Anyone out there use a rottiserie on a el camino ?.I was sliden around under mine checkin out the rust and what a pain it,s gona be with the bed supports, floor supports seperating them from the floor and bed skin.Ihave seen regular cars spun around and nose,doors, anthing else you can remove to loose excess weight .Iwas wondering if i would have to do any more supporting with the bed and all.the bed I would do one side at a time as well as the cab floor so I dont twist it takin out to much at one time. thanks :?:

I'm not sure if thisis what you're after but check it out...

www.mgbexperience.com/rotator

To cool Skully. I've been considering one, now just might have to look into building it, with a little help from my welding friends of course.

Here are some other sites as well. The first one is quite expensive, like 1000 to 1550, depending on the model, but it is a fine piece of equipment.
www.whirlyjig.com

This one is a bit cheaper.
www.accessiblesystems.com

yea thats what I want to use hope Ican still get my hands on one.That one you build looks good If I cant .Im just thinkin If I want to go this route before I start or just jack it up roll out the chasis and get really,really filthy I went this way on my suburban and Im still pullin rust out of well everything! .Its a lot more nicer to work like a gent, but will take more time to set up but then whats the rush . I can look for more parts . well If anyone has gone this route with an el camino let me know thanks :roll:

Its the only way to go!. I built one to do a Mustang restoration and the job went so much easier being able to work on the underneath standing up.
Welding in floorpans, grinding welds, painting and undercoating turn out much better.
I built it out of 2" square tubing with 2.5" seamless for the sliding parts and made it in such a way that it could be adjusted to fit different vehicles. I just looked up all the photos I could find on the net and then measured a few cars with a tape measure. I used a chop saw to get square ends and had a pro welding buddy do the welds with a 230 amp arc welder.
With casters on it I could flip the car on its side and push it up against the wall when I needed extra room in the garage, I will never do another car without one.
On my elky I intend to bolt the frame up to it(minus body) to sandblast and refinish it followed by the bare body shell.

Thanks Howard.Are you going to support the bed Iwas on the web lookin at rotisseries and came across a guy doin a 56 chevy convertable and he was conserned about the body twistin with no roof so he weilded in a support. and it got me thinkin if I would have the same problem or if it,s just over kill .Also how would you support the body to the rotisserie weld somthing to the bumper support box thingie in the rear and somthing to the firewall in the front .or just put long bolts threw with some heavy washers? thanks.

I just wish I had a big enough garage to use something like that. :-)

I only have a regular 2 car garage and it actually gives you more room if it's on castors because you can wheel it around or outside even for those cleanup days.
If there is no major structural rust you shouldn't need any extra bracing with the steel roof etc. Mine has bad rocker panels and floor pans so I was going to replace those before I bolt it up to the rotisserie The bed, roof pillars and cowl are solid so I should be ok.
For lifting the car I was going to bolt a chain to the seat belt mounts on the trans tunnel and another one at the rear tailgate hinge points then use a pair of engine hoists to lift the shell. I will use the 2 rear body mounts, long bolts with large washers and the 2 front body mounts at the bottom of the cowl. at this point the car will be a shell with no windows, doors or interior so weight should not be a problem. I think they said the bare Mustang shell was about 1,200 lbs, I figure the elky shell should be about the same. Then I will be able to make the bottom clean enough to eat off of :)

Thanks alot guys .I dont have that mutch rust except for the bed area in the rear ,the bed supports from the shock area to the rear and rear floor pans, smugglers box. The floor pans were replaced but need to be cleand up underneath (parts of old pan after the weld ) and acouple of floor supports replaced .thanks again :)