Am I kidding myself

[Kev442]

So, I went and measured. I am at 122" and yes, the top car is a '66 Cutlass. You're fine if you have the garage door interference figured out.
I bought the Greg Smith base 4 post. I would love to have your extra 7" of clearance, it would save my back alot of crouching as I have to stop at 60" with the bottom car.

I am a big fan of those eldorados, they have about the best looking rear profile of any car I've seen.

 

[reyetwinger]

Yes the one I have my eye on is a 70 not restored in mint condition. All original paint and everything else. They are slick, especially the back end. I am set on a 70, the apex of American cars that year is. 500 CID and 550 foot pounds of torque, before the government got involved in telling the manufactures what to do. It looks good and it's unrestrained by BS. I'm gonna buy it whether it fits in the garage or not, I'll rent a storage unit if the lift doesn't work out. I do want it in my garage though.

 

[LPD ret]

Some of us have the advantage lift (great company check them out ) and if needed they will send you a limit switch you clamp to the post so it will stop the pump motor. Splicing is required and there is a tiny bit of momentum before the pump motor comes to a stop, not alot but it is there.

My Advantage lift came with the limit switch wired in. I don't need it because I have 12'6" ceiling so I had to bypass mine. Bought mine in April 2016.

 

[logical]

I measured the ceiling height at the deepest area of the garage at 129". That would be the shortest amount of room I would have. The garage floor pitches toward the door end but I didn't bother to measure at the door end as that measurement point is probably irrelevant.
As I've said I've never had a lift before so I don't know if the runways can have any sort of pitch, or if they should be level. I would assume they should be level so the posts would have to be shimmed to level.

There is usually enough adjustment in the stops to level out normal floor slope. The lift maker can tell you the max. If you have more, yes you may need to shim but not likely.

 

[IBenDcars]

They are slick, especially the back end. I am set on a 70, the apex of American cars that year is. 500 CID and 550 foot pounds of torque,

So I had to google 1970 Eldos. That is a nice looking car. Especially how the taillights and bumper corners stick way out the back. I can see the effort in getting one of them into the fleet.
No real advise except see how far apart the locks are the lift you are getting, then go from there.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

You gotta read the text in this ad...

 

[Handyandy23]

This obviously isn't completed but this is what's under (or technically over) the drywall. Even if I could I doubt I want to mess with it.

Sounds like you'll have the room you need without any modifications, but if you do end up needing a little more room, I think it all depends how much money you're willing to spend. Those manufactured floor joists take up a lot of room, and I'm sure you could have some replaced with something engineered and more expensive, that would give you some more inches.

 

[reyetwinger]

Seems like the lift will probably be able to work for my application. I guess in a worst case scenario if both cars wouldn't fit I wouldn't be loosing any parking but would gain a lift to make working on them a little easier. Now I have to start investigating what my best company would be.

I have a hardwired air compressor which is my only 240 volt supply in the garage. So I would go with a 120 volt lift motor. The only issue I see is the rest of the garage is only supplied by 20 amp breakers. A lot of these 120 volt lifts are requiring 30 amp breakers. That's an issue.

Yes the text in that Eldo add is pretty funny. Little did they know at the time what the 70's would bring. It was all down hill for the performance enthusiast from there. Thanks for all the input you guys have given me, I appreciate it.

 

[Kev442]

1970 was still full steam ahead. There were 9 liter motors on every drawing board. I know Olds had a Hemi ready for production, but I don't remember the displacement.

My Greg Smith runs on a 20 amp 115v.

 

[tthornto]

If you can't adjust the ceiling, adjust the car, which one do you want to lower the suspension on or install airbags, I'd do it on the Caddy! Or you could chop the top... . You could get a set of 4 donut spares for when its parked and swap the wheels/tires when you want to drive, kinda like they do to fit Monster trucks into their trailers. Just trying to think outside the box.