New garage lift

[Unobtanium-inc]

I was having the same problem that many of us have with the car addiction, no room to put them all. I was figuring out what to do and had a couple of options.
1. Buy a building to store them in. This wasn't ideal because it would be a lot of money and the cars would be away from me.
2. Build something else at my house. This wasn't ideal either because I live on a ridge, so my yard is a couple of acres but most of it is a sloping hill, so there wasn't anywhere really to build another garage. Then I had an idea. My two car garage had an attic above it. A friend was building a deck for me so I asked him if we could eliminate the attic and raise the ceiling in the garage. He said no if it was made with truss built, but if it was stick built, sure. Luckily it was stick built so all he had to do was raise the pitch, and he was able to re-use most of the existing lumber!

Once the garage was where I wanted it, stage two came in, the lifts. The first lift went in today. My friend Greg helped me put it in, he also ordered it for me, he's the manager of the local NAPA. He had done one before but even with his experience it isn't a simple affair. There are lots of adjustments and a couple of times we had to take stuff apart and put it back together. It took 1.5 days, so it isn't as easy as the manufacturers make it out to be, but it is do-able if you're patient and know tools.
I ordered the 2nd lift today and it should be here in a couple of weeks, which works out because the 3rd car, the 993, is coming Feb 4th and the 4th car the 65 Mustang fastback should be done around there too.

So overall my review is you can put a lift in your garage yourself but it isn't super duper easy.

---Adam

[NorthernThrux]

Yep, a lift is sure nice to have. When you wake up in the middle of the night with the world weighing on your mind, you can grab a glass of warm milk, go to your garage and rock yourself to sleep.

Ravi

[Christian Guthrie]

Very nice Adam! But shouldn't your plate read Adam 12 because of the detective work you're always doing?

I was having the same problem that many of us have with the car addiction, no room to put them all. I was figuring out what to do and had a couple of options.
1. Buy a building to store them in. This wasn't ideal because it would be a lot of money and the cars would be away from me.
2. Build something else at my house. This wasn't ideal either because I live on a ridge, so my yard is a couple of acres but most of it is a sloping hill, so there wasn't anywhere really to build another garage. Then I had an idea. My two car garage had an attic above it. A friend was building a deck for me so I asked him if we could eliminate the attic and raise the ceiling in the garage. He said no if it was made with truss built, but if it was stick built, sure. Luckily it was stick built so all he had to do was raise the pitch, and he was able to re-use most of the existing lumber!

Once the garage was where I wanted it, stage two came in, the lifts. The first lift went in today. My friend Greg helped me put it in, he also ordered it for me, he's the manager of the local NAPA. He had done one before but even with his experience it isn't a simple affair. There are lots of adjustments and a couple of times we had to take stuff apart and put it back together. It took 1.5 days, so it isn't as easy as the manufacturers make it out to be, but it is do-able if you're patient and know tools.
I ordered the 2nd lift today and it should be here in a couple of weeks, which works out because the 3rd car, the 993, is coming Feb 4th and the 4th car the 65 Mustang fastback should be done around there too.

So overall my review is you can put a lift in your garage yourself but it isn't super duper easy.

---Adam

[Unobtanium-inc]

Very nice Adam! But shouldn't your plate read Adam 12 because of the detective work you're always doing?

Funny story about that. I went to the DMV to get Adam 1 and Adam 2, both were taken, so I started at 10, got that 11 and when 12 came up it was taken so I got 13. When the lady, who was about 20, said ADAM 12 was taken I said that makes sense, because of the TV show. She had no clue what I was talking about. The lady next to her, who was about 50, said, "Car 1 ADAM 12, where are you?" I laughed. The young lady mumbled something about old people...

[trdking]

Did you look to see if 1 ADAM 12 was taken?

[Unobtanium-inc]

Did you look to see if 1 ADAM 12 was taken?

It was taken.

[neilk]

Cool. Which one did you get?

I am looking to get one in the next 6 months. How much clearance do you need between the two ramps so you can eventually raise the car off the engine (instead of dropping the engine)?

[Unobtanium-inc]

Cool. Which one did you get?

I am looking to get one in the next 6 months. How much clearance do you need between the two ramps so you can eventually raise the car off the engine (instead of dropping the engine)?

I got it through NAPA, the brand is Quality. Are you asking the distance between the ramps?

[PD Targa]

What ceiling height do you have? Usually manufacturers of car stackers have recommended heights but what can you really get away with?

[BrentF]

Nice. I love the lines of those '65/'66 Mustang 2+2's