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My manual for a '63 says 3" in from the back and 5" in from the front wheel wells.
Bob
Bless you sir, you have the manual and you actually read it...
I don't know why that seems so hard. Except for 'trick and tips' old timers have passed down over the years, EVERYthing you need is in those and its straight from GM, not keyboard jockeys in cyberspace
A 2 cents response - the jack stand locations as shown in the manual are fine for short term maintenance work, but I would not leave a roadster up in the air for a long period of time using the front factory jack locations. If putting the car on jacks to store or work on over a period of time, I would put the front jacks under the lower control arms at front. Place the rear jacks just inside of the end of the rear frame rails. I even follow this practice on my coupe. With the manual front jack locations, there is a lot of weight cantilevered out in front of them. Will it damage the car - I don't know. If you open the doors on a roadster that has been up in the air for awhile, stored on the factory jack stand points, you will probably have to lower it back to the ground to close them again.
I'm sure there will be some who disagree with this.
Last edited by DansYellow66; 05-31-2015 at 07:26 AM.
I quit using four jackstands about two years ago for any project lasting longer that a day or so.
I instead put the C2 rear on two jackstands as I normally would.
I then jack the car up in the front and let it rest right in the middle of the front suspension crossmember using this 18-20" wood block.
Sometimes I use the other two jackstands in the front (no weight load though) to stabilize things.
05-30-2015, 04:36 PM
