http://www.garageautoequipment...L-3500-p/bl-3500.htm
This company in California has the 3500 unit on special right now till stock is out .. .the new model is coming out... so here's your chance to save 30% and free ship in lower USA. Ask for Alfredo and Manny 
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But will it work with our chassis?
I wouldn't trust it....
I have this exact scissor lift and has been trouble free and used for the last 10 years and 40 speedster projects. The lift has built in mechanical safety bar. It has a 30" lift but you can slide a 4 x 4 under each side and gain 4"
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331058...e=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Well do a search for "Quickjack Lift Discussion" and one of the members has been using it for a while and posted picts... the 3500 is exactly what fits my IM according to what I measured. .... Also I checked with BENPACK, and they say all their lifts are checked at 1x1/2 times their stated weight... ie 3500 lbs unit gets tested that is at 5220lbs test. Our cars weigh say 2200 for a heavy car.
825$usa is hard to beat... 
You can even use it just to change tires and polish your car... saves your back..
Be safe an
Ray
Update, I am sure a builder like you Alan needs and appreciates a 6000lbs lift. That level of Jack is way better of course but Bendpack is the maker of this one as well and for my use I think it will be better than ramps and jack stands.
Caretech-IM posted:Well do a search for "Quickjack Lift Discussion" and one of the members has been using it for a while and posted picts... the 3500 is exactly what fits my IM according to what I measured. .... Also I checked with BENPACK, and they say all their lifts are checked at 1x1/2 times their stated weight... ie 3500 lbs unit gets tested that is at 5220lbs test. Our cars weigh say 2200 for a heavy car.
825$usa is hard to beat...
You can even use it just to change tires and polish your car... saves your back..
Be safe an
Ray
Update, I am sure a builder like you Alan needs and appreciates a 6000lbs lift. That level of Jack is way better of course but Bendpack is the maker of this one as well and for my use I think it will be better than ramps and jack stands.
Did you buy one, Ray ?
Yes David I bought one and it is being shipped... will report on how I like it. Ray
I bought one of these a couple of months ago to replace my Kwiklift ramp lift. The Kwiklift served its purpose, but was a little cumbersome and I wanted easier access to tire removal, which the Kwiklift did not provide. I have only used it a couple of times and it has worked well. I also had a plastic roller damaged during shipping and the distributor immediately sent out a new one (2 day delivery). I also had some assembly questions which they responded to immediately. They had actually performed more of the pre-assembly than the directions indicated which was a little confusing. For me it should last forever as I will probably only be using it occasionally. I also like that it stores under the vehicle when not in use, and yes, it is easily adaptable to my pan based cars and looks like, with some simple ingenuity, will adapt to any vehicle.
Tom thanks for the feedback.... I was looking at the kwiklift ramp lift at one time but felt the quickjack would be more practical. Ray
Tom Williams posted:I also like that it stores under the vehicle when not in use, and yes, it is easily adaptable to my pan based cars and looks like, with some simple ingenuity, will adapt to any vehicle.
Tom...could you please elaborate on your statement above ? What pan based cars are you referring to ? Any of them a Speedster with an old pan like some of us have ? I'd like to buy the lift which is the subject of this thread but I'm concerned about it's fit on my older pan based IM.
Ray is your car pan based ? I'm guessing not.
David, my IM is a NON PAN, but the discussion list before COLLIND has a Beck with tube frame, and TOM has a VS, is that not a pan car? GulleyGulley has one and uses it on his spyder. If you look at quickjack's website videos you can see that they use them between the wheels on each side and they give you large rubber pads to apply to whatever area your car has protruding that would be a jacking point. IMHO, I can't see how it would not work.
David,
My cars are a pan based JPS coupe and pan based VS speedster. Out of the box it doesn't hit the recommended jack points exactly, but a little fiddling and utilizing a pair of 2x6s with the provided rubber lift pads can make it work great (and adds 1 1/2" to lift height). You should have no problem adapting it to your car, especially with your engineering skills. I thought it was a great value.
I just heard that they have very few of those original 3500lbs units left and the newer XL version, while it could work is I think a bit long for using between the wheels on a 356 ... for us funny money users north of the 49th parallel, in our funny money the XL from a Canadian distributor, is nearly $1600 Canadian plus $89 ship + taxes. So it is a real deal right now for us North 49ers.
Flyin' Miata also sells the Quickjack 3500 for the same price.
