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ERASER5 · 01-22-2013, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry

Thought about building the roterator myself but these guys have a nice design and my time is very limited. I'd rather get the car done!

I agree. You can pay in time or you can pay in money. Money is faster. Mine seems to go REALLY FAST!

Twisted78SS · 01-23-2013, 07:08 PM

Nice Mike!

that will make a world of difference.

67ChevyRedneck · 01-23-2013, 09:18 PM

Maybe I missed it... I thought this was going to be a patina sleeper? Are you going full on body and paint now? Again, I do try to read most posts... but we're up to 65 pages now!

mcbassin · 01-23-2013, 09:25 PM

Love the rotisserie! I'm gonna get one of those eventually
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Frizzle Fry · 01-28-2013, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ERASER5

I agree. You can pay in time or you can pay in money. Money is faster. Mine seems to go REALLY FAST!

Edzackery

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Originally Posted by Twisted78SS

Nice Mike!
that will make a world of difference.

Yeh, never used one before. Should open up a new world!

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Originally Posted by 67ChevyRedneck

Maybe I missed it... I thought this was going to be a patina sleeper? Are you going full on body and paint now? Again, I do try to read most posts... but we're up to 65 pages now!

It'll still be a sleeper, just with a little nicer paint

Yeh, I decided that the oppertunity to do full paint while it's apart will not present itself again easily. Stickin with the current colors trim and all.

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Originally Posted by mcbassin

Love the rotisserie! I'm gonna get one of those eventually
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I took delivery of it yesterday. Haven't assembled it yet. All I can say is it looks BEEFY and the build quality looks outstanding! Going out to play with it now

Frizzle Fry · 02-07-2013, 01:14 AM

Special delivery from Accessible Systems

There are four built-in jack points of square tube; one at each corner of the car. I made adapters to tie in to them and secure with bumper bolts.

...and the money shots:

This is gonna be like cheating

Even the family digs it:

...art shot:

I couldn't be happier with the new rotissifier so far. It lifts the car right off jack stands with ease via the hydraulic rams and balances perfectly with infinite adjustment via the lead-screw and slide/clamp design.

VA72C10 · 02-07-2013, 01:40 AM

WOW! That's a cool toy!

**Palf70Step** · 02-07-2013, 08:26 AM

OLDIRON69 · 02-07-2013, 09:26 AM

Sweet! That's gonna make life all kinds of easy!

theastronaut · 02-07-2013, 11:54 AM

You'll never work on another car again without one. On my first resto I had to blocksand and wetsand the inside of a '65 C10 cab while it was mounted to the cab, headliner and all. What a backache! With the last one on a rotisserie I could rotate it and do all the sanding standing up with the surface at a comfortable height. They're def one of the top 5 tools to have for bodywork!
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mcbassin · 02-07-2013, 12:04 PM

I love the rotisserie! Keep the pictures coming.

ERASER5 · 02-07-2013, 01:25 PM

Whew! You had me scared for a moment there. Knowing your ADD, I was worried that you would have to powder coat the rotissery first!

Maybe later?

watahyahknow · 02-07-2013, 02:55 PM

hmmmmm making it the top end of add he could just polish it by hand with ever finer sandingpaper untill it looks like chrome , think you need to be a realy bad ADD sufferer to do it that way

in the netherlands there where verry old (about the year 1600) working sailboats hauling grain turf sand and stuff like that on inland waterways , these boats had a steel ruddertill and it was the job of the skipper to polish this till every morning with wet sand and give it a coat of linseed oil keep it from rusting , it made them look realy nice untill they stopped and they got red and crusty

thor · 02-07-2013, 06:26 PM

nice rotisierre! any plans to tie the front and rear subframes together, like most do with camaros?

**67cheby** · 02-07-2013, 06:35 PM

WOW...so what is the plan ? complete paint job ?

NONHOG · 02-07-2013, 10:59 PM

Just thinking..........when your done with the driftbeam and before the Tahoe goes on it. I should bring the Amazon over.

I mean, its about the same size and all.

Seriously, great progress! Hope your having as much fun doing as we are watching.

Frizzle Fry · 02-08-2013, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by VA72C10

WOW! That's a cool toy!

Always wanted one, just never justified it before this

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Originally Posted by OLDIRON69

Sweet! That's gonna make life all kinds of easy!

I know I can't wait to actually work on it now. Should be getting out there today.

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Originally Posted by theastronaut

You'll never work on another car again without one. On my first resto I had to blocksand and wetsand the inside of a '65 C10 cab while it was mounted to the cab, headliner and all. What a backache! With the last one on a rotisserie I could rotate it and do all the sanding standing up with the surface at a comfortable height. They're def one of the top 5 tools to have for bodywork!
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It's unbelievable the difference it makes. The quality of work can only improve with this kind of access and ergonomics.

