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rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr

Posted By: johnzgarage

rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/12/10 12:19 AM

I got really tired of working on my back....so I rounded up some 10g tubing , 3ton rams, 1k casters and welded up a rotisserie. I did my best to try to copy the one Eastwood sells. I think it's called an autotwirler?
I tried to make mine as light as possible, It's just for blasting and painting shell's . I would think it wouldnt be very safe with a drivetrain on the shell or any heavy parts on the body, but it feel's very solid and work's great. It was alot of fun to make.......but now the real fun can start building this 65 ply sedan.

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Posted By: DynoDave

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/12/10 12:32 AM

Nice job. Well worth the time and money.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/12/10 01:45 AM

I just put my buddies 69RR on the spit Sat in his shop and what a dream this will be to work on compared to doing mine on the floor ( never again ).
Posted By: BBCoronet

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/12/10 04:26 AM

Is that a 4 to 2 door conversion on the spit??
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/12/10 05:19 AM

yes, your the first to notice that. I should post some more pic's of it....I have done alot to it to get it this far. long story.

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Posted By: BBCoronet

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/12/10 12:31 PM

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yes, your the first to notice that. I should post some more pic's it....I have done alot to it to get it this far. long story.



I have an old 64 Plymouth 2dr post race car that is trashed and I plan on using it to do a conversion on a clean 4dr I've had for years.......Got a 64 Dodge post I want to do also. So YES PLEASE post some pix of your progress
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 05:03 AM

Well I'll try to give you guy's a little bit of history first. I bought a 65 2dr sedan post from the b-body postings of moparts and had it shipped to my house. The car was a total waste of money!!! I spent way to much money for that car. Everything on it was junk....it was rotted-out,smashed and full of bondo. I think the glass was even rusty!!!lol. After looking the car over I decided it would be less work for me to just find a cheap 4dr and do a 4dr-2dr conversion.
Well here's what I got.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 05:11 AM

Front core support and frame was gone ....had to do some welding.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 05:23 AM

frames done

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 05:32 AM

found a good core support off a 64 fury ..worked great.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 04:11 PM

here's what's left of the 2dr sedan .

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 04:12 PM

another

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/15/10 09:46 PM

This was the "donor car" and it's a glamour shot !!!!

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/16/10 01:27 AM

Last night I finished up on welding all the trim holes closed ......There must have been 60+ holes!!!

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Posted By: rockerbob

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/16/10 01:33 AM

Nice project. Please post as many pic's an info as you if you dont mind. I really like these cars. And I have a 4 door I was hoping to try this on.
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/16/10 01:34 AM

holes closed.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/16/10 02:08 AM

The whole floor is really nice !!!! needs no metal work.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/16/10 02:19 AM

But the trunk was rusted out.
I saved a good trunk section from a 65 4dr coronet and started welding that in a while ago... today I worked on that.

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Posted By: BBCoronet

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/16/10 02:28 AM

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Nice project. Please post as many pic's an info as you if you dont mind. I really like these cars. And I have a 4 door I was hoping to try this on.



I second that! I've talked to a couple guys who have done this and they said it was fairly easy but there's nothing like watching it step by step. I've got the cars, I got the parts....I even bought the Spit to start the cooking " Show Us the Way"
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/16/10 09:53 PM

Quote:

Quote:

Nice project. Please post as many pic's an info as you if you dont mind. I really like these cars. And I have a 4 door I was hoping to try this on.



I second that! I've talked to a couple guys who have done this and they said it was fairly easy but there's nothing like watching it step by step. I've got the cars, I got the parts....I even bought the Spit to start the cooking " Show Us the Way"



No doubt! There are tons of 4 doors out there that are rust free candidates for this and dirt cheap compared to their 3 door counterparts!
Posted By: RUMBLON

Re: made a rotisserie for the 65 - 08/18/10 10:05 PM

I THIRD that!!!!! Here is what I have and I have posted a general thread post early today and was directed here.

Ok, what am I missing, whats the spit. The rotisserie?

I have this car, but no rotisserie, only I do have this!!!! think this will help at all or do I need it to spin?

BENDPACK
Dave



my 10K bendpack.

