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Title: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Stage1 on November 26, 2009, 06:41:22 PM
Its a 68 SS396 4 speed....The locks didnt work and one side bled off over night, when he came in the next morning it was on its side. 2 year resto, the guy never drove it on the street!!

(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/marxjunk/securedownload.jpg)

(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/marxjunk/securedownload1.jpg)

(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/marxjunk/securedownload2.jpg)

(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/marxjunk/secure1.jpg)

(http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp48/marxjunk/secure4.jpg)
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Strip on November 26, 2009, 06:46:26 PM
Kinda careless on the operators part....its a shame about the car though.

At least there plenty of repair parts for the Camaro out there.

Strip
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: crazyivan on November 26, 2009, 06:58:14 PM
Careless indeed. Time to pull out those ruby slippers. :cry
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: GFShill on November 26, 2009, 09:45:46 PM
Spicoli can fix it.  :aok
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: trax1 on November 26, 2009, 10:42:38 PM
That's gotta suck, looks like he just added a few more years onto that restoration.  The guy should of never left it up over night like that though, why not just take the time to of lowered it back down.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Dago on November 26, 2009, 11:10:18 PM
Let's see, the locks don't work and he left it on the lift overnight anyway.  I think the result is Gods way of saying he was too stupid to own that car.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: CAP1 on November 27, 2009, 07:55:35 AM
i work on cars for a living. in almost 30 years, i've never left a car up in the air without double-checking the safety locks.
 on inground lifts, i generally put a deadman under them in addition to the lock on the anti-rotator bar. on above ground lifts like the one pictured, i always lower the car onto the locks. if it looks like it's still dropping on one side, then i know they;re not engaged.

 i only ever leave cars in the air when absolutely necessary though.  seems there was a large bit of carelessness there to me.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: mechanic on November 27, 2009, 08:14:50 AM
oh dear, i feel very sorry for that mechanic  :(
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: RTHolmes on November 27, 2009, 09:02:19 AM
Spicoli can fix it.  :aok

... his old man's a tv repairman, hes got this ultimate set of tools :D
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on November 27, 2009, 09:12:26 AM
He can still drive it though. A little banged up but at least he can say he drove it.  :devil
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: CAP1 on November 27, 2009, 09:43:07 AM
He can still drive it though. A little banged up but at least he can say he drove it.  :devil

not necessarily.....the front clip is bolted on on those camaros. it more than likely shifted on a fall like that
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Strip on November 27, 2009, 11:27:48 AM
Any idea what make lift that is?

Strip
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: CAP1 on November 27, 2009, 11:35:44 AM
Any idea what make lift that is?

Strip

PRETTY BIG craftsman decal on it, but i didn't think they sold lifts.

my landlord just installed a new twinpost lift for me here......to replace the 30 year old inground that blew out 3 weeks ago. thankfully, i didn't lose any cars on it.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: gyrene81 on November 27, 2009, 11:38:59 AM
Look at the bend on that right front post... :O I hope that's just dents.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: trax1 on November 27, 2009, 12:46:50 PM
If you go into the Photobucket account you can see a couple more pics of it.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Strip on November 27, 2009, 12:57:10 PM
PRETTY BIG craftsman decal on it, but i didn't think they sold lifts.

my landlord just installed a new twinpost lift for me here......to replace the 30 year old inground that blew out 3 weeks ago. thankfully, i didn't lose any cars on it.

I saw that but expected it to be red if it was something Craftsman sold, which I doubt that they did too.

Strip

Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: mechanic on November 27, 2009, 09:04:45 PM
just lucky no one was working on it at the time.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: 100Coogn on November 27, 2009, 11:07:00 PM
Even if the safety locks had been working, why was it necessary to leave it in the air at all.  He should have let that car down before he left.  It wouldn't have been a big deal to raise it again the next day. 
Lesson learned I guess.

Coogan
 
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: CAP1 on November 28, 2009, 12:34:01 AM
Even if the safety locks had been working, why was it necessary to leave it in the air at all.  He should have let that car down before he left.  It wouldn't have been a big deal to raise it again the next day. 
Lesson learned I guess.

Coogan
 
a lot of mechanics leave cars in the air. i even do sometimes, i just doubklecheck the locks.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: Belial on November 28, 2009, 01:00:32 AM
The tires look very dirty ....it appears more like a car accident than if it had fallen.
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: phatzo on November 28, 2009, 01:02:17 AM
Insurance guys?............................. .......

but the mark on it definately looks like the hoist, maybe post humos
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: bagrat on November 28, 2009, 01:14:48 AM
yes there's a mystery afoot, sheer wrecklesness i think not! recall the time cameron stole his pops ferrari an then kicked it out second story window...   :noid
Title: Re: SOOOOO.....your having a bad day?
Post by: phatzo on November 28, 2009, 01:17:19 AM
 :noid
there's strange things afoot at the circle k