Picked this up at an auction yesterday, is this a Model T shop/garage jack? Thought it was a steal for $25.
I've never seen anything like that in period photos of Model T service centers. Is there a date or manufacturer's name on it, with which to do research with?
It's not particularly rare and could be used on many cars of the era, not just Model Ts.
If you look at Steve Jelf's auction report, you can see a photo of another one:
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/257047/301763.html?1342973013
I would say it was a great buy! Did you read Steve Jelf's auction report today?
I have seen a couple through the years, and at least one in a period photo, I believe on this forum a couple years ago.
Jim P, How are you doing? Starting to get around at all yet?
Drive carefully, and enjoy, W2
I have two and love them
Not particularly rare? How many do you have? So if there's two on the market it's not rare? They're about as rare as tow trucks of the same era. That looks like a 1918-19 Weaver Twin Jack. They came in two sizes--A small and large. The small weighed 50 pounds and large or "garage" size weighed 100 pounds.
I have two of them. If you put one under the front and back axles you can spin a car in a 360 degree circle. They come in handy for positioning a car in a tight area. They are also very good for placing a rear axle with drive shaft under a car.
I have one of the small ones and one of the larger size with a parts jack. Bucket list is to have a matching pair and both in working order.
In my opinion, not particularly rare.
For example, merely taking an inventory from the microcosm of the MTFCA website, there are ten complete jacks and two incomplete jacks, and three of those were recently on the market:
- Rex Pyles: one jack (recently on the market)
- David Baker: one jack (recently on the market)
- Larry in Hamilton Montana: incomplete jack listed for sale in classifieds on June 25 (recently on the market)
- John Danuser: two jacks
- Dave Huson: two jacks
- Jerome Hoffman: two jacks and one incomplete jack
- Jay in Northern California: two jacks (see posting below)
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/140277.html
No, it's not Ford issue, and it's not as rare as some other desirable era tools, but I sure wouldn't turn one down for $25. That is a great price. Anybody want to sell me one for that?
Look at figure 352 on page 155 in your model T service manuals. In the picture there is a jack that looks similar to the one in this thread.
Stephen
Thanks for asking Wayne. It's been almost 6 months since the accident and I'm continuing to heal. Still have a lot of pain and need a cane to get around. what I miss most is working on and driving my coupe and I haven't started her since the accident on Feb. 7. My leg is still too weak and painful to push the pedals, but from what everyone tells me, it takes about a year to totally heal from a femur fracture and at 58, I don't heal like I did when I was 20, so, hopefully, I have about 6 months to go. Thanks again. Now back to the thread. Jim Patrick