Didn't see a bumper jack this these in a long time

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Egnalf

we had jalopies when I was a teenager, a 70 impala and a 73 monte carlo rust bucket. They both used those damn things. couldnt jack too high or they would start to angle-dangle and scare you, lol.

Yep. I believe that they were just barely sufficient to change a tire.
Pretty sure dads 68 Ford Country Squire station wagon had that death trap set up. And that thing probably weighed 5,000 lbs on the rear axle.

[outrunm]

Originally Posted by Egnalf

i hated those dang things. worse yet, the chitty ones that clipped into the bumper slots on gm cars.

Widowmakers. I may not be as consistent as I should when the car is on ramps, but when it is lifted with a hydraulic jack, I have one of the wheels that i took off of it shoved under it at minimum.

[86RAG]

Meh, safety shmafety. I do all my work like this

[Rodnok1]

Friend's grandfather had one of those jacks as OP posted. It was awesome. Those 60s cars were heavy and it lifted with ease. He had tall HD stands we'd use also. Learned how to turn a brake drum at the old guys house. He ran a service station for decades so had lots of old tools. Everything was over built and lasted forever. He showed us how to pour babbitt bearings.

[Bruze]

Originally Posted by Rodnok1

Friend's grandfather had one of those jacks as OP posted. It was awesome. Those 60s cars were heavy and it lifted with ease. He had tall HD stands we'd use also. Learned how to turn a brake drum at the old guys house. He ran a service station for decades so had lots of old tools. Everything was over built and lasted forever. He showed us how to pour babbitt bearings.

Ha, I remember my dad (1913-2000) talking about that. One of his brothers was a self-employed machinist and Master Tinkerer (he made his own false teeth from spark plug porcelain, but that's another story).

The three brothers were all young men during the Depression, and my dad always said "There was no money. You had to make do."

My grandpa (1870-1963) built his own house, all three boys helped him, and all three learned everything from pouring footers, to lath and plastering, to using molding planes, to nailing the last shingle on -- as it was done back then.

At any rate, my uncle would pour babbitt bearings for either Model Tees or Aye's (sic ) Not something you hear a lot about anymore.

[Rodnok1]

Originally Posted by Bruze

Ha, I remember my dad (1913-2000) talking about that. One of his brothers was a self-employed machinist and Master Tinkerer (he made his own false teeth from spark plug porcelain, but that's another story).

The three brothers were all young men during the Depression, and my dad always said "There was no money. You had to make do."

My grandpa (1870-1963) built his own house, all three boys helped him, and all three learned everything from pouring footers, to lath and plastering, to using molding planes, to nailing the last shingle on -- as it was done back then.

At any rate, my uncle would pour babbitt bearings for either Model Tees or Aye's (sic ) Not something you hear a lot about anymore.

Few left that can do it.
I learned leading car bodies from a 75 year old man when I was a teen, he was mean as hell smoked the biggest cigars you ever seen. He was a master of torch heat control and leading. He had one leg about blown off during WW2 so could barely walk.
His shop was so dark and filthy you about couldn't walk around without falling on something.
I worked with him for a couple of weekends then he let me lead some. I didn't do bad for 1st time doing it he said. Then he grabbed the torch and made it look perfect in 30 seconds.
A quick hit with a file and it was ready for paint, no filler went on any car he worked on.
He had a dozen lead sleds and pre war cars waiting for work.
I got to where I could melt metal together after alot of practicing without using any fillers.
Unfortunately my son doesn't have that knack yet he tig welds like a 20 year veteran of doing it.

[GTOguy]

1870-1963....what a time to be alive. From horse and buggy, manual labor and cap and ball guns to supersonic jets, trips in space, and color television. Holy crap that's cool.

I learned to scrape babbit bearings and take them up when I was involved with Model T's. I was lucky enough to have a wheelwright in his 70's within 100 miles of me and he make me 4 new wheels after my 95-year old ones dried out and shrank. Got his wood from Tennessee, shagbark hickory, in rough logs, and processed them himself, using an adz and various chisels. Totally hand built. He was trying to sell the business 10-15 years ago, but nobody wanted to step in. He also had a live steam train he built from scratch about the size of a large hot water heater that would pull people around his property in cars. All 1890's themed. He's got to be mid-late 80's by now.

[ColeTrickle]

Originally Posted by Bruze

Ha, I remember my dad (1913-2000) talking about that. One of his brothers was a self-employed machinist and Master Tinkerer (he made his own false teeth from spark plug porcelain, but that's another story).

The three brothers were all young men during the Depression, and my dad always said "There was no money. You had to make do."

My grandpa (1870-1963) built his own house, all three boys helped him, and all three learned everything from pouring footers, to lath and plastering, to using molding planes, to nailing the last shingle on -- as it was done back then.

At any rate, my uncle would pour babbitt bearings for either Model Tees or Aye's (sic ) Not something you hear a lot about anymore.

Start a thread on the spark plug teeth.