Date:         Mon, 1 Sep 2003 11:18:38 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Who has a lift in their garage?
Comments: To: George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
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LIfts are much cheaper them they have ever been.  No need to dig up
the floor.  I just installed one in e friend home garage. Now we
have to raise the roof.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          86-SS Syncro
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler
                                   92-Jetta GWC
            www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm

On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, George Goff wrote:

> In a message dated 8/29/03 7:12:31 PM, Trvlr2001@AOL.COM writes:
>
> << Has anyone gone to the expense of installing
> a lift in there garage? >>
>
> John, my man, that is the dream of every shadetree mechanic whoever busted a
> knuckle.  I suppose This Old House routinely installs them as part of a garden
> shed rehab, but I never saw a lift other than in a place like Gomer's Garage.
>  Or was it Goober's?  I did know a hell of a good electrician who had started
> out as an auto mechanic.  He had a small farm and was always restoring or
> maintaining one sort or another wheeled contrivance, so when he built a four bay
> garage, he put a pit in one of the bays.  He said it was the one of the best
> things he ever did.
>
> George
>