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Re: [Spridgets] Car lift

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Car lift
From: <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:45:44 +0000
I've kinda been there and have the marks on my head to prove it.  My ceiling
is higher, but I had similar issues.  The garage door opener was in the way.
When I first put the lift in, I was horrified to find out that I couldn't fit
one car over the other.  ( One of those "Oh-No!" moments )  I don't have a
picture of it handy, but because of the location of the garage door opener, I
really had to tweak the position of the lift, which involved moving a lot of
stuff; I moved the door opener 3" higher; and I had to change which car was on
top to take full advantage of that wedge front end.  On my first attempt, I
could not lower the lift onto it's locks without hitting the Midget's
windshield frame.  I considered letting air out of tires, but got them in
without resorting to that.  This of course was done as our first winter snow
was falling.



My garages history:

http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/the_garage.gif



Now, it looks like this, except that the BRG Sprite is on jack stands with the
Fiat in that vacant spot partially under the Sprite.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/garage.jpg



My son will take the Fiat at some point.



> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Car lift
>
> On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 13:53 +0000, robertduquette@sympatico.ca wrote:
> > consider lowering the floor, even if only for the mounting points. At
eight
> > feet though, I doubt that it would be possible to store one car over
another.
>
> Shows how little you know about how desperate others can get when they
> have too many cars :)
>
> http://www.singercars.com/restoration/lift_images/finished.jpg
>
> 2 cars one above the other, 8ft. ceiling :)
>
> mike

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