toolman

Shipping stuff here is a killer!! Replacement floor set (both sides) without the rail upgrade shipped here by Post was over $400. I still plan to do only one side floor panel at a time even with the body brace. You never know if you might need some additional measurements. Can't get it if you cut up both sides. My old transmission mount was removed when I first put Chevy 327 with Turbo 400 about 1974 or so. I do plan to connect the front frame rails to the rear ones. I will beef up the front side of the rear frame rails as I was thinking about putting a whole independent suspension and narrow it. But for now, I'll leave the R200 differential in. Also. I plan to upgrade the front frame rails for the LS3 motor. Sunny

Orginially I was thought I could get away with repairing the frame rails. But after cutting open the frame rails, corrosion made them unrepairable. So rail replacement was necessary. After checking out the replacement floor pans and frame rails available, I decided to construct my own. Normally one can get away without bracing the body to do the replacement. But I found some corrosion on the front of driver side rocket panel. Could not determine how strong the rockers were without cutting them open. I constructed body bracing inside the car just above the floor pan. The bracing was mounted to the two lower door hinges mounts. The outer seat belt mounts were used for the other side of the body brace. 1" square steel tubing was used in a crossing pattern to provide support for the floor pan. I want to make it bolted in instead of just welding it .Construction took about two days with all the fitting that necessary. floor panel corossion pics of removed rusted areas lower door hinge mount top view of the body bracing above the floor pan close up view of door hinge mount picture of repaired crack in rear transmission tunnel frame rail rust

I forgot to mention that for safety reasons- a pair of rubber wheel chocks are placed under the curved wooden section( on each side) of the rotisserie. Never hurts to be safe. Sunny

Not to worry, I used to be a bodyman before and am familiar with splicing vehicles. As to the question about how much to tear down the car, it depends what you are trying to fix. The lighter that you can make the vehicle, the easier it will be rotate over. Also keep the center of gravity low as possible makes rotating easier too.

In planning to do a restoration of my 240z, I knew that I would need a rotisserie to repair the floor panels properly. Most automotive rotisseries run about $2000 not including shipping. A used one would run about half that amount. For me, the problem was most rotisseries are large and take up a lot of space. As I have only a two car garage, this type of rotisserie was not an viable option. After searching the Internet, the idea of a tilt rotisserie was found. The best version for me was a wooden tilt rotisserie. This style is very compact and can easily disassembled after used. Second the cost is very low. I spent less than $100 for lumber and hardware(bolts, nuts,screws and nuts). With the vehicle on its side, the floor panel, frame rail, and rocker panel repair is readily accessible. Construction time was roughly 3 to 4 days. Sunny head on view of rotisserie in sitting position rotisserie in tilted position front mounting bracket rear mounting bracket

[sharedmedia=videos:videos:301] Another video of the results of using dry ice to remove undercoating. Anybody has a good method of removing the paint on the interior of the car? I was planning to using the 4 1/2 grinder with a wire wheel to do the exposed areas. The confinded area would be sandblasted outdoors. Sunny