Dan and I got together this evening after work, and put some time into the Brat. Tonight we focused on getting the Brat better situated on the rotisserie. The biggest thing we did was add some holes to the mounts for the front, so we could bring the rotating assembly closer to the body of the Brat.
While it sounds simple, that was a good hour and half of work. We had to remove the passenger fender, pound some stuff flat, drill some holes, and reassemble it all. Once we completed that, we moved the rotating points on the brat closer to center to allow it to pivot better.
With some assistance from my brother Robert, we rotated the Brat to a horizontal position and secured it. Somehow during this process, Dan’s finger got whacked… he left a bit early with a missing/unattached finger nail.
After Dan left, I assessed the situation, and determined what the next step is going to need to be. There is a ton of undercoat on the bottom, and I’d like to remove a good portion of it under the bed where all the fabrication will be done. I hit some areas with a clean & strip pad in my grinder. While it did work, it seemed to be consumed awfully fast, and was semi clogged most of the time. So… I have to decide if some wire wheeling would work? or if its time to get a sandblaster, or… mystery option i’ve yet to come up with?
Here is the gallery of pics from tonights work, yes its kind of random…
