Tim's 1968 J Code Hardtop

nassi · Post by **nassi** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:37 pm

Dont worry about a putting it on a spit just yet. Get some good axles stands and borrow or hire a high lift jack, you will be surprised how much you can get done. Bit by bit chipping away.

Shaunp · Post by **Shaunp** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:08 pm

You can buy a pretty nice rotisserie for about $1100, twin hydraulic rams etc, Gold code's 67 FB is on one, we even rolled it across the lawn to get it in the workshop, good value for money. Buy it now sell it when done and recoup some money.

nassi · Post by **nassi** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:20 pm

Shaunp wrote:You can buy a pretty nice rotisserie for about $1100, twin hydraulic rams etc, Gold code's 67 FB is on one, we even rolled it across the lawn to get it in the workshop, good value for money. Buy it now sell it when done and recoup some money.

Nice angle, buy now sell later.

67fastysm · Post by **67fastysm** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:34 pm

or buy now and hire out !!!! and continue to re-coup

mikes68 · Post by **mikes68** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:35 pm

$500 and you can have mine as I think I am done with it...

Post by **ozbilt** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:53 pm

mikes68 wrote:$500 and you can have mine as I think I am done with it...

Don't you need $1500 ? ........

mikes68 · Post by **mikes68** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:56 pm

ozbilt wrote:
mikes68 wrote:$500 and you can have mine as I think I am done with it...
Don't you need $1500 ? ........

The 5 hundy is just for one end... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

tim_morrison82 · Post by **tim_morrison82** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:05 pm

is it ready to roll???

I am cleaning and arranging the garage so I will let you know when there is enough room.

Dynamic · Post by **Dynamic** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:51 am

nassi wrote:
Shaunp wrote:You can buy a pretty nice rotisserie for about $1100, twin hydraulic rams etc, Gold code's 67 FB is on one, we even rolled it across the lawn to get it in the workshop, good value for money. Buy it now sell it when done and recoup some money.
Nice angle, buy now sell later.

Mine's just about ready to mount, bought it of ebay similar style to Gold codes, quality is pretty impressive and just need to weld up brackets to suit mustang, easy enough

tim_morrison82 · Post by **tim_morrison82** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 5:06 pm

Hey Mike, is the rotisserie ready to be moved? i never heard back from you...

i picked up a few useful tools today, thanks gumtree.

Now i just need a compressor. what CFM should i use for the sandblaster? i have found one i am interested in that is 13CFM, is that going to be good enough?

mikes68 · Post by **mikes68** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 6:43 pm

Hey Tim... Yeah it's stored away now so whenever you want to head in this direction - not at my house but nearby.

I reckon 13cfm (FAD or not) would be adequate for that blast unit you have there. But I wouldn't expect to last doing an entire car with it though...

nassi · Post by **nassi** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:08 pm

Its going to struggle big time.

Post by **ozbilt** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:21 pm

nassi wrote:Its going to struggle big time.

You are not kidding .....

25cfm at least. You would need a 2 stage compressor (not twin cylinder). The 2 stage has one cylinder feeding the next one to compress the air further. Very efficient.

Tim, you would have seen my one at Duggo.

xpconnor · Post by **xpconnor** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:12 pm

Make sure you get one that actually produces the amount of air it says it does, not a cheap Chinese one. There is a voluntary code or similar that some of them sign up to and they have a tag on them to say they are up to standard. Maybe google it to find out more as it was a while ago when I was looking into it and I can't remember the specifics.

Also if you are only on 2 phase, as I am, you can only run up to about 2 or 2.2hp as that is all the power 2 phase can produce. There might be some that say they are 3hp and run on 2 phase but I found a website that did some of the math on 240 volts and 2 phase and you can't suck enough power to produce 3hp even if the motor has the capacity to do so. Again might be worth a google as it was a while ago so have forgotten the exact details.

I ended up using two compressors running in tandem to blast my car. One was meant to be 15cfm but was a cheap Chinese one and was hopeless by itself. Then I got a good Italian made one (can't remember the cfm) and running both together gave me fairly good results as I was able to maintain 80 to 100 psi.

Hope that helps a little.

tim_morrison82 · Post by **tim_morrison82** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:58 pm

thanks guys, I wasnt planning on doing the whole car with it, but I wouldnt say never.

I thought 20 was the lower end. I am on single phase.

I have seen scotts compressor and he was complaining it was a struggle to do anything on his car.

the guy who I bought it from used a 40lt compressor... would have lijed to have seen that try it.

where is the best place to get a foot pedal?

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