On May 21, 7:35*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
mm wrote:
OT Watching a Patty Duke epiode from 1966, another teenager keeps
working under his car with nothing holding it up afaict but bumper
jack. *There scenes like that.

I know I didn't have safety stands until 1970 or maybe much later, but
I also didn't lie under the car when it was jacked up.

Was this sort of standard in 1956, for teenagers, amateurs, even pros?

I'd say through the 60's in my neck of the woods. * * I did *know a
guy who didn't trust jacks so he used a come-along and a 6" branch on
an oak tree as a lift. * * He'd jack a Cadillac front end up high
enough to change oil easily. * * * They don't make bumpers like *that*
anymore.

Candy asses might put a chunk of firewood under the bumper as a
safety-- and if they were feeling exceptionally nervous, maybe even
chock the wheels.

Lucky we were all pretty much invincible--- 'cept for the ones that
weren't.

Jim

"I did know a guy who didn't trust jacks so he used a come-along
and a 6" branch on an oak tree as a lift."

I once slid a '65 Dodge Coronet into a fire hydrant, bending the door
pillar in far enough that it was touching the driver's seat. I was in
the Coast Guard at the time, so I took it over to the docks, borrowed
a come-along and hooked it up to a 50,000 lb buoy sinker.

I started cranking the come-along and the car started leaning over, so
I jammed a big block of wood under the frame. A few more cranks and
the pillar straightened right out, making the doors operable again.

Of course, that didn't do anything for the large hole that the hydrant
punched into the rear door panel. :-(