..and onto the Rotisserie, finally!

I've had the basic Rotisserie for some time now - thank you Stuart (Mr.Pharmacist on DDK)! The usual way to fix the Rotisserie frame is through the bumper mounts but I didn't trust mine. At some point the car has had a bump at the front which has ripped the holes that the bumper fixed to. I've also done big repairs at the back and the bumper mounts aren't completed yet...so it made sense to me to fix the Rotisserie frame elsewhere.

The front suspension points and the rear transmission mounts make good sense because they're way stronger and hold the car at more points than the bumper mounted option would.

So here's the attachment at the front.

At the back, the frame fixes simply to the Transmission/Gearbox mounts. You can see the frame itself has a ton of reinforcement welded. It's probably way over built and strengthened but I'm not taking any chances of the tub falling off and destroying itself and/or me..

And so to the fun bit...

We're having a lot of building work being done to the house right now so I recruited the builders and one plasterer to help lift the body while I engaged the frame. Thanks to Richie, Tim and Matty!

 
Special kudos to big Matty for lifting the entire front of the tub single handedly. The guys did a 'test lift' to gauge the weight of the thing and said it would be easy to lift for a few minutes. But the reality was I only had a few seconds to get the frame engaged before things got wobbly! Still it's done now...hoorah.

Here's a few more shots of the crew and various bits and bobs:

Me setting up the frame...

Matty taking the strain!..

The Rotisserie is connected front the back by 40mm x 40mm box sectioned steel and the whole thing is mounted on lockable castors so I can move it around as needs be..

Here's a shot of the mess to clean up on the underside. Lots of nasty black underseal and paint to remove but fortunately not a massive amount of repair work needed; floor pans are largely very good.

Porsche 914 Rotisserie