Re: Car Storage - Really Cheap

AJChalmers@aol.com · Post by **AJChalmers@aol.com** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:18 am

Some years ago, a Brit friend who was pursuing the re-importing of classic European cars to England had purchased an OSCA for cheap and needed to store it. His only garage at the time was occupied by a superb powder blue, chrome wired, XK120 roadster. So he brilliantly decided to hoist the OSCA over the XK120. What did he use? Four clothesline pulleys, one at each corner!!! Now you may be saying, "what was this guy smoking", but he was quite eccentric and it was really in character for him to do this, with me at one corner along with several other pals and several six packs. The OSCA was, of course a real light weight and this one didn't have an engine at the time but still required some manpower to get it up. Jerry had gone looking for heavier duty pulleys but couldn't find any. We all, after suitable liquid encouragement, stationed ourselves at corners and started hauling. We got it almost up when one corner's rope came off the pulley! It was a matter of luck we all didn't get creamed, cuz there really wasn't anywhere to jump to. We got it back on the pulley and tied it up, then without even a short period of watching to see if the whole thing wasn't going to come down under its weight, he drove the XK120 under it! "Thanks a lot lads". I would estimate his cost at about $25. The beer cost more than the pulleys. This was about 25 years ago. He also had a D Jag in the same garage at a different time. The XK120 came over to my garage to make room. Why, oh why didn't I buy it from him? His partner in this return-the-cars to England scheme was Sterling Moss. I think Sterling found out what a flaky character Jerry was and terminated the relationship. Not until after Jerry was passenger with Sterling in a cross London run. "Bloody Hell Shag! What a ride that was!

Mark McCombs · Post by **Mark McCombs** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:37 am

As a Mechanical Engineer, I can only guess it MUST have been Guiness. Regards Mark TC8126

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] AJChalmers@aol.com [b]To:[/b] Diecuts@aol.com ; TATERRY@aol.com ; barcc@auracom.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, December 15, 2001 1:18 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Car Storage - Really Cheap Some years ago, a Brit friend who was pursuing the re-importing of classic European cars to England had purchased an OSCA for cheap and needed to store it. His only garage at the time was occupied by a superb powder blue, chrome wired, XK120 roadster. So he brilliantly decided to hoist the OSCA over the XK120. What did he use? Four clothesline pulleys, one at each corner!!! Now you may be saying, "what was this guy smoking", but he was quite eccentric and it was really in character for him to do this, with me at one corner along with several other pals and several six packs. The OSCA was, of course a real light weight and this one didn't have an engine at the time but still required some manpower to get it up. Jerry had gone looking for heavier duty pulleys but couldn't find any. We all, after suitable liquid encouragement, stationed ourselves at corners and started hauling. We got it almost up when one corner's rope came off the pulley! It was a matter of luck we all didn't get creamed, cuz there really wasn't anywhere to jump to. We got it back on the pulley and tied it up, then without even a short period of watching to see if the whole thing wasn't going to come down under its weight, he drove the XK120 under it! "Thanks a lot lads". I would estimate his cost at about $25. The beer cost more than the pulleys. This was about 25 years ago. He also had a D Jag in the same garage at a different time. The XK120 came over to my garage to make room. Why, oh why didn't I buy it from him? His partner in this return-the-cars to England scheme was Sterling Moss. I think Sterling found out what a flaky character Jerry was and terminated the relationship. Not until after Jerry was passenger with Sterling in a cross London run. "Bloody Hell Shag! What a ride that was! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Want1937hd@aol.com · Post by **Want1937hd@aol.com** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:37 am

The OSCA MT4 is one of the top ten cars on my wish list. Hope this one is still out,or up there. Bob TC4956

Bob Thomas · Post by **Bob Thomas** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 10:48 am

Hello All Actually someone could do something quite similar with blocks from a marine supplier. My 36' sailboat has numerous block arrangments to handle much higher loads than the wieght of a TC. The hardware itself comes with load ratings so there would be no guesswork involved. If one wanted to you could use a winch to crank it up. The only dificult part would be finding a suitable support structure for the car to sit on, although a couple steel I beams, one in front and one in back placed under the car chould work. Bob former owner of TC 7388

