Manley Jack

[stricht8]

Bought this off of Craig's List today. Circa 1930, made in Bridgeport, CT. Works beautifully. Anyone know anything about his jack?

 

[Hiball]

Ive seen one before, Never actually worked on it though. They definitely dont make them like that anymore. Nice Find

 

[Zrexxer]

At least when you have a Manley jack, no one can say you have a little Girley jack

 

[stricht8]

At least when you have a Manley jack, no one can say you have a little Girley jack

That's right. I've got the manliest one on this forum.

 

[stricht8]

Holy cr*p! It seems that the hydraulic jack was invented by Robert Manley. Here is the patent info. So do I have the first hydraulic jack ever?

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1948073.pdf

 

[Moose-LandTran]

Awesomely old school.

 

[Hiball]

Holy cr*p! It seems that the hydraulic jack was invented by Robert Manley. Here is the patent info. So do I have the first hydraulic jack ever?

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1948073.pdf

Well 1926 Pre-dates any Walker (hydraulic version) so i would say theres a good chance it was the first one. I was scrolling thru my book and i can still source kits for those jacks.... LOL.

 

[Elroy]

Circa 1930, made in Bridgeport, CT. Works beautifully.

Gosh I wounder if one of those new Chinese aluminum "racing" jacks would hang in there like that?? 80 years old and it still works. They must have made some real "****" back then. Put that in your corn cob pipe Chairman Mao.

....{1926}......I was scrolling thru my book and i can still source kits for those jacks.... LOL.

That's simply amazing

That thing deserves a complete restore.

 

[Bull]

That thing is a beast. My gosh, the jealousy!

 

[stricht8]

Well 1926 Pre-dates any Walker (hydraulic version) so i would say theres a good chance it was the first one. I was scrolling thru my book and i can still source kits for those jacks.... LOL.

Wow. That's good to know that it's rebuildable, although could you imagine the nightmare taking that thing apart.

 

[stricht8]

That thing is a beast. My gosh, the jealousy!

I'm glad that you guys like it! It wasn't cheap. I payed $150 and it's rated at 2.5 tons. Considering that HF sells a 2.5 ton ( I think ) long frame for about that much then I did well. Apparently, that jack retailed for $48 back in 1930, a large chunk if cash back then.

 

[Bull]

Wow. That's good to know that it's rebuildable, although could you imagine the nightmare taking that thing apart.

Oh, I bet Hiball could take you through the rebuild process without much trouble. While it's apart, you'd have to clean and paint everything, then when it was back together it would be the coolest show-jack on the site

 

[JohnFreeman]

Great find...everything about it is cool. I love the off road "tires"

 

[Drmopar1]

Just bought a Manley tonight like Strich8's . I was lucky paid $40.00 for it and it works . I do have a question I see orange paint on it were they painted orange?