Posted By: RUMBLON

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/18/10 11:36 PM

I dont fully understand the conversion. I understand I would need a set of doors. But do I also need a donor car for door jams? Or once the doors are in place, do you use the rear doors and if so, would you not need jams that match up to the front door???
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/19/10 01:28 AM

Just to let you guy's know.....4dr's and 2dr's are the same . You will find that seams, spot welds , layer's of metal , w.b. and all the other little thing's are the same between the two model's. The factory just shortend the front door, ran the door sill down to the rear wheelwell , added a center post and smaller rear door. Just a quick way, for the factory to make a 4dr, without changing to much.
Here's a few crude exsamples as far as how it work's out.
Now Ive seen many different way's of doing this conversion......everyone has there own way of doing thing's .
I will go into great detail in the metal work at a later date , but for now Im trying to finish up on welding in a new trunk pan.....thats were the spit is paying off.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/19/10 01:32 AM

a ruff idea

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/19/10 01:35 AM

The center post has been removed and the 2dr sedan door was hung on the 4dr.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/19/10 01:48 AM

Here's another cool project that's kinda slowing me down right now....... well back to work.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/19/10 02:23 AM

I just love these posts where it's hackem up and put them back together. Go man Go!
Posted By: 1969 HEMI R-T

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/22/10 03:58 AM

I am doing a 64 dodge 330 4 dr conversion right now. cool tread! It takes time , but is fairly an easy job!
Posted By: BBCoronet

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/22/10 02:40 PM

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I am doing a 64 dodge 330 4 dr conversion right now. cool tread! It takes time , but is fairly an easy job!


Well lets see some pics......Maybe a new thread??
Seems like a bunch of us are looking for first hand info on this. Well how bout it!
Posted By: Joesixpack

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/23/10 02:20 AM

wow great job on the 65, I see your in the Twin Cities area do you know Larry H from JIT Powdercoating?I got my 66 Belvedere Sedan from him, good guy who has lots of knowledge of 62-69 B-bodies....he has a 4 door 64 Dodge I would love to get and do a 2 door conversion,I think that is the latest trend in the 62-65 B-bodies as the supply of nice 2 door sedans has dried up....
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/23/10 03:55 AM

Yes , I think I know him.... a couple of years ago I bought a clean 65 coronet fender from him. Awhile ago ,he had a clean pair of bench seat tracks for a 65 sedan for sale on c.l. I wish I would of bought them.
I think he had a 64 or a 65 sedan at the time too, and he was unhappy with the paint job on it.
It's getting harder and harder to find any good early b-body parts around the twin-cities area worth buying. I just made a 400 mile round trip for a semi-good hood ......4dr's are the answer!!!!
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/25/10 11:36 PM

Well ,I took a break on the trunk and worked on the new hood. The new hood had been smashed in on it's right side edge. First, I worked the basic shape back into it,then I had to cut some of back brace out and hammer and block the edge back into it.Then weld and grind it back. I now have a nice straight edge on the side of the hood. I hope the hood fits good on the car!!! Will find out later ......Back to welding and grinding in the trunk.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/25/10 11:39 PM

tacked

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/25/10 11:41 PM

welded

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/25/10 11:43 PM

grinding finnished

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 08/25/10 11:47 PM

good to go.

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Posted By: 1965_PLYMOUTH

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/08/10 07:29 PM

nice job on the hood. you made that look too easy.
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/09/10 04:22 AM

Hey Thank's It's been hard for me to do any work.....had a 1/2 drill rip out of my right hand and damaged some tendon's ....... I'm hoping to head out you way as soon as I can grip a wrench again.......
Posted By: Joesixpack

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/13/10 01:42 AM

what are your plans for your rotisserie when your finished? do you plan to keep it or would it be for sale or lease? I have a 4 door to 2 door sedan conversion planned....
Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/13/10 03:48 AM

Ya, shure, I havent thought about it, but Im sure we can work something out. I can be reached @ 651-248-3321.......best to call around dinner time.
Posted By: SGTFURY62

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/21/10 06:30 AM

Great project! I did this to my wagon to make a 2dr. Getting ready to probably to it to my sons car (63 dodge 330) since his 2dr is soooo far gone and our 4dr parts car is really nice.

Heres a shot of my wagon as of just the other day...was driving up until about 7 months ago. I pulled it back off road and apart to do better.

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Posted By: johnzgarage

Re: rotisserie for the 65 4dr to 2dr - 09/21/10 03:36 PM

Wagon's look great that way! I like the full front door, way cool. post some more photo's of it !!!
I'm hoping to get back to work on mine soon.
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