I too have done extensive work by laying the car on its sill and have had
great results.
Built 2 race cars, and restored one of them to street and never used a
rotisserie.
Jeff Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Rowe" <mdrowe at optonline.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Working on the car, this time for real!
>I don't understand the reluctance to lay the car on its sill on a carpet.
>I have been doing this with my BE and it is remarkable stable if the floor
>is smooth. This puts less bending stress across the weakest part of a
>rusty shell. And my wife and I (240 lb between us) have no trouble
>rolling it.
>
> Michael Rowe
>
>> Build a wooden jig. There are several different plans out there. Here's
>> one:
>> http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?1,1766256,1766256#msg-1766256
>>
>> I built a more elaborate one for my Midget.
>>
>> http://www.starrtech.net/~jimj/images/DSCF2000.JPG
>> http://www.starrtech.net/~jimj/images/DSCF2008.JPG
>>
>> Plans for this are buried somewhere in the garage. If you want them, let
>> me
>> know and I'll scan them and send to you.
>>
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:22 PM, CosmicMag1380
>> <cosmicmag1380 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Andrew Payne <andrewpayne at intrex.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> Where should I put the stands once I remove the rear suspension?
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Take a 4 x 4 post and run it through where the rear axle was... make
>>> sure it is long enough to stick outside the wheel wells on both sides.
>>> You can add pieces of wood between the post and the bottom of the axle
>>> hump if you want to take up space if you don't want the post to
>>> contact the fender lips. The fender lips are strong enough to support
>>> the stripped car without bending unless they are really rusty. Put
>>> your jack stands on the outside on each side of the car. Watch out
>>> that you don't jam your knees/ankles on them! You can make it any
>>> height that you want by putting cinder block (or whatever) under each
>>> side of the post. That way you'll have plenty of room for a creeper
>>> underneath.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kent
>>> 1960 Bugeye
>>> 1983 Garage full of spridget parts!
>>> 2010 Arrow shed full of excess spridget parts!!!
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>>
>> --
>> Cheers!!
>> Jim Johnson
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