Here's a very simple 4 post car lift made with "Jack all" mechanical jacks.

http://www.hamercarlift.com/HOW-IT-GOES-TOGETHER

I bet something like this but even simpler would work for Fiero's.  Imagine a cradle with screw stands that is set up to lift just inside the wheels.  This way the car lifts up but the wheels are free.

Dave's wetting his panties already I bet...:)

DG

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It does look pretty cool

 

HOW IT GOES TOGETHER

All components set out ready to assemble.
2 side beams.
2 end beams.
4 corner posts.
2 run on ramps.
8 100ml x 12ml high tensile bolts and nuts.

Side beam into corner post socket.
Insert bolt when holes line up.
Repeat action at other end of beam.
Repeat action at oposite side.

Do exactly the same with the end beams.

Place run on ramps to rest on the angle iron present at each end with stop ends at far end.
SIMPLE !

The HAMER Car Lift

THE HAMER WILL BE AT THE INTERNATIONAL MG SHOW & SPARES DAY, AT STONELEIGH, SUNDAY 21ST. FEBRUARY 2010

REVISED MORE VERSATILE DESIGN

A four post car lift makes repair or restoration a pleasure and now the compact HAMER Car Lift brings the benefits that commercial garages enjoy to the enthusiast's workshop but without the high costs.

Here are a couple of pics of our newest 4 metre lift.

Romeo wrote: Is there something unique about this, or is it just a normal four post lift?

Depends. What's a "normal" four post lift?

 

What's wrong with the way they used to do it in the old days - dig a pit and park over top of it!

 

That is too good:)

 

Romeo wrote: LOL! Old days, they still do that, they're called oil pits. And ok, I couldn't figure out why people were frothing at the mouth over a four-post lift, as we've had those for years...

wayneh70 wrote: Do you have to have 4 people jacking up the car in unison or 1 guy running around in circles?

I was wondering the same thing, but upon further investigation I discovered that every Hamer Car Lift comes equipped with a team of four small boys.

 

I'm assuming that there's more that enough play in the assembly that the posts will actually tilt a little.  So it would be a rocking motion as it went up.  You'd jack up one post till it jammed and then move on to the next one.

I bet you could get to the top by going round 3 or 4 times.

DG

wayneh70 wrote: Do you have to have 4 people jacking up the car in unison or 1 guy running around in circles?

Patrick wrote: wayneh70 wrote: Do you have to have 4 people jacking up the car in unison or 1 guy running around in circles? I was wondering the same thing, but upon further investigation I discovered that every Hamer Car Lift comes equipped with a team of four small boys.

I want to see them do the Hammer Dance to "Can't touch this"