Question to the more experienced listers and/or engineertypes(mechanical and the like)

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Where the bumpers are (were) is the strongest area of the car, with the 
exception of where the motor mounts attatch...  I think that is a good 
idea...  I would do it...

David

Quoting "John C. Worden" <scirocco@powerlink.net>:

> So I've been working on the '78, up on it's 4' sawhorses, but they aren't 
> as steady as I would like.
> So I was going to weld up a stand for each end out of steel when I thought 
> of a suggestion my
> father-in-law had made- a rotisserie.  What I would use to mount the car to 
> the rotisserie is a piece
> of 2" box tubing across where the bumpers would normally be with a 10-12" 
> piece going into the
> opening for the bumper mount and using the existing mount holes to bolt 
> on.  The question(finally)is
> do you think this area(mine is in good shape) will hold the shell of the 
> car, which is stripped?  It is not
> very heavy as 4 of us had no problem lifting it up on the sawhorses in the 
> first place, but I would like to
> get some opinions of people who may have experience or technical 
> knowledge.  Having it on a rotisserie
> will make it easier to work on since I will be able to rotate the car 
> depending on what area I am working on
> and after this project, with a change to the mounting bars I can use it to 
> restore my '69 MGB which has been
> waiting for resto. since '97.
> 
> 
> 
> John C. Worden
> Bucksport, Maine
> 
> '98 Dakota 4x4-
> '86 Scirocco 8V-
> '81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
> '89 Polaris Indy Deluxe
> 
> 


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