I know this is on the late side for tech week.Been a little busy so i havn't had the time to do this. Anyway,I thought this may be of use to some of you guy's. When i painted the frame on my '32, i wanted to be able to get even coats without having to lay on my back or missing anything. Here's what i did. I bought 1/2" tube, and a few scraps of 1/4" steel plate. I cut the rods to fit about 1" to the inside of the frame on each side where the spreader bar's go, front and rear. I then cut two pieces of 1/4 steel plate, about 2"x3", and drilled one hole 3/8 hole in each. I measured the lower mount hole's in my engine stand, got a centerline (these don't have to be perfect because they move on the stand), and welded them to the rear 1/2"tube. I used long 3/8" bolts, slid them through the outer most spreaderbar holes. I used 3 nut's on the bolt's. The first two were used to hold the bolt in the frame, the last was used, with a washer to lock the frame to the bar, basically jamming the bar in the center. The 9/16" heads are small enough that the paint will still cover most of the frame and only minor touch up will be needed. I fastened the stand to the ground with eyelets in the concrete so it wouldn't more around. I then mounted the rear bar to the frame, then to the stand. I installed the front bar the same way i did the rear with the 3/8" bolts and 3 nut's. I built a wood stand, like a saw-horse to hold the front up even with the rear.Make sure this is wide enough to balance the frame, at least until you can snug the jam nut on the stand. It was waist high, and by lifting up on the front bar off the wood stand, you could flip the frame and paint the opposite side alone because the rear was attached to the engine stand giving it a rotisery motion. I was able to do all my paint work on it using this, and it was very easy to use..even though it was 'primative'. This would be more for the early lighter frames.30's and early-mid 40's. I wouldn't try this on a heavier full frame from the late 50's up. There much bigger and more awkward to maneuver. Just something i thought was kinda cool and worked the nut's when i did it. Sorry, i don't have any pics. I did this in '97 and even though i took some, i can't find 'em. Tony...
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