questions on putting my 70 road runner on a rotisserie

If you want the panels off for the blaster make youself a dolly to transport the shell to the blasters. When you get it home put it on a stable platform and replace your panels. After that go to the rotisserie for under side owrk ect. When doen with that return to the floor for bolt on panel alignment. The bodies actually flex quite a bit when suspended on a rotisserie.

A rotisserie is not for doing complete sheetmetal replacement, it is more suited to minor lower repairs, painting and assembly and detail work.

NO, don't do that. Like said above do the sheet metal work on a platform. Those holes in the frame rails are there for a reason, build something and locate to the holes, and rails, and square it up. Also when you do put it on the rotisserie when not working on it or during transport turn the body on its side to take the stress off of it.

I agree with the comments above regarding the large panel replacement while the body is mounted on a rotisserie. Idealy the rotisserie is meant for short term use and is an awesome tool during a restoration. However, sometimes life will get in the way of those short term plans and as in my case it ended up being almost 6 years before taking it off the rig. I was worried about long term issues even with everything out of the car making it as light as I could. I made a center brace for my car - 68 Road Runner - and every time I finished for the day I would put the car back level and set up the brace. It was just some scrap steel and a scissor jack I found in a junkyard. I would set it up in the middle of the car and run the jack up to the body and give it an extra turn to take some stress off the ends. I wasn't sure if I really needed it but it gave me peace of mind and we had no issues putting the body back together. My car had been mini-tubbed long time ago and when I fixed those areas I just did one side at a time. The rest of the body did not require big panel replacement.
Even with this style center brace I would not attempt quarter panel replacement on a rotiserie.

Good luck with your project.

I lower my rotisserie so the car is supported on jack stands when I do quarters and other larger panels. I wouldn't be transporting it either on just a rotisserie after panels are removed.

i agree, don't replace any major metal while on the rotisserie. here is a picture of a jig i made to set my roadrunner on while i replaced frame rails, floor, quarters, ect..

i welded pins on the jig that fit up into the frame holes. when i replaced the frame rails they fell onto the pins and were lined up exact. the whole car went together nice and everything lined up.

So at what stage was that car blasted?

Thanks guys, I apriciate all the input! I won't put quarters and floors in on the rotiserie! I was planning on setting it up on jack stands n leveling it all out befor welding in any panels. I will make supports for when I transport it so it can be on the rotiserie at the blasters. Want any and all rust/paint removed top and bottom.

Just have the blaster hit the seams where you will be looking for spot welds on the panels you will be replacing. One benefit of this way is you get most of the sand out when you remove the panel plus it stays rigid for the transport

If I leave quarters and trunk floor on the body, won't be able to get to all the areas when blasting. Thinking about using rotiserie to stip undercoating off bottom of car but put back on to dollies bolted where fromt spring hanger is and to bumper area before transport.

I have had my Charger on a rotisserie for several years with no ill effects. However, when it came time to replace the quarter panels and rockers, I determined that the only way to sustain the original dimensions of the car was to properly support it, and use the actual factory diagram for measurements. I built this rolling body jig, which is similar in style to the ones at the AMD restoration shop. Each of the vertical posts supports the body at key locations, relative to the factory drawing.