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Post #352826 by Mai Tai on Thu, Jan 3, 2008 7:12 PM

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I can take pics of the VW bus, like this weekend, and post them if you'd like.

Jab, the van is just too big, wide, and cumbersome to move around with the floor jack. I tried doing that first, and it actually slipped off the jack! Luckily, it wasn't too high up, and I didn't have any bodily parts under it. It made enough ruckus for my neighbor to hear it fall off the jack, though, and come over to see if I was alright. That would have been the way to move it though, if it was a smaller vehicle, and if it was on a smooth level garage floor - instead it's out in the sloped driveway.

4WDtiki, the muscle car is a 1968 Camaro Rally Sport, with the hide-away headlights, and a 327 cu in V8 built up just like a Corvette 327. All matching numbers on everything, too. I'm the second owner, and have owned it since 1984. Right now it's in storage up at my parents' house, in their basement (my dad built an 1800+ sq ft shop basement in their house), and it's a good candidate for that tv show Overhaulin'!