csysman

Im in a condo now and was looking to build some ramps to be able to clean the under carriage of my c2 , and may be do some minor service ie.oil changes and such . bought some ramps but either they are not raising the car high enough off the ground or I need to go in a diet... Im guessing the second option is correct - any pics of some home made ramps and the details or plans would be awesome. saw some on you tube called my lift stand ... but cant find where to purchase (myliftstand's Channel - YouTube)

Thanx in Advance
Charlie

Bluestripe67

Check out DiscountRamps.com good selection if you don't feel like making your own. Dennis

Hitch

The best way is to buy a set of jack stands along with two floor jacks. Then you can jack both sides and then put the stands under neith. JMO..

David

nassau66427

You could try a search here.

There were some good looking home made ones posted a couple of years back.

Was it forum member "Hitch"?

Redbird

My 40 year old wood ramps are made out of 2"x6" and 2"x4"s. Just eye- balled the slope if I recall.

nassau66427

Talk about timing.

Didn't you make some?

Hitch

Wish I could take the credit it was another member in the C3 section. I just posted it over here.. lol


David...

Jalopy31

I don't have any ramp plans that will help you out, but have thought about building a set from wood as well.

I have a buddy with a super-low '32 Ford 3-window coupe, and he made a nice set of wood ramps for it. One element I liked was that he made the bottom layer of the wood ramps from thin (about 5/8" thick) plywood that sticks out about 12" from where the incline of the ramps starts. He did this to keep the ramps from scooting on the floor as the front tires hit the inclined portion of the ramps. The weight of the car is on this plywood portion of the ramps before the front tires hit the inclined portion.

I thought this was a smart approach that may help you with your design.

UberLegend

wombvette

Just be careful. They are one of the most dangerous pieces of equipment you can use. I have had two acquaintances killed using them.

GreaseMonkey

I just built some blocks to put the '64 up on. I wasn't happy working under the car on jack stands, and they were a PITA trying to figure out how to get them under the front end of the car with the Hooker side pipe setup. I have some "wiggling to do under the car and really didn't feel safe with anything I had, and didn't feel like dropping close to $100 for something I wouldn't still feel safe under.

I don't have any pics right now, but can take some tomorrow and post tomorrow night. I have not put the car on them yet either.

I took scrap lumber I had in the basement and built some 21"L X 12"W X 10" H wheel blocks. Started off with some pressure treated 6" X 6" stock, and built from there. May make more sense when I get pics posted.

It will be some interesting work getting the car on them, but I will feel more safe under them than on jack stands.

Kerrmudgeon

I made these about 30 years ago, and they still work great. I think I got the plans out of Mechanix Illustrated or Popular Mechanics. I posted the pics of them about a year and a half ago, maybe longer. Here you go....

Frankie the Fink

You should just invest in some Race Ramps...they get my '61 up high enough for oil changes (and even to change leaf springs)...weigh next to nothing and are probably safer than something you whip up in the garage. It costs a little money but so does a hospital bill.

csysman

Thanx to everyone for all the replies I like leaving the car up in the air with the wheels supported and not hanging when we go down to Florida for the winter ...
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone
Charlie

66since71

I'm with wombvette on this. Cars roll onto ramps. They can just as easily roll off, with you underneath them. I also know of someone killed using ramps. As uncomfortable as I am with jack stands, I've never heard of a fatal accident using them.

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Harry

Frankie the Fink

If you are not going to pay attention to what you are doing either one can kill you.
I work on jack stands only when unavoidable...otherwise my ramps are used.
With the rear wheel "cribs" used as in the picture above the car isn't going to roll anywhere.

TC233

http://corvettec3.ca/ramps.htm

I am building the ones at the bottom for now, too late to mod the garage this winter and put in a 4 point lift.

DansYellow66

Yeah, I have a set made out of 2x8s for the sides and a middle rail and plywood on the top surface. I put a end section of plywood on also that sticks up a couple inches to create a stop to prevent going over the end. I custom built them for the new 85 Corvette I bought that would not go up steel ramps because of the low nose and spoiler. They are a little heavy but stable.

0Fred@ReverseLogic

You can also check out one of the forum sponsors that sell ramps.

Mike Mercury

herer's the ones I built:

www.tim-yvonne.com/mikemercury/ramp.htm