Pro Jackstand

[SuperBuickGuy]

Seriously, there should be a class


like this one




So that was my longest term pro-jackstand (25 years).... post up yours

[CDMBill]

That's one of yours right?

[TheSilverBuick]

Yup, but TC might have him by a bit.

[squirrel]

my decade projects sit on their wheels and get pushed in and out occasionally

[SuperBuickGuy]

It's better to have a project on jackstands for decades than no project at all.... I'd probably dream-built that Studebaker 10 times, problem was I was never in love with the truck - so there it sat. I even drove it in one of its itinerations (so maybe it did get finished?). At this point, I should have two projects out of my garage in 3 weeks; and money in my car account.... then the picture will be a pro jackstand Buick Sedanet and Spider.... are roller dollies an acceptable substitute for jackstands?

[yellomalibu]

Nice spammer, "dianec".

My car has always been somewhat of a work in progress, but for the most part, I've been able to drive it within a week or two of starting a new project on it. The paint job took several months... but that's a short amount of time compared to some other paint jobs I'm familiar with.

[BluLightning]

I've got one of those.


Unfortunately, I've so completely lost interest in the wagon, I might just sell it for scrap.

[STINEY]

Whew......glad you are in a different class. I couldn't be competitive in ProJackstand - - have to stick to the BarnFloor Brackets.

Only thing with dollies is that eventually they turn into jackstands, when they sit so long the wheels flatspot. The '61 Beetle I'm rebuilding, I sat the jackstands on the dollies for an elevated mobile work platform. Or is that mobile dust collector?

Guess that is a Hybrid Racing Class? Outlaw ProJackstand-meets-DollieDrags?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Whew......glad you are in a different class. I couldn't be competitive in ProJackstand - - have to stick to the BarnFloor Brackets.

Only thing with dollies is that eventually they turn into jackstands, when they sit so long the wheels flatspot. The '61 Beetle I'm rebuilding, I sat the jackstands on the dollies for an elevated mobile work platform. Or is that mobile dust collector?

Guess that is a Hybrid Racing Class? Outlaw ProJackstand-meets-DollieDrags?

We really need a Braub ruling on this; but I think that a hybrid class would have to be something with dead batteries (more than what would nominally be required to operate the car.)

[JOES66FURY]

Mine is Pro Storage. It runs and drives, but it just sits in front of the house and has a bunch of stuff in the trunk that wont fit in the shed or the garage...

[TheSilverBuick]

It's better to have a project on jackstands for decades than no project at all....

I don't know, that's getting close to "pro-yard", where the car sits in the yard weathering away while the owner swears he'll get to it on a 'someday' that will never come.... At least in a shop it's wasting valueable space I guess.

[Beagle]

I guess mine would be Pro Jackass, where I store stuff for someday that wasn't worth being stored.

[JOES66FURY]

I guess mine would be Pro Jackass, where I store stuff for someday that wasn't worth being stored.

I think that is the same categoruy I am in...pro storage...unless the car doesnt run...then pro jackass could be a sub division of pro storage...

[milner351]

Mine fit into two categories - pro dolly with flat tires (69 mach1) and pro-storage (84 econoline sits outside)

[yellomalibu]

Although it would still run, for about 4 years the Chevelle sat on flat tires in the garage under the car cover...

I'd call it a "pro laundry pile", since that's where I piled my laundry when I pulled it out of the dryer.



And no. If a project is sitting in a garage for years at a time, it IS NOT the same as letting it rust away in the yard. Sure both people are "gonna fix it up some day", but at least if the car is stored in a garage the next person to own it will have some good stuff to work with. The car outside will likely be hauled away for scrap after the stubborn owner dies.