oldgto

The WORST part is... she keeps referring to the side with the steering wheel as "HER" side of the car!

CV62Air

Caveat: You still need purple cleaner, 409, simple green, brakleen, degreaser, brushes, scraper, the "shower cap". Still hold your breath. Still get soaked with the pressure washer. And then use the air hose and little bits of greasy dirt get all over you.

BUT- it's not like getting water boarded - you get to stand up at least!

slickfx3

a test of will... between you and the uncooperative car,


car wins , still greasy and dirty after 5 hours

AzMotorhead

1 tip for all the Masochists out there. Use Easy-Off Oven cleaner.
It's straight Lye and will eat any grease, oil, crud, paint, skin, soft tissue it comes in contact with.

Jud Chapin

Well, perhaps next time. Best of luck with your resto.

widowmaker221

Got any pics of underside of car on lift? I would love to see what is accessuble. Thanks

CV62Air

Here's a stock photo.





The lifting arm is about 8" wide and doesn't really block access to anything, so far





Trans is out, exhaust off, driveshaft, entire rear diff, suspension, trailing arms, etc.

SB64

I see the Va. tag. where are you located. I am doing the rear bottom of the under body and it really is a PITA.
ZIO

rastafford3164

When i came in the first time, literally dripping from head to toe, my wife said, "What the hell have you been doing???!!!!"

slickfx3

i thought i was the only one with a greasy underside

oldgto

In THIS crowd? Not by a long shot!

slickfx3

ok then.....


i thought i was the only that keeps finding things to do with the c3

Franks73

Glad I did not keep track how many hours I spent under my 73 on jack stands. Pulling everything off, then scraping, brushing, sanding, degreasing, painting...At least I was able to do the work at a warehouse/shop, kept the wife happy. But MAN was I dirty! I would pick up groceries on the way home, people were like "what the heck were you doing today?" Think of it as a rite of passage. You can be proud of what you did to get a 40+ y/o Vette back in shape! Not for the faint of heart!

Cavu2u

These cars are heavier than I first thought. A single sided lift would always have me in the spring-loaded position to a clear side while under there.

MotorHead

The old grease and grim makes a good rust inhibitor. I would clean up rusty parts and leave the rest alone unless you are going to put mirrors under it at a car show you have the best undercoating for free

Ontario73

I'm with Steve on this one. That lift would HAVE to be on a perfectly level and VERY hard surface to be remotely safe IMO. It just looks better suited to lifting a go-kart or lawn tractor that, say, my RAM crew cab DD!

CV62Air

I have had my '02 Ram 1500 8ft bed crewcab on it(5548lbs, 6650lbs gvwr)! you need to always use safety stands! I even put an additional stand under the far side of the lifting arm to stabilize it.

This lift is very solid and well made. Very good quality welds.

Look online, you will see how some cheap 2-post lifts have collapsed with less than their rated weight!

But, not using safety stands would just be foolish.