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Show CONTRIVANCE TO ! WORK UNDER CAR I Runway Is Easily Put Together I and it Will Pay for Itscif I In Very Short Time. I MACHINE QUICKLY EiEVATED I Inconvenience of Crawling Under. I neath Automobile Is Done Away I With and Work Dons With I Minimum Amount of Labor. I When trouble occurs cither with the I under side of the automobile motor, or H the rear cud of the cur, it is some- what lucoioeulent to work without a I pit. To partially overcome this condl- U tlon a garage man built a sort ot run- I way, as illustrated, by which the enil I of a car could be quickly elevated H about two feet off the floor, thus al- U lowing' fulrly easy access to tlio parts. I Two wedge-shaped pieces wore con- structcd of heavy spruce timber, 'five I feet long by two feet high In the rear. The inclined ends of the Umbers were I fastened together by lag screws and I the vertical backs secured to each I other by a length of strap iron. Tho horizontal surface of the uppermost timber was hollowed out to rccetve the dm and the strap Iron was continued I KOH.O-" roa vm Jr H fjH9r ii iml""' ' ' " '"lr' Y" " H f-J" UHM1QN Of W1004 (. Jn n cxm-MtHM H II MAJIVICW L. tt)C H T-ll - . I Run Your Car Up the Incline and I Work Beneath It With Ease. The Contrivance It Easily Made and Pay for Itself In a Short Time. I outward Id a corresponding curve I which acted ns n bumper to prevent I tho wheels running off the back of the support. M Much 'Time Saved. I The car can be run up tills incline I either by power or by hand, and the I necessary work done with a minimum I amount of inconvenience and labor. Of course It is not necessary to men- K tlon that It saved the repair man's I back and nerve. Thornton Hallett la I Popular Science Monthly. I |