Ray, how much will the shipping cost you? I'm interested in buying one, but now don't live close to the border, so I can no longer have stuff shipped to a US address and drive across for pickup.
Edit: I just phoned and they said they don't ship to Canada. Ray, you must live close to the US border.
I checked your site, the one I am sending you to the lift is $825US$ not $895US$ ! The example above is from the Can Distributor, buying in the USA you get free shipping to the lower states, so I shipped to a USA drop point 1 hour from my home and I called customs who informed me that it was duty free so taxes only at the border crossing.
Ron I don't think you can get it shipped to Canada due to the manufacturers agreement with the Can Distributor even if they don't have that model in stock.
At least I know that the product is dropped shipped from Bendpak USA for any vendor.
So your stuck unless you can make it to the border or have someone pick it up in the USA across the border, pay the taxes and then reship from Canada to you... a bit convoluted but anything is doable especially if your on this list Ray
Mine was $880.20 OTD. Free delivery to my front door.
Hey Ron, you could always plan a trip to see someone in the USA, and have the item shipped there now for pickup whenever you have your trip
Screw it...I just bought one. Sent to Upstate NY like Ray. You guys are a bunch of smooth talkers. 
Good to hear. Well it is such a good deal for us Canadians if you want to try it I think it is the best time considering our devalued currency
The model on sale has been replaced with the 3500XL. There has been some modest improvements, but nothing worth the big price difference.
One of the drawbacks to living on Vancouver Island is the US border is a round trip ferry ride away, plus a lengthy drive. 
David: you need to post up all about this lift when you get it and use it. Can do?? I am thinking about how to get a lift, and maybe one like this is the answer. Very anxious to have your candid (would expect no less) opinion of these goods.
Here is a good video on how to put it together... the instructions were not too good when I got mine.... this is the 5000lbs unit video,
Here is the instruction sheet PDF.. the one in the case is not to my liking reading this one allows you to fill in the gaps that are missing.
http://www.babco.ca/site/pdfs/...11-21-14Llow-Res.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMqTFQuPHeY
Not yet ready to launch ... tomorrow is launch day
Ray
Good luck to you-all. I'm pretty sold on this thing instead. A bit more scratch, but a lot more functionality, seems to me--particularly since I found out there's a jack system that fits between the ramps to lift the wheels. They want like $600 for it but it's just a simple screw jack on a steel carrier with telescoping pads on top--easily fabricated in an afternoon for about $60-$80.
You put those things together and you're pretty much unstoppable. Lift up the car a little--or high enough to walk under. Wheels up for brake work, or down to change the oil and whatever. Roll the lift around inside the shop, or drag it outside if you need more headroom to lift the truck: 8000 lbs capacity means it could lift two of my truck.
Gonna talk to them in the morning about how to ship/move it. Because I know it won't fit in my truck's bed and I also don't have a trailer it could go on....
I does look like a nice 4 post lift and it has 7 foot high posts so you could use it as a simple lift with a low ceiling garage and use the hydraulic lift in the bridge to maneuver lifting the front and or the rear of the car but it is another $500 option unless your handy and it seems you are. .... They say that they have a special level system for their auto lock that is unique in the industry even Bendpak does not have it ... that I would check out before buying a lift. Just saying,
4 post is the ultimate lift but for my use it is really overkill. All the best on getting it. Ray
Good choice, Ed. If I were to buy another hoist that's what I would go with too.
I've had one for a little over a year. It's heavier and harder to move than the videos show. But as a lift its easy to use & portable. Fits my Spyder and old Mini without any problems. I wouldn't use it to lift a "real" car, but for our toys it's more the sufficient.
Gulley, I talked to their tech support and they say their units are tested at 1&1/2 times the rated weight... Now I don't recommend you use it at that weight but most smaller cars not suv;s fall in within 3500lbs so we are good to use then.
I found that I needed to cut an exact fit solid block, (out of a 2x8 and made it a tight snug fit) to put in their pan area where they put the rubber lift pads, this to make the rubber pads go even higher to clear the frame on my IM. I can see that with a bit more R&D It could be made to go a few inches higher even if one needed it.
