How to Build a $100 PUSH OVER JIG - Cheap Car Rotisserie - Flipping the Datsun

[@fencingboy101]

brad: "so i just cut the bumper right here" me: "YOU WHAAAT?"

[@BradBuilds]

I KNOW! It really hurt doing that, I have an extra bumper though. The bolt on the side there was so rotted shut, I tried everything getting it loose but it was digging into the body and I'd rather chop the bumper than have to repair a whole panel 😭

[@fencingboy101]

@@BradBuilds That makes sense... still hurts to see that happen to an original part. and you were so nonchalant about it lmao

[@aaronlive15]

Nice work. I'm going to do something like this for my Z. If the center of the radius of your curve was closer to the center mass of your car, it would roll much easier.

[@ultrageist8388]

I was talking to a friend about one of these jigs for my '76 280 whale and was really excited to see somebody mounting and turning a Z over. This gives me hope. Thanks!

[@vr6swp]

It’s called a “Tiptisserie”. I built one several years ago that flips to both sides for a couple projects I had here. Watching your video gave me several ideas to improve mine so thanks for that. (Also: per the suggestion in the comments, I wouldn’t recommend gluing it UNTIL you have everything exactly how you want it, and won’t need to change anything to fit other cars).

[@denlimwolf]

This is dope! Can't wait till you work on the underside.

[@olivermuessig2525]

Nice work! Great videos. I'm building one for my 74 Opel Manta. I think these things work especially well on lighter cars. The body shell of my car is only about 450 pounds. I also happened to have all the lumber handy, just needed to get the hardware. So a almost no cost contraption. Thanks for the inspiration!!

[@SpontaneousSubstance.]

Creative and cost effective man. Like it. Perfect for someone doing their first car or only car or someone dabbing in the Bobby and doesn’t want to commit to spend big money on a higher end rotisserie as the cheaper ones are just that, cheap.

[@levijackson-hunt7506]

your 240z videos are awesome, this is my dream car so its good to see someone build the datsun that actually goes into detail and tells you what you are actually doing!!

[@m.arhumirfan4570]

nice video man! can wait for the final result.

[@iamchrisdammit]

I clicked on the under coating video to see what you use. Then in the mist of it noticed the jig and watched that video cuz I’m doing the jig. Subbed

[@deankay4434]

That is a different approach but I like the price. 67 C10 cab may be heavier as it is a GVW 3,440 complete. Ironically, I own the 69 Datsun Roadster still, but worked on these while new. Yes, I was an ASE master tech at the Datsun dealer. Since I had a motorcycle background the cars with two carbs came to me to tune, rebuild the carbs then synchronize them together for equal air flow, set idle, only then set the air/fuel ratio. The last 240Z I worked on belonged to a buddy and I installed the 3 Weber intake and carburetors. With a stock camshaft but properly adjusted valve lash clearance, it ran like as cat with it’s tail on fire. I bought a used 1976 280Z from a lady, but lucked out. The 1976 had higher compression, better cam profile and more pin off-set than other models. Rated at a higher HP, the 1977 suffered slightly. Now a factoid; the production date of 7/1979 was leased fuel with no catylictic converter. If the door production date was 8/1979, it came with cat & unleaded stickers everywhere and small restrictor in the filler neck. Now this was the 280ZX or course but the 1981 model was the anniversary model complete with Tee-Top and offered in turbo as HP continued downward slide. Interesting enough, I found out years later the model year changed in July to august due to the UAW. They got two weeks off, then Union pipe fitters, fork lift operators, material handlers, etc came back to work. The next two weeks was controlled by groups of build engineers that knew “Lefty-Loosey” and “Righty-Tighty” who trained each assembly station as to what went in first, second and so forth. So, in two weeks the vehicle past problems, fitment and function during assembly, they went full blast for UAW speed. Vehicles are track tested, destroyed, taken apart and stored in archives as serial #1, #2 went to different places in company storage, prepped and wrapped. This practice was guessed to be started by Lee Iacocca. This practice of new model year was adopted by the DOT and passed to others. Retired.

