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Rotissery

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Charles Johns

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Anyone got ideas on the best mounting points for Alpines on a rotisserie? I am building one to hold the body without hood, trunk or doors. I know...bonnet, boot, etc! It will be taken down to bare metal including undercarriage. Suspension/rearend will also be stripped and painted after rebuild. Because it will be a driver, I may undercoat the floor pan rather than paint-to-match. Painting looks cool until one takes the first long trip. The same goes for the firewall, but it will probably be painted. Pictures will be helpful so I can steal ideas.
 
jumpinjan

jumpinjan

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The best place for mounting points are the front suspension bolt holes in the frame rails & rear shock, top mounting holes.
In this way one can start working on the front or rear valances and so on and the body has the least amount of stresses in it.
I never use the tire jacking holes in the front & rear.
Jan
 
260Alpine

260Alpine

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I've always used the bumper mounting but, Jan has a better idea for working on the front and rear valances.
 
jumpinjan

jumpinjan

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I haven't seen an original Alpine or Tiger (to restore) that hasn't crunched the front valance.
Jan
 
65beam

65beam

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Concrete tire stops in parking lots, curbs,etc and in the early years tow trucks used a sling instead of a wheel lift.
 
65beam

65beam

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260Alpine said:
I've always used the bumper mounting but, Jan has a better idea for working on the front and rear valances.
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How about this rack holding my series 4.107_0172.JPG
 

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DanR

DanR

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Here's what I made many years ago..... used for tow bar and the rotiss....
 

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DanR

DanR

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But of course the mount bracket in your Sunbeam Alpine/Tiger need to be in good solid condition....to use the bumper/jack holes.

Mine have been strong enough to allow for me having the front and rear suspension components and the mock up engine and tranny for my V6 projects.
 
65beam

65beam

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The rack in my photo was built specifically for Tigers and Alpines. It belongs to Doug @ Tiger Auto Service.
 
MikeH

MikeH

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It would be a good idea to put in bracing in place of the doors when mounting a convertible on a rotisserie. If there is any weakness in the body it could bend.
 
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Charles Johns

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MikeH said:
It would be a good idea to put in bracing in place of the doors when mounting a convertible on a rotisserie. If there is any weakness in the body it could bend.
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MikeH, YES, it will be braced! A good friend raced a 1940 Studebaker coupe with a very radical inline SIX. At the track the announcer refused to mention the name written on the side of the car...ELONGATED HOLE...assuming it was something not nice. Actually they removed the doors and all metal that could be removed to build the car, thinking it being a coupe it was safe to lift. WRONG! After welding many braces and patches (it was a very nice show-car racer), every mounting hole had to be elongated to make it fit back on the frame. So my Beam will have bracing to keep it in place while being rotated. Thanks for the reminder.
 
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