The title says it all, what are your favorite designs?

Scott,
I don't know of any pre-made but this is what I built. It has half circle pads that the K member sits on. The arms are adjustable so it will work on A/B/E bodies. The rear has a jack pad that is also adjustable side to side & front to back. You wouldn't have to go to such extent but just an idea.

We had some just like that at Nostalgia Lane, had pins that the k-frame sat in and a stand for the trans just like what is shown, even the jack was the same. Ours had rubber tires though...

Try uscartool.com

They have a K frame stand.

U.S. Cartool has them, but at $400 I'm gonna make my own.

Scott,
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Bob

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You Sir are a certified genius!! Thank you for the idea!!! TBF

Scott,

I have one you can borrow/have if you are up my way. PM me if you need it.


Dave

Thanks Dave, I might take you up on that, I have a trip planned up there in a couple weeks. Also, thanks to those who've offered help on this thread, I appreciate it.

I hated the fact that my cherry picker took up so much shop space, and it was only used for one thing.
Before I got my two post lift I was able to used it to drop the body on my engine and transmission. I took an extra set of front bumper brackets and extended them. I then added a square bare between them. My engine stand base with a sheet of plywood on it held the k member and engine/transmission. Using the picker to lift the body up I was able to roll the engine/transmission/k member under the car. Then a floor jack was used on the tail of the transmission, for adjustment. It worked great.

Now that I have a two post lift I added a HF transmission jack adapter on top above the hook on the cherry picker. Using an appropriate sized hole saw for the T. adapter post I also then drilled and taped a hole for a hold down bolt. This way it can be removed if need be. This is a nice sturdy safe way to remove a transmission with the car way up high on a lift on the cheep.

Here's pictures of one I built out of 6x6's

another

I was putting this Challenger together as a driver is why I didn't take the time to clean the transmission etc. I saw this as an oppurtunity to practice for doing the same thing on my Cuda.

Here is the us car tool cart. It worked good,but you must watch to k frame angle when it sets on the cart. It can rock forward or back a little. this can play havoc with header fitment etc damhik.

I stole the wheels off my safeway scaffold & made one that will disassemble for floor space when done. I think I used 55-7 chevy body mounts for softeners. This is a dummy motor mock-up. It still needs a rear scissor jack for the trans. There's a welded bolt with threads through the softener, through the oval hole in the K-member, with a washer & finger tight nut.

Not the best design in the world & its a bit tall, but it'll work,.......I think ... ......haven't tried it yet.

Coming soon to a theater near me!

Some very nice examples, thanks for sharing! I'm a US Cartools vendor but have only carried thier frame connectors and drive shaft loops. I haven't seen one of the engine carts they introduced in person yet. Is there anything about it you'd change? Has anyone seen any examples of any other competitors product out there?

this works great for me -