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Originally Posted by mcbassin

I love the rotisserie! Keep the pictures coming.

You know it!

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Originally Posted by ERASER5

Whew! You had me scared for a moment there. Knowing your ADD, I was worried that you would have to powder coat the rotissery first!

Maybe later?

Yeh, it was tempting but I need to focus on the car!

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow

hmmmmm making it the top end of add he could just polish it by hand with ever finer sandingpaper untill it looks like chrome , think you need to be a realy bad ADD sufferer to do it that way

in the netherlands there where verry old (about the year 1600) working sailboats hauling grain turf sand and stuff like that on inland waterways , these boats had a steel ruddertill and it was the job of the skipper to polish this till every morning with wet sand and give it a coat of linseed oil keep it from rusting , it made them look realy nice untill they stopped and they got red and crusty

Always insightful

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Originally Posted by thor

nice rotisierre! any plans to tie the front and rear subframes together, like most do with camaros?

Looking into it. But I honestly don't think the car will benefit from it. The front leaf hangers (now link hangers) attach to a lateral structure which ties into beefy rocker structures which tie into several points including the front frame rails. The Camaros front hangers seem to be tied into basically sheetmetal. They also suffer from the front subframe 'walking,' which is one of the motivations for the connectors. This car has excellent torsional rigidity from what I've seen on jack stands and during the debug runs on the street.

Still, they're not fully ruled out yet.

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Originally Posted by 67cheby

WOW...so what is the plan ? complete paint job ?

Yes!

Same colors, just new

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Originally Posted by NONHOG

Just thinking..........when your done with the driftbeam and before the Tahoe goes on it. I should bring the Amazon over.

I mean, its about the same size and all.

I'm all for loaning the thing out between projects. You might have to get in line though...

Another brown truck delivery, gonna see if this stuff works as advertised:

watahyahknow · 02-08-2013, 12:33 PM

think i know of that stuff it looks like milk when you put it on rust it reacts and turns black the black stuff keeps it from rusting again

Frizzle Fry · 02-08-2013, 12:44 PM

Picklex 20 removes flash rust - YouTube

hgs_notes · 02-08-2013, 01:28 PM

Sorcery!

Jonboy · 02-08-2013, 01:32 PM

With a name like "picklex" I would have thought you would put cucumbers in it....

While the 'beam is on the rotissifier, you may look into doing a spray on bedliner or such to the underside. We did that on a Monte Carlo we took off the frame, worked like buttah!

watahyahknow · 02-08-2013, 05:55 PM

its not the stuff i was talking about , i am however wondering wat would happen if you leave some metal submerged in the stuff (like inside some boxsection ) , it looks like its some sort of acid that could keep eating away at the metal

**Palf70Step** · 02-08-2013, 06:20 PM

Looks interesting. Need to do some more checking into it.

Rust is definitely an issue on anything lying around down here very long.

theastronaut · 02-08-2013, 07:11 PM

You may have said and I forgot or overlooked it- are you going to strip the car to bare metal?
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Frizzle Fry · 02-08-2013, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hgs_notes

Sorcery!

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Originally Posted by Jonboy

With a name like "picklex" I would have thought you would put cucumbers in it....

While the 'beam is on the rotissifier, you may look into doing a spray on bedliner or such to the underside. We did that on a Monte Carlo we took off the frame, worked like buttah!

Check out the second pic in this post

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Originally Posted by watahyahknow

its not the stuff i was talking about , i am however wondering wat would happen if you leave some metal submerged in the stuff (like inside some boxsection ) , it looks like its some sort of acid that could keep eating away at the metal

Nope, it can be left on there (simply wiped off) and just scuffed up to apply epoxy primer right over it. Read up.

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Looks interesting. Need to do some more checking into it.

Rust is definitely an issue on anything lying around down here very long.

You can even find it mentioned with positive result elsewhere on this site. I'll let you guys know what I think of it shortly.

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Originally Posted by theastronaut

You may have said and I forgot or overlooked it- are you going to strip the car to bare metal?
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Not fully bare, just down to a good base. Whatever has been holding on this long and doesn't knock off with some sanding will be a fine base for epoxy and 2k.

01-23-2013, 07:08 PM	#2
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Frizzle Fry Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Hillsboro Oregon Posts: 6,449	Re: '66 Sunbeam Minx Project - F20C/6sp/4-link/Discs... Special delivery from Accessible Systems There are four built-in jack points of square tube; one at each corner of the car. I made adapters to tie in to them and secure with bumper bolts. ...and the money shots: This is gonna be like cheating Even the family digs it: ...art shot: I couldn't be happier with the new rotissifier so far. It lifts the car right off jack stands with ease via the hydraulic rams and balances perfectly with infinite adjustment via the lead-screw and slide/clamp design.

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