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Show ! CONTRIVANCE TO I WORK UNDER MB Runway Is Easily Put Together and It Will Pay for lUe.f l.i Very Short Tim 2. MACHINE QUICKLY ELEVATED Inconvenience of Crawling Underneath Under-neath Automobile Is Done Away With and Work Done With Minimum Amount of Labor. When trouble occu.s either with the under side of the automobile motor, or the rear end of the car. It Is somewhat some-what Inconvenient to work without a pit. To partially overcome this condition condi-tion a garage man built a sort of runway, run-way, as Illustrated, by which the end of a car could be quickly elevated about two feet off the floor, thus allowing al-lowing fairly easy access to the parts. Two wedge-shaped pieces were constructed con-structed of heavy spruce timber. Ave feel long by two feet hU!i In the rear. The Inclined ends of the timbers were fastened together by lag screws and the vertical backs secured to each other by a length of strap Iron. The horizontal surface of the uppermost timber was hollowed out to receive the tire and the strap Iron was continued STdAP-IRON 1 HOLLOW POR ("I cftoss-MtM&ea I ""S I TIE-ROD I 4 a : REAR VIEW i WCOGC Run Your Car Up the Incline and Work Beneath It With Ease. The Contrivance Is Easily Made and Pays for Itself In a Short Time. outward in a corresponding curve which acted as a bumper to prevent (he wheels running off the back of the 'upport. Much Time Saved. The car can be run up this Incline either by power or by hand, and the necessary work done with a minimum amount of inconvenience and labor. Of course it is not necessary to mention men-tion that it saves the repair man's back and nerves. Thornton Hallett In Popular Science Monthly. I |
