I don't want to hear about your "lightweight" car...

"Party-vi" (party-vi) 09/02/2014 at 12:57 • Filed to: None

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...unless it's light enough so you can become your own race jack.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 13:06

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Do we get partial credit if we can jack it up with a stick used as a lever?

As a side note, it's hard to come up with GIS terms for this sort of thing - a lot harder than you'd think.

deekster_caddy > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 13:14

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'54 MG TF (my current fun car). I was 17, 18 maybe? It was Dad's car at the time. He had just got home from a 300 mile drive in it. We go to the store for something, forget what. The right rear wheel knockoff nut (lug nut? spinner?) falls off, as does the right rear wheel. Car drops onto the drum and we see the wheel go bouncing past us rolling through the woods. Stop the car, I go find the wheel, he goes back and gets the nut. Look at all the parts, realize that the threads inside the nut had been overtightened one too many times and stripped. They will barely grab the threads of the hub.

I grab the fender and lift, he jams the wheel back onto the hub. I put the car down, he put the nut on and we turned around and went back home. Slowly!

Light enough for you? I think the whole car weighs 1500 lbs. Fortunately for us that day, most of the weight is in the front.

Party-vi > deekster_caddy 09/02/2014 at 13:15

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Light enough.

Party-vi > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/02/2014 at 13:16

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You get an "E" for effort.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 13:19

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My dad owned and has done engine pulls on the Renault Dauphine. Apparently, the engine+transaxle can be taken loose, then the entire rear lifted off the rear wheels by one man to roll the whole assembly out and away. Around 1400lb.

Party-vi > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/02/2014 at 13:20

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My dad did the same with his Opel GT and would do the same to the back of our '87 Toyota 2WD pickup.

Sn210 > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 13:20

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This Freeway has a dual-Jack system, assuming these two guys were both named Jack

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 13:26

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I was quite disappointed to find that I can't quite pick the nose of my Ranchero off the ground when engine-less. It should be under a ton without the engine, trans, glass, interior, and doors, but it's still got just a bit too much lard, it seems. I'll have to settle for the wooden lever brag, I guess.

Or head to the gym. A lot.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 09/02/2014 at 13:49

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I found a pic of your dad and his car.

Spoon II > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 14:28

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I'd say two fairly strong guys could lift either end of my bug...holding it up might be a problem

kanadanmajava1 > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 15:13

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That's pretty sleek looking racing car. I love it and I want to know more.

Party-vi > kanadanmajava1 09/02/2014 at 15:21

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It's a 1925 H.M Walters' 1925 "Jappic" with an ash chassis frame, alloy body and a 2-3/4hp 350cc single cylinder JAP (J.A.Prestwich) engine.

The original car was destroyed in a fire in 1932, but a Mr. Adrian Ward is re-creating it. The car set a few class records in flying mile races during the 1920s, one of which it hit 70mph.

kanadanmajava1 > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 15:32

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Nice. A street legal replica would be pretty awesome.

Party-vi > kanadanmajava1 09/02/2014 at 15:40

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Hahaha I'm not sure you can get street legal with no lights and bicycle tires.

kanadanmajava1 > Party-vi 09/02/2014 at 18:19

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Yeah. In that condition it wouldn't be possible (maybe in UK).