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Rotisserie

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My wife brought an Auto Rotisserie for the Kaiser Project as it is "Karen's Kaiser." The Picture shows the body mounted on it with the T-Bird floor, Drive Line Tunnel, and Console in place. This picture shows the car rotated so the bottom can be welded and finished. I had to fabricate new body to frame mounting/support brackets for the front half of the the body as the Kaiser floor sloped upward from the door to the transmission hump at the T-Bird is flat. The Front Bucket seats have been fitted with newly fabricated brackets to move them 6" forward from the T-bird location and rear seat springs and frame had to be modified to fit around the blisters for the four link suspension. There is still some rusty floor pan parts to be replaced but it should be a lot easier with this new cool tool. Suicide door hinges for the rear door were ordered from Electric Life that will be the next step in this project.

Update on Projects

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We did not make the Rod Run and Car Show in Prescott with the 60 Starliner due to our trip north, but there is another run in August we will try & make. The 51 Ford is still in LA The new glass has been made, body work is complete, the trunk build out is now being done and an Air Ride System has been ordered that should arrive this week. The aqua blue 66 T-Bird runs, the only part I had to buy was an alternator so I upgraded it to a 1 wire while I was at it. Still need to fix A/C System (frozen A/C compressor), vacuum controls (door locks, e brake release, etc.) & Rub out the paint. I have leaned a lot about the 66 T-Birds that will be helpful when I restore the blue bird. The 1953 Kaiser is coming along with the 66 T-Bird floor pan, console and seats being installed. I had to cut down the X member of the frame 2" to accommodate the dropped floor pan in front of the rear seat. Now that the floor pan and drive line tunnel fit the frame I will pre-fit it to the body before I