77 Z28 - Rotisserie Photos

[Shane]

I put these in the BS section a few days ago, but since it is body related I thought I'd post them in here too:

I had been wanting a rottisserie for a while, so me and my dear old Dad decided to make one. Actually Dad did all of the work, I helped with the design and bought the materials. Here are a few pics of what it looks like. Lot's of work to do as you can see. You will notice in one of the pics a Chevy 350 flywheel. We decided that the tooth combination of the starter and flywheel were perfect for turning the car. Worked out great - we took an old starter apart and welded the starter gear to a crank to turn the flywheel. Not bad for a homemade setup.

 

[spoonLT1355]

You saved me the trouble of looking that up!!
I am interested in the plans.
I love the crank system also. never seen that done before.

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[ChevyReb]

Shane, thats a nice looking rotisserie you have there!!! I like the flywheel setup too. It looks nice an purty all painted up like that...makes me want to go home and paint mine.

 

[Matt T]

And the next questions:
$$$?
Hours to make?
Junk yard material or new?

I'm hoping one is somewhere in my future plans, but we'll see.

 

[Shane]

And the next questions:
$$$?
Hours to make?
Junk yard material or new?

I'm hoping one is somewhere in my future plans, but we'll see.

I had to buy most of the steel new - $175 (but that is wholesale). Already had the casters, but those are about $25 a piece.

About 40 hours to make.

 

[Brown`77Z28]

Hay Shane, that looks nice.
Another question is that a Brown (69) Z28 you got there???????

 

[Coolwheels74]

Hey man, I thought this was going to be a quick "driver" resto...
Looks like this ones gonna turn out as nice as your 72. Nice job
on the rottisserie.

 

[1FstChevy]

That is extra cool, I'd love to find one of those under the tree this season! Like the flywheel set up and everything, now I'm not experienced with welding but I was curious does anyone know how much a brand new rottisserie costs? just a ballpark estimate?

 

[ChevyReb]

That is extra cool, I'd love to find one of those under the tree this season! Like the flywheel set up and everything, now I'm not experienced with welding but I was curious does anyone know how much a brand new rottisserie costs? just a ballpark estimate?

FYI this has been covered many times and there is a lot of info if you use the search function. Here is a partial post I wrote from another thread.

If you want to just buy one this place sells what looks to be a very nice one starting at $549 out of Tn.
http://www.autotwirler.com/units.htm

Here are a couple of sites with good photos of different style rotisseries for your review.

Whirlyjig information on different design types for rotiseries

http://www.whirlyjig.com/GTO.htm

http://www.theroto2000.com/

 

[RS_SS350]

love the flexplate setup - now that's usin yer noggin!