65 GTO

[fahrenschnell]

Re: 65 GTO

You sir are Awesome....I want a rotisserie.....


Seth

[mike343sharpstick]

Re: 65 GTO

You sir are Awesome....I want a rotisserie.....

Seth

When I was doing my Javelin I built a rotisserie using plans from the web:

http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/Editorial_20.htm

for about $450. When I was done with the bodywork and had the car on its wheels I sold it for about the same amount.
A rotisserie will save you far more than $450 worth of time and frustration. 8)

[milner351]

Re: 65 GTO

You sir are Awesome....I want a rotisserie.....

Seth

When I was doing my Javelin I built a rotisserie using plans from the web:

http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/Editorial_20.htm

for about $450. When I was done with the bodywork and had the car on its wheels I sold it for about the same amount.
A rotisserie will save you far more than $450 worth of time and frustration. 8)

Before I start in on the '69 in earnest - that is precisely my plan - I already have the big casters and some of the steel.
Interesting that thumpr's is two separate pieces - most of the comercial ones are tied together in the middle.

[Thumpin455]

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I have a piece I can put between them, but I need to rework the heads and mounts first. As it sits they tend to wan to move around when the body turns, and I would rather not twist the body at this point. When the Mustang goes on it, I will have it all fixed and have the height adjustable too.

This cost me about $450 to build, $200 for the steel and $200 for the wheels. Those 6" casters are $25 a pop, and I initially bought four that didnt swivel and that didnt work so well. Tomorrow I am going to pick up two more swivels, and i still have uses for the fixed wheels, so its not a complete loss.

Back to welding....

[DanStokes]

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On the casters -
When I built the last thing I needed them for I went to HF and the casters were about $60 for 4ea. 4 inchers. I really didn't want to spend that much and as I was walking out of the store I noticed that they had 4 wheel dollies on sale for like $15 - with 4ea. 4" casters. So I took it home, stripped the casters off, and built my chop saw station. No clue if they have something with 6 inchers but it's worth a look.

Dan

[Thumpin455]

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I dont have a HF up here, I have wally world, Lowes, Ace, and Menards, along with a few parts stores like Napa and Carquest, and the nearest Tractor Supply is 2 hours away. Honestly most of what I get is ordered online. So I am stuck for some things, like getting steel, I have to drive to Escanaba to get anything worthwhile, otherwise I pay a fortune to the one shop in town that has pipe, tube, sheet, etc. and it takes them a week to get it in. Sucks living in a remote place, but it keeps the neighbors away.

On a good note, I have the pass side quarter patch and trunk drop tacked in place, a bit of fitting yet to do then final welding. Its starting to look like a car again. I'll take some pics when I have the welding done and ground down. I havent ground any welds on this thing yet, so I am going to rip through a few discs on it in a day or two.

[Huskinhano]

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Nice work, I've been following along. Just curious, what are you going to do about all the roof rust such as the just about missing A pillar and rear back lite? Donor roof?

[mike343sharpstick]

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I got my casters from the place linked on the site that had the rotisserie plans.
Everytime I chase around for stuff like that I end up getting frustrated so more and more I just order stuf from the 'ol interweb.
Anyhoo... the place is called caster connection http://www.casterconnection.com/
The one I built used 4-per side, 4" polyurethane swivel casters part no. C3240-PU-S. I can't find that pn on the site any longer but part no. CCI07-10026 is similar.

[std]

Re: 65 GTO

You sir are Awesome....I want a rotisserie.....

Seth

When I was doing my Javelin I built a rotisserie using plans from the web:

http://www.harwoodperformance.bizland.com/1941buick/Editorial_20.htm

for about $450. When I was done with the bodywork and had the car on its wheels I sold it for about the same amount.
A rotisserie will save you far more than $450 worth of time and frustration. 8)

Before I start in on the '69 in earnest - that is precisely my plan - I already have the big casters and some of the steel.
Interesting that thumpr's is two separate pieces - most of the comercial ones are tied together in the middle.

Oh no...who is going to help design and build this thing? I'm not sure your concrete floors are thick enough!

[Thumpin455]

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Nice work, I've been following along. Just curious, what are you going to do about all the roof rust such as the just about missing A pillar and rear back lite? Donor roof?

I fabricate what I cant find. That being said I have two parts cars waiting for me to pick them up. One is close, the other not so close, but the snow keeps me from going to get them. Hopefully I can get them here before its time to start the filler and sanding excitement.

[Thumpin455]

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I now have casters on all the wheels so I can move the thing sideways to fit another car in if I need to. YAY!

Here are the pics of the quarter patch, I pulled the dent out of the top body line too so it would relieve the oil can effect on the quarter. Worked perfectly and now the back half of the quarter wont need a half inch of mud to be straight.

Here is the drop and patch, need to grind in the wheel well a bit yet, and the shoot it full of POR15 so it doesnt rot again.

[SuperBuickGuy]

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you do nice work

[Huskinhano]

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Amazing amount of progress since your first post. Keep of the great work.

[IRONHEAD]

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I have a piece I can put between them, but I need to rework the heads and mounts first. As it sits they tend to wan to move around when the body turns, and I would rather not twist the body at this point. When the Mustang goes on it, I will have it all fixed and have the height adjustable too.

This cost me about $450 to build, $200 for the steel and $200 for the wheels. Those 6" casters are $25 a pop, and I initially bought four that didnt swivel and that didnt work so well. Tomorrow I am going to pick up two more swivels, and i still have uses for the fixed wheels, so its not a complete loss.

Back to welding....

love the link..
I'll be use'n wheel barrel wheels .. and mount them the same way pushbehind mowers that can turn around trees without lifting the front mount the front wheels..
I'll need the big wheels as I'll have to roll it over tar/rocks/grass/ and dirt..
and the wheel in tires are cheap.. mounts are farely easy to make.. and locking them in place is simple..

[VTJUNK]

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Amazing amount of progress since your first post. Keep of the great work.

Ditto, and it's great to see one more of the great ones saved. Thankfully we have all this aftermarket support these days otherwise this wouldn't be possible without cutting up other cars.