1980s ish factory car jack

[vavet]

Who remembers the floor jacks that came in 1980s era GM cars? Maybe it was earlier. Maybe it was other brands, but I know it was early to mid 1980s GM because I remember my uncle using it on our 84 Bonneville. It was a scissor jack, but instead of a screw to drive it up and down, it had a ratcheting mechanism, similar to the high-lift or off road jacks. I think there was a lever that was flipped to determine if the jack went up or down.
i wanted to see one for some design inspiration. No one around me (they’re all younger) knew what I was talking about. My google-fu failed me.
How would I describe it compared a screw type scissor jack?

 

[liliysdad]

Bumper Jacks. There was typically a hook on the jack and a corresponding slot in each of the four corners of the bumper. Sketchy as hell but functional.

 

[kbeefy]

I remember the bumper jacks that were like a hi-lift, I don't remember a scissor style one.

All the scissor or cantilever style ones I can remember were screw type.

 

[liliysdad]

I remember the bumper jacks that were like a hi-lift, I don't remember a scissor style one.

All the scissor or cantilever style ones I can remember were screw type.

I’m I completely read over the scissor part!

I actually do remember the ratchet style scissor jacks now that I think about it. They used the tire iron/lug wrench as the handle and had a sheetmetal lever to reverse direction. If I remember right, they would sometimes “fall,” causing the lug wrench to violently oscillate up and down, beating the **** out of the rocker panel, and your face, on the way down.

 

[kbeefy]

I’m I completely read over the scissor part!

I actually do remember the ratchet style scissor jacks now that I think about it. They used the tire iron/lug wrench as the handle and had a sheetmetal lever to reverse direction. If I remember right, they would sometimes “fall,” causing the lug wrench to violently oscillate up and down, beating the **** out of the rocker panel, and your face, on the way down.

I remember the farm jack type ones coming down the same way. Better keep your hands out of the way!

 

[The Cobbler]

it had a ratcheting mechanism

 

[gtae07]

I remember it, Dad's 82 Camaro had one. I would "help" jack the car when I was little but didn't have enough *** to push the lever down.

 

[The Cobbler]

 

[vavet]

is that yours or did you find that image online somewhere?
also, that appear to not really be a scissor, per se. I might be remembering it wrong, but that seems about right. What kind of car did this one come from?

 

[Bert_]

Like this one?

 

[The Cobbler]

I searched 1982 Cutlass Supreme jack in images, as I had one & recalled it (vaguely)

 

[The Cobbler]

 

[jsaw]

Some years of Chevy S 10s had jacks like that.

 

[joe_padavano]

Most GM RWD cars in the 1980s used this style jack. I've fount it to be a lot more stable than the old-style bumper jack, and much less damaging to the car.

 

[mikedodge]

They were like a sideways bumper jack.

 

[Leaflessshadetree]

I believe my 87 S-10 had one. I had a 91 C1500 that my have as well.
Wish I had kept one.