Allegro Club International

giz · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 8:41 am Post subject: rolling an allegro over!

hi,
i just wondered if anyone had ever rolled an allegro on it's side to weld the underside before?
a member of another forum made a good point about the warning of using the correct jacking points to reduce the risk of body twist which made me wonder if rolling the car onto it's side would cause permanent damage, would anyone say that it wasn't advisable and i should try and make a spit or do you think it will be ok?
i've done it before with 2 mini pickups with no problems and the steel on minis seem to be a lot more flimsy and thin from my experience so far

what do you think?

giz

neal carpenter · Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 33 Location: bewdley

hi giz.
i was in the same situation at the start of the year .
i brought a spit and NO i could not get that to work .
so my shell was rolled over on tyres and worked on for weeks with no problems . i have loads of photos throughout all the body restoration . your welcome to come and see them if you want as your not too far away . cheers neal

giz · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:52 pm Post subject:

thanks for the offer i might just do that Wink

Graham · Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 625 Location: Hereford

Hi Giz,
I rolled my 2 door shell over on old mattresses (go visit your local "Beds and Mattresses" place, they usually have a skip full of them!). It seems to have survived ok Very Happy

I also made up a stand for it (bolted to the suspension mounting points). I don't really know why I did this now but it was fun at the time!! Well, actually, it was bloody scary but we survived this too LOL! Shocked

I can email more pics if you want.
Cheers,
Graham

giz · Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:45 pm Post subject:

those are fantastic photos! i think i'll just stick with rolling it over though Laughing

your floor looks in a lot better condition than mine Sad