[bbmusclecars427]

Well I went ahead and bought a portable 4 post lift,compressor,center jack for the lift (this slides from front to back to raise different areas of a car),A tall tripod jack stand.My car buddies came over to help me assemble the lift and put the compressor in place.I bought everything from Greg Smith Equipment (shipped from the Delaware location).The lift is a "Direct Lift" brand model 8S (lifts 8000 lbs) The assembly took aprox 4-1/2 hours.The compressor is an ATLAS 80 Gallon 220 volt 6.5 hp.I have the job now of running the air plumbing around the garages.I'm slowly but surely getting everything I need to work on my rides or to do another restoration on another build :hurray:.I'll try to get some pics together and post them tomorrow.

 

[grandsport]

Your car still makes my mouth water. It is a pleasure to look at the pictures.

 

[bbmusclecars427]

Thanks Gary, By the way.... EXCELLENT job on your 70'!! It turned out really nice.I hope to see it someday in person.Were you planning the Maryland ACES regional show in a couple months?We will be there.:beers: A buddy of mine is picking up his new 70" in Jersey next week and the both of us will make the trip.Hope to see you there.

 

[bbmusclecars427]

Here are the pics.

 

[The Deejay]

Everything cool except that air line....had one just like yours until last year....pipe failed in the middle of 20 foot length...sounded like a bomb went off ,shards of pipe stuck in sheet rock wall......lucky not in my body.....went with 3/4 black iron.................

 

[bln]

nice garage. we have the same lift you will like it. just be carefull when you slide the jack all the way forward or back of the release knob gets caught under the cable and breaks it when you lower the lift. and no you can not buy those seperate .we seem to use the jack tray more than the jack. x 2 on the plastic air line im sure rubadub will chime in on that

 

[bbmusclecars427]

Everything cool except that air line....had one just like yours until last year....pipe failed in the middle of 20 foot length...sounded like a bomb went off ,shards of pipe stuck in sheet rock wall......lucky not in my body.....went with 3/4 black iron.................

I used schedule 40 PVC rated @ 600 psi.One would think with that rating it would be OK.Looks like I will be changing to iron or galvanized pipe.

 

[bbmusclecars427]

nice garage. we have the same lift you will like it. just be carefull when you slide the jack all the way forward or back of the release knob gets caught under the cable and breaks it when you lower the lift. and no you can not buy those seperate .we seem to use the jack tray more than the jack. x 2 on the plastic air line im sure rubadub will chime in on that

Thanks for the heads up on that.I looked at mine and you are correct.Looks like I will be making a steel guard in front of that knob.

 

[1badss396]

I used schedule 40 PVC rated @ 600 psi.One would think with that rating it would be OK.Looks like I will be changing to iron or galvanized pipe.

schedule 40 PVC will be ok for about a year then if you hit it just right it could explode I would use the sch 80 or iron pipe.
Awesome garage and cars:thumbsup:

 

[GRN69CHV]

I use galvanized pipe for mu air lines. Black pipe is only coated on the OD, ID will rust from condensation. As for using plastic for air lines, the grey plastic is S80 and is mush stronger than the white. One thing you do not want to do is use CPVC which is more brittle.

 

[sparky1698]

Very nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[bbmusclecars427]

I went to home depot today to get an idea and mental inventory of the pieces i will need to change to iron or galvanized pipe.They had everything I will need.Looks like saturday is planned out. Better safe than sorry.

 

[Freddy Mercado]

Very nice.