What I like is that I can even roll under with my creeper to check something that I could not ever check before without going to the garage of jacking up one side of the car... The car is just too low and of course I have a body shape ... round in some parts that gets in the way
I'm not suggesting it won't hold up to their recommended weight. It's just my preference. I hated working with jackstands. Combination of paranoia and claustrophobia. This is by far much better and you can do some work that can't be done on a 4-post lift.
edsnova posted:Good luck to you-all. I'm pretty sold on this thing instead. A bit more scratch, but a lot more functionality, seems to me--particularly since I found out there's a jack system that fits between the ramps to lift the wheels. They want like $600 for it but it's just a simple screw jack on a steel carrier with telescoping pads on top--easily fabricated in an afternoon for about $60-$80.
You put those things together and you're pretty much unstoppable. Lift up the car a little--or high enough to walk under. Wheels up for brake work, or down to change the oil and whatever. Roll the lift around inside the shop, or drag it outside if you need more headroom to lift the truck: 8000 lbs capacity means it could lift two of my truck.
Gonna talk to them in the morning about how to ship/move it. Because I know it won't fit in my truck's bed and I also don't have a trailer it could go on....
Can you post pictures and give a review once you have it installed. I am thinking of getting a lift in the next year or so. Thanks.
A lift? they are doing those in California, on any part of your anatomy Sorry I couldn't help myself.
Yeah, if/when I get it I'll post a full report. Got a couple projects cooking but hope to get this thing up and running by month's end.
Well here is my report on having the quickjack for a few weeks.
It goes up and down quite nicely now with the wooden blocks that I added that allows the rubber pads to lift the car higher.
I have had the car in the air now for quite a few days and it allowed me to use my creepy crawler to fix a few issues. I found a few small connections needed to be snugged up on my coolant hoses that were just oozing a few drops I was able to snug them up easily and identify one that had been eluding me for a while.
I easily fixed a loose cable and installed an air horn.
It's a winner for me.
Ray
P.S. It seems the special sale price is still on...
P.S. Hey Marty, you can sit on a nice stool and shine your wheels too
Ray, I'm jealous. I wish I lived closer to the border.
I've always dislike crawling under my cars while using jack stands. The Quickjack is definitely the way to go.
Well, I was showing my lift to my cousin who stumbled on this link for the do-it yourself guy .... http://www.princessauto.com/en...015/05/race-car-lift
It's close to the quickjack but has no safety locks ... Certainly give us ideas for those who can weld and over engineer ....
enjoy 
Even then, not sure you could build it for less than the QuickJack costs. Maybe if you already had the steel just lying around...
Edsnova, your right but it was an interesting project for someone with the skills and access to parts at wholesale. Right now at $825 you can't build it for that IMHO.
This Quickjack 3500 is certainly a versatile and convenient lift. It can also be positioned fore 'n aft so the entire pan, edge to edge, is clear for tinkering! A big, big, feature is the 'safety locks' I simply don't trust anything without such a mechanical safety feature. Thirty five years ago a hydraulic jack collapsed under my '61 roadster. I was afraid to take my glove off because I thought my index finger was amputated. Fortunately it was merely a semi crushed bone and a nearly severed tendon. Duh...A lesson well remembered every time I try to tightly grip anything in that hand.
BTW, I purchased a Quickjack last week. The reduced sale price is still applicable. Should be delivered this week....just in time for warmer weather spring tinkering.
Ordered the Pro Park 8 finally. Took me this long to find a way to get last mile delivery. Something to think about if you're considering a 2 or 4-post: This lift requires a forklift to unload (1800 lbs or so in the box), and since I don't have one they couldn't bring it directly to the house. So I could go pick it up at a freight yard but then I'd need a good sized trailer and a big ol' truck to haul it....
Today I talked to a landscape supply company I've bought a lot of stuff from and they readily agreed to throw the lift on the next truck coming to my house with $1,000 worth of cut slate on it. Cost me an extra $150 to get the thing dropped in the driveway.
So there's the update. I'll post again when it gets here, then when I get it up and running.
When we built the 4-post lifts for club members in Beaufort, one of the club guys runs an auto body shop, so we used one of his tilt-bed car haulers. We had picked up 6 lifts in Florida and brought them home on a couple of car trailers. Pulled the boxed lift (It was about a ton) onto the hauler with the truck winch, then tilted the truck bed up at the house and gently dropped the lift on the driveway. We let Fred drive his car hauler - he's really good at working with it..... OTOH, we were not.
This method works pretty well.......If you don't have a relationship with a landscaper.
Jus' saying'....
