28-02-2021, 08:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 28-02-2021, 08:14 PM by jansens.
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Thanks for all the comments. Sorry for the slow reply but we have about a million things to sort out and not much time to do it! We've also gone into partial lock down here for a week (not so bad in my city but worse for the Ak guys) but that's actually a bonus as I have to WFH this week so I can be home to arrange movers visits, rental people and so on. I am also right in the middle of trying to get my A7 road legal which is a bit tricky right in the middle of a move.
I posted the question on the Riley forum as well as asking others. The people who do work on older and especially vintage cars seem to prefer the 4 posts. Apparently one thing to watch for when lifting a vintage car with a flexible chassis on a 2 post is that the bodies can can distort to the point where doors stop working and so on. I also like the idea that they are a little more stable than a 2 post given we live in an earthquake zone! Also as pointed out you can get jacking beams to fit them so you can still lift the wheels if needed.
Still deciding though. I hadn't thought about the scissor lift type R mentions so will look into those too.
Simon
P.S. the photos of peoples set ups are very cool to see!
I posted the question on the Riley forum as well as asking others. The people who do work on older and especially vintage cars seem to prefer the 4 posts. Apparently one thing to watch for when lifting a vintage car with a flexible chassis on a 2 post is that the bodies can can distort to the point where doors stop working and so on. I also like the idea that they are a little more stable than a 2 post given we live in an earthquake zone! Also as pointed out you can get jacking beams to fit them so you can still lift the wheels if needed.
Still deciding though. I hadn't thought about the scissor lift type R mentions so will look into those too.
Simon
P.S. the photos of peoples set ups are very cool to see!