Wow! Talk about a tight squeeze.......
Neat toys tho.........
Ed
Mike Rambour wrote:
> At 04:39 PM 12/4/2001 -0700, Ed Van Scoy wrote:
> >What is the ceiling height of your garage?
>
> BINGO ! that is the big factor in deciding if you can even have a
> lift. In my case (don't laugh now) I had a 9ft ceiling and if I folded
> down the windshield on both my cars I could store one on top of the other
> with about 6inches to spare but I could only get a little less than 5ft. up
> and it was extremely very uncomfortable to work on the car bent over like
> that...very nice to sit back in a chair and work though :).
>
> I finally removed 4 joists and can now lift a normal car to a
> comfortable working height with just some thought about positioning it so
> the roof of the car moves up to the peak of the garage and I have to watch
> the hood of the car on the slope of the garage roof. I can get my wife's
> Honda up too high to work on and my GMC pickup is really tight but its ok,
> I have to bend/stoop a little. The lift is primarily used on my British
> toys and with the top down and windshield folded down I can get them high
> enough that I have to stretch to reach the bottom of the car so it works
> really nice for me.
>
> I think you are supposed to have 12ft. for a lift and I have 13 to the
> peak of the roof but it comes down quick from there. What can I say, I
> have 3 British roadsters and a Motorcycle (non-brit) in a 2 car garage
> along with a workbench, table saw, band saw, air compressor, glass beading
> cabinet, mig and all the other tools needed to keep a old Brit toy on the
> road, I had to do something to get those toys in the garage.
>
> http://www.singercars.com/restoration/images/finished.jpg you can see how
> tight it was until after I removed the ceiling over the lift ( if you care
> to see ).
>
> mike
>
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