Finally have a lift!
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11/26/22 11:40 PM
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Only took me 60 years to get one. Quite excited to finally have one. Now I get to take out the race car transmission to fix the darn thing..........
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: markz528]
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11/27/22 02:31 AM
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Chargerfan68
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Congratulations! That looks like a very nice shop/ garage. Hope it brings years of happy wrenchin to you.
1.50 60Ft. , 10.75@ 127MPH Hauling 3900 LBS.
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: markz528]
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11/27/22 02:50 AM
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tex013
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Good looking home (?) shop . Now all you need is a 4 post hoist for those other jobs 😁
Tex
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New best ET 10.259@129.65 . New best MPH 130.32 Finally fitted a solid cam, stepped it up a bit more 3690lbs through the mufflers New World block 3780lbs 10.278@130.80 . Wowser 10.253@130.24 footbraking from 1500rpm Power by Tex's Automotive
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: markz528]
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11/27/22 09:15 AM
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Bendpak Asymmetric Nice $,$$$ I would like a tall lift, since I have 14ft headroom. XPR-10XLThe taller carriage offers an extra 6" of lift, which means vehicles can be raised a full 75" (about 80" with adapters). Height Overall: 157"
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: 440Jim]
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11/27/22 09:39 AM
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I’m jealous. Very nice!!!
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: justinp61]
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11/27/22 11:29 AM
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I just installed a new Atlas BP8000 lift in my 3rd car garage bay area 2 weeks ago. This lift is built very well and designed for home garage ceiling heights, and minimum 4”-5” concrete thickness. I have 10’ ceiling height. When we built the house 22 years ago I had the builder make the entire garage area 5’ deeper than normal and they also made the concrete floors 12” thick. I had an electrician come add 240v before the install. I’m going to install new taller garage door rails which will give me another 26” of lift space putting the door a couple inches below the ceiling when open, and install a new side-jack garage door opener; once both are done it’ll allow total access to the underside of the car with the garage door open or closed. I could get away with just removing the current garage door opener, but the door would always need to be closed when the car is extended up on the lift. Perfect fit, and allows plenty of room around the entire car. This definitely helps make car maintenance easier, and most importantly it helps keep the body off the ground.
"Any fool can know. The point is to understand"
- A. Einstein
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: fast68plymouth]
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11/27/22 12:50 PM
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I had an old 2 post lift I finally cleaned up and installed this year. Love it, just wish it went a touch higher as im 6’3”. Still makes life so much easier. Congrats, you’re going to love it.
68 Dart GTS "HEMI" 10.30 @ 131 pump gas street car 3780# 69 Roadrunner 511 six pack 10.92 drive to track street car
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Re: Finally have a lift!
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11/27/22 01:37 PM
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In the long process of building my new garage. I went with an in ground scissors lift. It has a 9000 lb capacity, and rises 6’ above the floor height. They can be used as a pair for lifting cars, or singularity for motorcycles/ atv/ lawnmower etc… A lot of extra work in the floor prep, but having full floor space when not in use was worth it for me.
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Re: Finally have a lift!
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11/27/22 03:07 PM
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i'm jealous of you guys ! the older i get, the dumber i realize i was when i replaced my garage roof way back in 1996. at that time, i thought about raising it some to gain overhead storage and a little more head room. for some reason, i didn't follow through. a future lift was never even thought of. well, now my old bones are telling me i need to do something my old man was fond of saying : "get a bag full'a quarters and back up next to the a$$ kickin' machine !" , for not raising the head room when i had the perfect chance to do so. as it is now, i only have roughly 7ft of clearance, so a mid level lift is my only hope, but the ones i have seen seem to limit the access to the underside somewhat, and i haven't been very impressed with their operation or construction.
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: markz528]
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11/28/22 11:53 AM
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Congrats!
The hoist and hydronic/radiant floor heat make it enjoyable to keep doing all this kind of stuff.
Rich H.
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Re: Finally have a lift!
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11/28/22 06:54 PM
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I had an old 2 post lift I finally cleaned up and installed this year. Love it, just wish it went a touch higher as im 6’3”. Still makes life so much easier. Congrats, you’re going to love it.
I'm also 6'3 so I bought an extra height lift for tall people. The ceiling height is 14 foot and the lift is just over 13 foot at the top so it should be decent head room. Changed the oil in my daughter's car on it Saturday night. What a blessing! I bought a oil drain unit with the lift so I'm good there, and ordered a transmission lift today. Bought what I hope is a good one!
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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Re: Finally have a lift!
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11/28/22 07:17 PM
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Congrats guys, your garages and lift setups look awesome!
How thick is your concrete? I've heard a normal 2 post needs 4.5" of concrete thickness to be safe, and I'm not sure mine meets it.
My garage is barn shaped with a super tall roof but has a little room above it that limits the height. I don't know if I can rip the floor out of the upstairs room to gain roof height without the structure falling down, but I'd love to do that to put a full height 2 post in.
'18 Ford Raptor, random motorcycles, 1968 Plymouth Fury III - 11.37 @ 118
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Re: Finally have a lift!
[Re: Blusmbl]
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11/29/22 12:41 PM
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Congrats guys, your garages and lift setups look awesome!
How thick is your concrete? I've heard a normal 2 post needs 4.5" of concrete thickness to be safe, and I'm not sure mine meets it.
My garage is barn shaped with a super tall roof but has a little room above it that limits the height. I don't know if I can rip the floor out of the upstairs room to gain roof height without the structure falling down, but I'd love to do that to put a full height 2 post in.
My concrete is not what I paid for. I paid for extra thick under the lift but I also missed the location by about a foot. Still should have been thick under it, but it’s not. Minimum requirement is 4.25 inches 3000 psi slab. I bought a 5 inch slab and it’s 4500 psi. Where I broke through drilling the studs it was right around 5 inches so I’m good but not fantastic. I was drilling deeper than recommended. Instructions said drill 4 inches deep I tried to drill 5 inches. Eventually settled on 4.25 inches deep holes.
67 Coronet 500 9.610 @ 139.20 mph 67 Coronet 500 (street car) 14.82 @ 94 mph 69 GTX (clone) - build in progress......
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