Lift installation - Part II
08-13-2006, 04:39 PM
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Lift installation - Part II
I had a lot of great PM's and emails concerning the lift installation thread I posted a few days ago. Many of you folks were asking how I was planning on getting the lift high enough with the Vette on it to be able to comfortably work on it and also, how in the world I thought I'd ever be able to park my Mustang under it with only a 10-foot ceiling.
Well, here are a few pics illustrating how easy it is with a 10-foot ceiling. The trick is to back the Vette in to clear the garage door. I have plenty of room to walk and work under it and the Mustang fits easily, thank you very much.
I have enough clearance, in fact, to raise it yet another notch. The door was not the limiting factor here - the ceiling was.
Again, thanks to everyone for the great comments and compliments.
Plenty of room and could even go several inches higher.
Mrs. Patches showing a surprising amount of courage despite her initial misgivings when I first spoke of erecting a lift in the garage.
No problem, even for me.
A surprising amount of clearance. Of course, the Vette is not quite 48" high so it lends itself to a lower ceiling with the lift.
The space above the Stang.
Absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS clearance under the Vette now.
Officially a "3-car garage" now.
Well, here are a few pics illustrating how easy it is with a 10-foot ceiling. The trick is to back the Vette in to clear the garage door. I have plenty of room to walk and work under it and the Mustang fits easily, thank you very much.
I have enough clearance, in fact, to raise it yet another notch. The door was not the limiting factor here - the ceiling was. Again, thanks to everyone for the great comments and compliments.
Plenty of room and could even go several inches higher.
Mrs. Patches showing a surprising amount of courage despite her initial misgivings when I first spoke of erecting a lift in the garage.
No problem, even for me.
A surprising amount of clearance. Of course, the Vette is not quite 48" high so it lends itself to a lower ceiling with the lift.
The space above the Stang.
Absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS clearance under the Vette now.
Officially a "3-car garage" now.
08-13-2006, 07:55 PM
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Great job, Ed and your car looks fabulous as always!!
Two questions:
1. Have the neighbors heard how great the cutouts sound yet? (I still play your flyby vid!
)
2. Where's all your junk: lawn mower, rakes, all the usual crap that usually clutters up a garage??
Two questions:
1. Have the neighbors heard how great the cutouts sound yet? (I still play your flyby vid!
)2. Where's all your junk: lawn mower, rakes, all the usual crap that usually clutters up a garage??
08-13-2006, 09:20 PM
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Two questions:
1. Have the neighbors heard how great the cutouts sound yet? (I still play your flyby vid! )
That's the beauty of cutouts - no pizzing off the neighbors, who I have to live with. I generally open them up outside of the subd.
2. Where's all your junk: lawn mower, rakes, all the usual crap that usually clutters up a garage??
I have a utility room in the basement, a small garage actually, with a garage door that opens out to the back yard. It's designed to hold all the lawn equipment so the main garage can be dedicated to the cars. It's a really nice improvement over the last house where I stored everything in the garage since I had no basement at all.
1. Have the neighbors heard how great the cutouts sound yet? (I still play your flyby vid!
)That's the beauty of cutouts - no pizzing off the neighbors, who I have to live with. I generally open them up outside of the subd.
2. Where's all your junk: lawn mower, rakes, all the usual crap that usually clutters up a garage??
I have a utility room in the basement, a small garage actually, with a garage door that opens out to the back yard. It's designed to hold all the lawn equipment so the main garage can be dedicated to the cars. It's a really nice improvement over the last house where I stored everything in the garage since I had no basement at all.
08-13-2006, 09:31 PM
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Awesome looking garage and great job on the lift install.
Beautiful C5
Beautiful C5