[DeTomaso] New Lift

[Stephen Nelson]

Well, it was not the least expensive.  But I believed the extra space around
it would justify the cost.  Delivered, with several options, it came to
$6.5K.  Must warn you though - talked to a different sales guy and he quoted
$7.5K, but relented to the 6.5 when I explained that another person there
gave the lower quote.

 

Stephen Nelson

 

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From: michael at michaelshortt.com [mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 9:30 AM
To: Stephen Nelson
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Lift

 

Nice looking unit, how much was it and what is the min. height for it to
work properly.

 

Thanks,

 

Michael Shortt

 

On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Stephen Nelson <steve at snclocks.com> wrote:

When we bought 5332 my wife agreed it was time to do something about fitting
all the cars in the garage.  The perfect reason to finally get a lift -
improve parking space and, well, make it so much easier to fix things on
cars.  I decided to go with a single-post lift from Gemini after reading
comments from various folks on this forum.  And am very pleased with the
lift now that it is installed.  It truly maximizes available floor space.
And, while a bit daunting at first, it was not that bad to put all the
pieces together, even though several were very heavy.  In fact, with the aid
of an engine hoist, a bottle jack, a floor jack and several 4 wheel dollies,
I was able to assemble it by myself in perhaps 20 hours.



Check out the photo's here:  The
<http://www.snclocks.com/TheRestofourWorld/Autos/The-New-Lift/31657461_788J5
<http://www.snclocks.com/TheRestofourWorld/Autos/The-New-Lift/31657461_788J5
%0d%0ap#!i=2743862753&k=Qn7K2VS> 
p#!i=2743862753&k=Qn7K2VS>  New Lift



Next step is to pull the engine and figure out why it smokes on start-up.
Consensus locally is that the guy who put in the cam didn't make provisions
in the head for the increased lift and likely trashed the valve-stem seals.
More anon.



Stephen Nelson







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