For what it's worth...
I have found the water cooled VW jacks work great on LBCs.
They fit on the seem of the rocker (lower lip) and crank up the car with
little effort and quickly. They are small and all one piece.
I have a couple now, my local auto recycler (junk yard for those who
could care less about political correctness) just gives them away when I
purchase something else. One cost me $1 once, the other 2 were free with
each $25 Jap alternator I bought.
So if you need a good jack for a Spridget, check out the trunks of dead
VW Rabbits, Golfs, Jettas, Dashers, Siroccos, Audis, and probably other
German made cars.
These jacks are of the one piece design, no loose handles flopping
around the boot (trunk), light weight, nifty design that looks like a
foot, and best of all, guess where they are not made?
FWIW
Frank
Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
>
> Fred
>
> In general, the wind up jacks work o.k. I have one for my 911. Don't know
> anything about the quality of the one Moss sells. I've had wire's on my
> Bugeye for over 20 years and never had a flat. The same tires for the last
> 10.
>
> LM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Krampits <fred@hprrc725.rose.hp.com>
> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Cc: mgs@Autox.Team.Net <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 10 July, 1998 8:59 AM
> Subject: Is it worth my sixty something bucks?
>
> >Moss is having their 50th Aniversary, 50% off sale. One item that caught
> >my eye was the Midget 1500/MGB Jack, which works off of a wind up. I
> >have had 4 flats and have had to use my original, 1963 "King Dick" jack
> >which is tedious and generally a pain in the butt. Has anybody ever
> >bought one of these? How well does it work?
> >Just figured I'd ask prior to ordering it.
> >
> >Fred Krampits
> >1963 Midget MK I 1098CG
> >
> >I am not trying to start a Moss quality thread war, really.......
> >
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Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ
Too many LBCs
3 Sprites, an Austin A40, and an Austin Mini all on the road.
1 Jaguar XJ6 family car, 1 Racer Midget project , & 2 Parts Spridgets
Check out my home page at http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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