Re: alfa-digest V8 #488

[Dick Stachowiak <stachowiak@domain.elided>]

Hi,

When I restored my 71 Spider, I decided to remove the jacking points, as I didn't care for the design of the Alfa jack.  I have a
chassis stiffener installed and it provides a very safe place for a scissor jack to raise the car.  I picked up a small jack at Pep
Boys that fill fit under the car even if the tire is flat.  My friend is doing much the same, but is using a very nice scissor jack
that came out of a 90's mid size GM car.

Dick Stachowiak
71 Spider
71 GTV

> Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:21:42 -0800
> From: jglover <jglover@domain.elided>
> Subject: Spider Sheet Metal
>
> I am currently repairing the rusty floor pans and spare tire well in my
> '76 Spider. I have fabricated multiple pie shaped pieces and welded them
>
> into the spare wheel "cavities" and they don't look half bad. Basically
> I'm learning to weld sheet metal in a place where nobody is likely to
> see it, thus I can screw up. Anyway, I'm pondering removal of the front
> jacking points in order to repair the foot well rust and eventually the
> front fender rust. Does anyone have any advice on getting them out and
> being able to re-use them? I'm also thinking of not putting them back in
>
> at all since they seem to promote decay, and using them puts the door
> and fender bodywork in some amount of jeopardy. Is this a stupid move
> since I would have to carry another type of jack to do a tire change?
> I'm kind of partial to scissor-jacks anyway. Anyone see any real
> problems with this plan?
>
> Thanks,
> Jason Glover
> '76 Spider
> '64 Merc Montclair

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