[@sketcher_sharat]

Completed car will be sick

[@DLANM57]

This is exactly what I was looking for! This the best channel ever. I used to live in Corona. I would have loved to hang and work on this car. Cheers brother!

[@simsalekna7104]

ayy finally sum more 240z content!

[@AW_DIY_garage]

Hey dude, well done! This will help you so much with the floor boards and other sections. Keep up the great work dude.

[@nikolaylapa4515]

Love this series and your concepts on instagram! Keep it up, man!

[@Ash-bx6kq]

OMG! I didn't know you had a KZbin channel! I first saw your rendering for a widebody c3 Corvette, and it's made me want to build a c3. Thanks!

[@RustedandBusted]

Great work Brad 👌 Love the attention to detail on the safety. Having the car in the air like that is super clutch! Looking forward to the upcoming videos! I will be widebodying my C4 with your rendering as my inspiration. Would love to chat with you about your work 😉👌

[@BradBuilds]

Hell yeah! Email me at [e-mail]

[@RustedandBusted]

@@BradBuilds Awesome! Ill reach out soon! Thanks!

[@RustedandBusted]

@@BradBuilds Email sent brother 🙏

[@patricklee4487]

Sweet, great video and design. I will build one for my 1951 M38 Jeep in the spring.

[@davebarron5939]

Slick, well done. You are an inspiration. Steady on -

[@joeachkar5897]

This is crazy !!!!!!! Great job man

[@smithincanton]

Great video! I have a '78 Jeep CJ-5 that needs some work and this will be perfect for working on it!

[@restaurando_con_omar]

Nice, glad to see that I'm not the only one building that, my was little different because I have a 1 car garage and add wheels to go in and out. Fun project.

[@BradBuilds]

Idk how you did it in a one car garage unless you pulled it out and put it back in after it was flipped. I had absolutely 0 extra room in mine!

[@restaurando_con_omar]

That's exactly what I did, built it outside and then rolling in.

[@josephdorado8386]

Thanks for the idea man I'll be doing this after I install my new floors 😏👍

[@tazaxx21]

The only drawback to this type of roll over jig is the extra floor space needed to roll it over vs. a rotisserie the rolls in place.

[@briandeidrich3386]

Since most people doing this roll over is doing it on their Z car, can you include some measurments? I'm just kinda guessing at this point and don't like rolling my car on it's side with just gessing sizes. Thanks, great idea.

[@justinroberson9678]

Thanks for the vid!! Can’t wait to do this

[@occulttimelord5128]

Most the ones I’ve made I put the radius under the car you aren’t helping your self any with it on the outside of the car like it is. Because you have to lift all the weight around the radius, pretty much like a 500 pound wheelbarrow. Also I use a full sheet of plywood(multiple stacked on each other)with one corner radius off of it. But glad to see you got it. Excited too see your builds come to life i fan boi over your concepts!

[@SlapHappy]

How can you put the radius under thr car tho? Doesnt the radius have to end on the outside of the car? Or else the car wouldnt be able to rotate without hitting the ground

[@stefanhrywniak4674]

Hello Brad, very impressive. Looks like something from the Flintstones, but it works! I have a much heavier car. It's a old w109 Benz 1972 6.3 Thought I'd use the rocker jack point tubes, as the main support. 🤔 I'd still need some support at roof level??? Also, in my case, I'm worried about the Marine ply-wood holding up. Thanks for the thought provoking video. Very smart and.... cost effective. Stefan

[@tazaxx21]

Nice work. I would use some waterproof construction adhesive and then screw the wood joints together. This will provide a ton more shear strength and stability than just the screws alone..

[@ramonriveraroman4170]

I really like it I have to build me one someday.

[@colin300]

Cool vid

[@paulblakeslee5119]

Great idea.

[@allen2515]

Good idea. I wonder if the reason why it is so heavy for you to tip over is the center of radius is based on the wrong place. I would imagine the center of gravity for the whole car (middle of the bumper supports) would work better? I am building mine soon.

