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- From: eric@eeco.cba.ufl.edu (Eric E.C. Olson)
- Subject: Re: car ramps for Mustangs
- Message-ID: <eric.16@eeco.cba.ufl.edu>
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- Organization: College of Business, University of Florida
- References: <1992Sep1.133009.20188@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> <1992Sep2.092725.12309@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 11:00:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep2.092725.12309@mr.med.ge.com> hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987) writes:
- >bohdan.l.bodnar (bohdan@cbnewsd.cb.att.com) wrote:
- >: I have a 1986 Mustang which has a very low body + air scoop. The ramps I
- >: currently use are too high for this car...
- >How about jacking the car up, sliding the ramps under the wheels, and working
- >on it that way? Slower, but it's free! You would just be using the ramps
- >as jack stands, basically, but I feel better when the car is on ramps with
- >the wheels chocked anyway.
-
- I have a Triumph Spitfire that's also too low-slung for "stock" ramps.
-
- 1) DON'T use wood for the ramp to drive up... someone suggested a 6' 2x8"
- board... maybe to drive a lawnmower onto a pickup, but Stangs are a lot
- heavier than Toros :-)
-
- 2) I usually use my floor back to pop the car up in the air & put the
- seriously massive ramps under the wheels, chock, etc.
-
- 3) Another approach: Make your own "incline" to get up onto your nice steel
- ramps. Cut several pieces of 2x8" board, each a few inches shorter than
- the previos one... nail them together, one on top of another. A friend
- of mine uses a setup like this for el-cheapo ramps.
- 33333
- 22222222
- 11111111111 Sorta like that. If the grade is shallow enough,
- you're fine.
-
- Eric Olson
- eric@chip.cba.ufl.edu
- Univ. of Florida
-
-
- re fine.
-