Mornin' All
I too carry a scissors jack with my flat rad. I have also acquired an
original type jack as has been described. My question is: How far back did
the factory use the type that slips thru the floor and into the chassis
crossmember. I think I remember the floor cutouts on my car. Were they
correct for a flat rad and/or a series 1?
Thanks
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
"Ernest(Chip) Brown" wrote:
> Some years ago, when I was enthusiastic about being a new Morgan owner
> but knew even less than I do today (which says a lot...) I went to a
> MSCC meet in England. Melvyn Rutter was there with a van load of stuff.
> I asked him if he had a jack for a Morgan and he pulled out a scissors
> jack in a plastic pack, I bought it for (I recall) about 23 pounds,
> threw it in my luggage and brought it home, thinking I had the genuine
> article. Haven't used it yet, because it was so dam expensive, but since
> then have run into a prior owner of my car who produced the original
> jack, an orange painted job that looks like it slips into the floor and,
> as we say, wouldn't do 'jack'. Now I know where that expression comes
> from. I can't imagine you can improve on any old scissors jack for road
> use. At home I use a floor jack and a 2x5 and jack very judiciously
> amidships only at reinforcement points.
>
> Chip Brown.
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