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Show FACILITATE REPAIRS ON ELEVATED STAND Portable Platform for Auto Work Is Illustrated. Two Longitudinal Rails of Wood, Ten . Fset Long With Center Support, Will Prove Entirely Satisfactory Satis-factory How Made. In the small repair shop it Is not always convenient or practical to have a work pit or a permanent elevated pluifiirm for removing the automobile far enough above the floor to give free and easy access underneath. A stand that is portable and on which an automobile au-tomobile can be placed in an elevated position Is shown In the accompanying Illustration. . It consists of two longitudinal rella of wood, 10 feet long. A center eup-port eup-port with two pivots about 24 Inches high forms a trestle on which the automobile au-tomobile Is pulled by means of a wind Ing bar, crunk, handle, and rope, with Repairs Are Mads Much Easier If the Automobile Stands on This Trestle Above the Flo?r. a hook to utta!ii to tho front axle of the automobile. Two fixed blocks on the forward ends of the rails wilh two swinging MiM-Us on the rear ends rigid ly support the automobile after It Is pulled into place ami Uie forward end lowered. On ueeoiin. of the anijle of the Incline In-cline dim) the possibility of over-run nlng, the wiring drum should be the menus of irening the automobile on (lie rails. Two wedges forward nailed In place will prevent ttie automobile from creeping t0 the front. Wedges are ulsoplaei'd under the rear wheels. When not !n use, the parts are readily read-ily disassembled and placed aside Popular .vVleiHv Monthly. |