Thread: 57 Chevy Cruizer

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I made the openings 31" diameter...seeing as how it's an old style gasser the openings will be way higher then the tire anyway!!! Street tires will be 28.5", slicks are 29.5"

I must have missed that in the thread.On a AMC called "The Average Nash" they cut a square up and over the arch of the opening on the quarter panel.Then pc'ed in the expansion in the center keeping the same arch.Then trimmed each end of the cut-out and welded it back on the quarter panel. I looked stock and was pretty slick.

Originally Posted by 1gary

I must have missed that in the thread.On a AMC called "The Average Nash" they cut a square up and over the arch of the opening on the quarter panel.Then pc'ed in the expansion in the center keeping the same arch.Then trimmed each end of the cut-out and welded it back on the quarter panel. I looked stock and was pretty slick.

Neat look, I guess.... Think I'll just stick with the round opening, don't like the look of the stock opening at all, kind of copying the Nomad and Sedan Delivery style from '55, round and plain...

Doing some time finish up some welding and fitting some 20ga. supports for the floor. In the front of the passenger compartment, got the lower dash welded to the firewall and finished out the sheet metal part of the driver's footwell. Hope to be gluing on some aluminum panels next week some time! Also cut out a couple spots in the right rocker panel that need patch panels. Amazing what a couple beads and a couple bends do to a piece of 20ga. sheetmetal...Made the floor support in the last picture the other day then got it welded in today...When you tap on it with a body hammer, it has the same solid sound as the 16ga. square tubing it's welded to!!!!

Great work, Dave! That rotissary kicks butt; i'll have to build one of those!

Originally Posted by falconvan

Great work, Dave! That rotissary kicks butt; i'll have to build one of those!

I'd never even consider doing a complete on a car without it!!!! These are terribly overbuilt, but the start of the stands were at my favorite recycle yard. A local manufacturing concern had built them but for whatever reason never even used them!!! My pal Jim sold me these 2 in the picture and 2 more that I'm going to finish building someday with hydraulics for lifting and rotating the car.... Just a word of warning, I think you have to me over the age of 50 to be authorized a rotissierie!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave-the one in the pic that you're using,are you rotating that with a long pipe as a lever??.

Originally Posted by 1gary

Dave-the one in the pic that you're using,are you rotating that with a long pipe as a lever??.

Nope, just one had to rotate the car, and someone to remove and reinstall the pin. Just a matter of getting the balance dialed in right when you put the car on it.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'd never even consider doing a complete on a car without it!!!! These are terribly overbuilt, but the start of the stands were at my favorite recycle yard. A local manufacturing concern had built them but for whatever reason never even used them!!! My pal Jim sold me these 2 in the picture and 2 more that I'm going to finish building someday with hydraulics for lifting and rotating the car.... Just a word of warning, I think you have to me over the age of 50 to be authorized a rotissierie!!!!!!!!!!!!

That leaves me 6 more years; I don't know if I can wait that long! Guess I'll have to get an "unauthorized" one and hope the rotisserie cops don't kick my door in!!!:LOL!!!

Originally Posted by falconvan

That leaves me 6 more years; I don't know if I can wait that long! Guess I'll have to get an "unauthorized" one and hope the rotisserie cops don't kick my door in!!!:LOL!!!

I'm in charge of the rotissierie cops, we have been known to accept bribes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Dave been awhile so is the Camaro gone and the P/u too ??

This one I want to stick with , I love the Gasser lately then added with one of the tri/ 5's NICE !!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'm in charge of the rotissierie cops, we have been known to accept bribes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful Dave, just beautiful....

Yeah Dave-I have had the materials to build one twice.Well really a frame jig that rotates.

The nightmare is the car taking off lifting me off my feet,hurting me and the car.Well a really bad day in general.

In my mind,level is very important.Refence points to level that is.So in what I had in mind,there is no rollers,just adjustment feet to make level.Doesn't get moved until done.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Hello Dave been awhile so is the Camaro gone and the P/u too ??

This one I want to stick with , I love the Gasser lately then added with one of the tri/ 5's NICE !!!!

Not gone, just moved to the "things to be done" list!!! Always had a soft spot for the tri-fives, so many of my friends had them when we were kids. And the gasser thing just sealed the deal, didn't need another project but just could pass it up either..... You know how it goes.....

Originally Posted by 1gary

Yeah Dave-I have had the materials to build one twice.Well really a frame jig that rotates.

The nightmare is the car taking off lifting me off my feet,hurting me and the car.Well a really bad day in general.

In my mind,level is very important.Refence points to level that is.So in what I had in mind,there is no rollers,just adjustment feet to make level.Doesn't get moved until done.

I have a fixed and very heavy duty chassis table. Bolted to the floor, 2x4 11 ga. frame with a 3/8" steel top.. Has a few referece lines cut in as well as a center line for measurements. The rotissierie is mainly for the bodies when the project gets a bit on the intense side like this one. Also works great for detailing and painting on the frames once they come off the chassis table. Wouldn't want to even try building a complete without either of them anymore, easy to get spoiled!!!

Some of the ideas I actually stole from Jegs chassis shop yrs ago when they still had that running.After a Indy Drag Racers auction we stopped by to pick up a Super Gasser roller from them.