[@clemencepain9963]

2:36 Can we take a sec to appreciate them welds though...

[@BradBuilds]

I've been practicing! haha

[@TylerRogersUSA]

@@BradBuilds Bro, careful welding on wood tables...

[@clemencepain9963]

@@BradBuilds Keep at it and always have a fire extinguisher at the ready.

[@icarusamerica3436]

Nice job,

[@ddMcDd-yl4td]

at 12:10 you can see where you didn't cut the curve smoothly on the rocker, that would make it more difficult to roll up, especially since it is at the start of the roll. smoothing it prolly won't make easy enuff to do it solo but it might make 2 or 3 people workable. I've got two series 2 240's, one for parts and one to build, give me a shout if you need a pic from an original 240 or some parts or whatever.

[@BrunoDespatiecomQc]

I like yours idea... i'm about to bult one for my 1977 porsche 924 ! Just finish to take all the part out, i try to do your idea whit metal pipe and plate hope it work or i'm gona have body repair to do before paint 🤣🤣🤣

[@deanmarskell1518]

Hiya Brad great video amazing hope their is no such thing as a stupid question but how would you stop your Jig catching fire when welding? Obviously you would have fire safety equipment around when welding. Maybe one made of metal would be better

[@SchofieldBrothersRacing]

From experience, regular lumber doesn't catch fire easily unless you weld directly onto it. The saw dust is what is VERY flammable. I just clean very well every time I'm done, and if I have to weld next to the wood, I place a piece of scrap sheet metal to protect the wood...or a Harbor Freight weld blanket.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

this is why im building a rotisserie lol just as much work but a lot easier to rotate the car even by hand and easy to store separately and compactly

[@russdavis1960]

LOTS going on i and around the garage!!

[@chyrt]

Maybe to put something on the rolling corners just to decrease the chance of it rolling back. Screwing some cut-off 2x4's horizontal onto the corners so they stick out will only take a few minutes, but might save everything.

[@BradBuilds]

Definitely! I’ve added a few small safety measures since making it 🙌

[@joefugate9338]

Cool.

[@m750202]

Hey Brad, how much would u sell your front mounting metal for that push over jig?

[@PghGingerKid]

I would suggest that the two upright 2x4s you put on the front, the ones that become the support legs when rolled onto the side, really really should have been rotated 90 degrees like the ones in the back. So that when they have the load on them, the 3.5” dimension is vertical. They are much stronger in that orientation. I strongly recommend you redo the front. I have seen many many 2x4s snap when a load is place on the side. Almost none when a load is on the thicker edge.

[@JNLfilms1]

4:00 get yourself a milwaukee bud

[@joseaguero5225]

This is like the Cro-Magnon man version haha but work's 👌

[@bartscanland9415]

Could you explain what the DVDA shot is referred to in the movie Orgazmo? 0:53

[@Revolution228]

Build schematic for this?

[@stuckineurop]

@bradbuilds When a guy has 430K followers for designing cars, you stay tuned for his ACTUAL car build. I found this video by accident because i'm restoring another truck, but I follow you on Insta (@manandtruck) . Keep it up, the datsun is my next project after my Scout!

[@PyroBlock]

I know this is an old video, but did you get inspired to do this by seeing a video on reddit?

[@BradBuilds]

I honestly can remember where but I did get the idea from others online

[@PyroBlock]

@@BradBuilds Ah, I was just asking because I made something similar and posted it online and it got a lot of attention

[@Abu_Teazy]

how much do the tools cost?

[@MrCrazy-R]

now u really can clean ur car good and paint it so it stay for long tike rust free

[@treffle17]

Saw one of your Grand national renders on some randomn website , "O cool". Saw your Instagram on said website , gave it a follow . Scrolled through "Is that a Z, nice " . KZbin link in the bio you say? Where's the subscribe button ?

[@rickdaniel8478]

Very good teaching yourself to weld ! Check out Rusty Beauties on you tube, clever welder. Cheers !

[@kooroshyazdani]

seems like it’s gonna take forever.

[@BradBuilds]

Restorations take a lot of time!