This is a cool idea...but for $1,400

[1971SE440]

     

Eastwood's Tilt-A-Car™
Tired of lying on cold concrete to work on the underside of your car: Don't enjoy having dirt and grime fall on you face: Now there's an easier way to work on your vehicle. Work on the underside of any car, truck or mini-van weighing less than 6,800 pounds with Eastwood's Tilt-a-Car™. Tilt-a-Car™ allows you to tilt the vehicle up to a 90 degree angle with safety and ease of using your electric drill to turn the threaded lift screw! Your vehicle mounts as quickly as it would take to mount three tires. The rocker assemblies are made from heavy angle iron and a safety device keeps your vehicle secure in any tilted angle -- only the battery and vehicle fluids need to be removed. Not designed for body-off restorations. Made in the USA.

[red72chrgr]

Removing the battery and all the fluids would be a pain in the butt. I didn't see any tires and wheels on the car either. I'll stick to a jack and jack stands.

[41husk]

For a few hundred more dollars you can get a lift.  I just pulled the engine out of the 70 Challenger.  I don't know how I ever did that kinda work without a lift?  I use the schools and it's a pain getting in after hours.  If my Ceiling was high enough I would have a lift now.

[Mike DC]

 
Not worth $1400 in my mind.  I could see wanting one from time to time but there are more useful ways to get a car up into the air. 


Full-blown hydraulic lifts are actually pretty cheap for what they are, but you gotta have the ceiling/floor space for it and it has to be permanently mounted where it is.  Those issues are probably limiting the number of backyard enthusiasts with lifts much more than the dollar-cost of the lifts themselves. 

[Ghoste]

Reminds me of that pic that was floating around teh net a couple of years ago of the pickup on a streetside in Tijuana or somewhere like that, where the guy had it propped up with 2X4's.

[sharpspike]

check this place out, they have one- cheaper price and looks better built. not sure id like it. bought my rotis from them.

http://www.accessiblesystems.com/etfiles/et.php