link too when you brought it up. something to make restoration a lot easier. but think about it. probably not complex engineering to design yourself. i'd like to use some of the heavy gage angle iron, I-beams, U-channel and such that i've saved from construction sites. my question to ad is if anybody knows or recommends the best attachment points for such a contraption to roll over a stripped shell 180 dgrees.

[jawja jim]

There was a post in the last couple of days linking to this youtube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiofyZFrdIk

But it is for a jig to roll a car over on its side.

[Doug Brown]

I looked over all the sites - search under "Red Neck Rotisserie" or "Wooden Rotisserie" and they have some good design ideas and pictures of ones that have been built.

I think the best attachment points are where the front and rear bumper attach to the car. The cross beam - steel or wood - would get bolted on thru the existing bolt holes.

If you make one out of wood, it seems you can easily build one in a weekend.

I'll take photos when I build mine - should happen in the next couple of weeks.

[F3BZ]

you'll probably notice it when you take off the bumper reinforcement bars but they are just studs thru the thin sheet metal of the radiator support and the rear is thru the sheet metal valance. not very substantial for what we're looking to do. my first thoughts are the rear beam shackle mount and the inner lower control arm pockets.

[Doug Brown]

Here is my experience to date with my wooden rotisserie.

1. It only rolls the car on it's side - that's all I needed.

2. I have about six 3/8" bolts fastening the main 2 x 6 cross bar to the front and rear bumper attachment points. While the metal isn't very thick, the wood acts as a big washer on one side and I use fender washers directly on the sheet metal. Nothing has deformed and nothing moves.

3. The empty shell of the car weighs (my guess) about 300-lbs, so we aren't taking huge amounts of weight.

4. If you wanted to be able to turn the car completely upside down, I think if you kept both bumper reinforcement bars attached to the car and welded a tube into the center of the bumper bar, you could use that as the axis for spinning the car. You would then just need to get the car high enough to be able to spin it so nothing would hit the ground. People seem to use two engine stands or else make a high structure out of wood.

Best $100 I've spent on any car project!