<VV> Corvair on a rotisserie

[Bob Gilbert]

We always love pictures of work being done of our cars!

Bob


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Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Corvair on a rotisserie


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>> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:45:09 EST
>> From: KMFEAR at aol.com
>> Subject: Corvair on a Rotisserie
>> To: virtualVairs at corvair.org, virtualvairs-request at corvair.org
>
>> Has anyone put a Corvair on a rotisserie? I am beginning the restoration 
>> on
>> a 1962 Monza Wagon. Because the area where the bumper mounts in V shaped 
>> I am
>> contemplating welding bumper brackets to the mounts for the rotisserie. 
>> Any
>> experience out there on this?
>
> I have a "Whirly-Jig" rotisserie that I bought in 2003.  I currently have 
> a buddies '64 Monza convert up in the air.  We welded up brackets that 
> would bolt to the bumper mounts and attach to the rotisserie.  We always 
> lift with the engine & transaxle out. Less weight.  I have found that when 
> lifting a ragtop, you need a body stiffener or it will sag in the middle. 
> This 64 is cancer free and when on the ground, shows no body flex with the 
> doors open and stepping in and out of the car, but when suspended from the 
> bumper brackets and not the suspension, when you open the doors, you can 
> see some flex. Not a lot, but noticeable. My rotisserie has an optional 
> body stiffener for converts. It is a pair of uprights that basically 
> extend the uprights of the rotisserie and then you tie the uprights 
> together across the length of the car with a piece of tubing. Once the 
> tubing is in place and tightened down, the body flex is gone.
> I don't have any pictures right now. Maybe I can get over to the garage 
> over the next few days if interested.
>
> BobJ
>
> Frostbite Falls, MN
> CORSA since '72