making the jig for our cortina mk2

June 12th 2010

so we set about making a rotating jig for our car , we had bought some box section metal and set about with the welder , its suprising how high it has to be to be able to rotate the car fully , but first we bolted a piece of 2"x 1" box section to the chassis legs on the front (where the bumper had bolted to) and the same at the back , onto this was welded a 1" bar about 6" long . Then we made a triangular frame with feet to make it stable with a pivot at the top , it took four of us to lift the suposedly light car and slot the bar onto the pivot amazingly it spun so easily and we could get to the underneath of the car with ease . Once we had the car spinning we realised it is top heavy and wants to spin upsidedown so pegs were added to keep it in place