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] AJChalmers@aol.com [b]To:[/b] Diecuts@aol.com ; TATERRY@aol.com ; barcc@auracom.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, December 15, 2001 10:18 AM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Car Storage - Really Cheap Some years ago, a Brit friend who was pursuing the re-importing of classic European cars to England had purchased an OSCA for cheap and needed to store it. His only garage at the time was occupied by a superb powder blue, chrome wired, XK120 roadster. So he brilliantly decided to hoist the OSCA over the XK120. What did he use? Four clothesline pulleys, one at each corner!!! Now you may be saying, "what was this guy smoking", but he was quite eccentric and it was really in character for him to do this, with me at one corner along with several other pals and several six packs. The OSCA was, of course a real light weight and this one didn't have an engine at the time but still required some manpower to get it up. Jerry had gone looking for heavier duty pulleys but couldn't find any. We all, after suitable liquid encouragement, stationed ourselves at corners and started hauling. We got it almost up when one corner's rope came off the pulley! It was a matter of luck we all didn't get creamed, cuz there really wasn't anywhere to jump to. We got it back on the pulley and tied it up, then without even a short period of watching to see if the whole thing wasn't going to come down under its weight, he drove the XK120 under it! "Thanks a lot lads". I would estimate his cost at about $25. The beer cost more than the pulleys. This was about 25 years ago. He also had a D Jag in the same garage at a different time. The XK120 came over to my garage to make room. Why, oh why didn't I buy it from him? His partner in this return-the-cars to England scheme was Sterling Moss. I think Sterling found out what a flaky character Jerry was and terminated the relationship. Not until after Jerry was passenger with Sterling in a cross London run. "Bloody Hell Shag! What a ride that was! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sat Dec 15, 2001 11:16 am

By taking ones car to a "crusher yard" and having it compressed into one of those coffee table sized twisted metal cubes, one could store quite a number of cars in the space normally taken by only one and if one's aim is only for "cheap storage" with no thoughts of daily use, why not? But what good is a car that is not accessible anyway? Might as well own a sailboat in the middle of the Sahara or a snowmobile in Tahiti.

David Lodge · Post by **David Lodge** » Mon Dec 17, 2001 9:45 pm

Bloody hell shag??? Not a combination of expletives familiar to this lime juicer!! Regards David Lodge Mark McCombs wrote:

As a Mechanical Engineer, I can only guess it MUST have been Guiness.RegardsMark TC8126 ----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] AJChalmers@aol.com [b]To:[/b] Diecuts@aol.com ; TATERRY@aol.com ; barcc@auracom.com ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, December 15, 2001 1:18 PM [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [mg-tabc] Car Storage - Really Cheap Some years ago, a Brit friend who was pursuing the re-importing of classic European cars to England had purchased an OSCA for cheap and needed to store it. His only garage at the time was occupied by a superb powder blue, chrome wired, XK120 roadster. So he brilliantly decided to hoist the OSCA over the XK120. What did he use? Four clothesline pulleys, one at each corner!!! Now you may be saying, "what was this guy smoking", but he was quite eccentric and it was really in character for him to do this, with me at one corner along with several other pals and several six packs. The OSCA was, of course a real light weight and this one didn't have an engine at the time but still required some manpower to get it up. Jerry had gone looking for heavier duty pulleys but couldn't find any.
We all, after suitable liquid encouragement, stationed ourselves at corners and started hauling. We got it almost up when one corner's rope came off the pulley! It was a matter of luck we all didn't get creamed, cuz there really wasn't anywhere to jump to. We got it back on the pulley and tied it up, then without even a short period of watching to see if the whole thing wasn't going to come down under its weight, he drove the XK120 under it! "Thanks a lot lads".
I would estimate his cost at about $25. The beer cost more than the pulleys. This was about 25 years ago. He also had a D Jag in the same garage at a different time. The XK120 came over to my garage to make room. Why, oh why didn't I buy it from him?
His partner in this return-the-cars to England scheme was Sterling Moss. I think Sterling found out what a flaky character Jerry was and terminated the relationship. Not until after Jerry was passenger with Sterling in a cross London run. "Bloody Hell Shag! What a ride that was! Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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