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Oh, I will do this as soon as I can find my garage
 
Well, you can color me jealous! But with less than 8' clearance in my garage, there is no way.
 
I looked into a company called "Eagle" ( https://www.eagleequip.com ). When it comes to 2 post lifts, they had them down to $1500.
 
My problem is the low ceiling.
Don't tnink I can handle a full lift
 
What about losing the ceiling joists and placing collar ties higher up?
 
Go on Craig's list in your area (or as far as you want to drive) and search "auto lift" and "car lift". You'll find a wide range of good used lifts from garages and dealerships going under. You might have to break them down, but that's a good thing. At least you'll know if they work and how it goes back together. Whatever the load capacity is, cut it in half. You're in the real world, not in a lab, and you're also under it. I recently was somewhere on the web (I was searching something totally different) and saw a company selling them for around $2000 installed. Installation by a novice can take 2-3 days. I know, I put 2 used ones in my barn. So for $2K installed, i'd spend some serious time on the web checking them out if I were doing in again. Remember, No beer for the friends helping to install till the thing's up and running.

There's a wide range of lifts for all applications. I prefer the twin posts with extra long arms to get under these little cars. They take up less garage space.

Phil.
 
MaxJax gets pretty good reviews over on the Garage Journal forum. Nice for a low/mid rise lift, and it can be moved and stored elsewhere when not in use.

The other option is to go with something like a mid-rise scissor lift. Does block the center section of the car a bit, but still useful. Likely what I will do for a lift some day -- cut the concrete floor and mount a scissor lift flush with the floor.
 
hilsideser said:
What about losing the ceiling joists and placing collar ties higher up?
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Don't think that will work with my house as the garage is the bottom floor
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^^^ this sounds like a winning solution to me!
 
I can see why joist removal can be a problem. One solution I did in my barn was to drill a 8" hole in the ceiling for the hydraulic ram to go through (but only when lift is raised). Now, if your better half is OK with an occasional pole poking up through the kitchen floor, you're home free.
Phil.
 
Actually Greg is on to something
The lift will be placed right under our bed in the master bedroom and I don't think that will ever be moved.
Who would know?
 
I was looking at that lift myself, but finally settled on a scissor mid-rise as shown in this thread...

https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?86059-Lift-for-the-Garage&highlight=lift

Unfortunately, I haven't got it totally hooked up yet, as I had some hospital stays get in the way of finishing the installation. What I did have to do however, was build a couple of ramps, as the front sway bar on the TR3 hit a part of the lift where the pistons connect. Here's a pic of the ramp(s)...

Edit: Actually, that pic is not so good, as you can't see the ramp part at the back of the car. Maybe later I'll take another pic that better shows the construction.

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