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Hello All, I'm working on my Cutlass again ( see: ) The next project is to make it roll. For that I'm trying to get all for wheels off the ground and each corner on a jack stand I have the front end up on stands now, but it occurred to me that I don't think in the 20+ years I've owned this car that I have ever had the rear end up on jack stands, so two questions: 1) is there somewhere safe to jack up the whole rear end of the car, or should I do one corner at a time 2) Where is the best place to put the stands? I may have the car up on the stands for a few weeks, since I can only work an hour or so at a time, i.e. stability is critical. Thanks, Paul

The idea of the seatbelt on these was actually ingenious but just not thoroughly thought out. The fact of not having to remove the seatbelt to enter and exit is nice but fighting with a door being pulled closed by the seatbelt calls for some foul language. I never used them on my W-Body. That was the click that was heard. Ford was not any better. Nothing like being strangled by the automatic belt as you close the door.

In NY there is no safe jacking point Get a flat and try to jack up by the jacking point, Crunch there goes the rocker. I have had to think of creative ways to secure vehicles. I guess this varies on the location and condition of the vehicle lol.

I replied to your jack stand question in the other thread. Good luck and I look forward to seeing your restoration efforts on this one!

That is a possibility. The one that is in it has been sitting with the intake and the cam carriers off of it for more than 10 years. I might be able to rebuild it, but not sure. It also has the spark plugs out of it, and one of the spark plug wholes needs to be re-threaded. Someone who replaced the spark pugs before I bought the car managed to cross thread that one. The next goal, now that I've started working on it again, is to make it roll. It needs new tires all the way around and the passenger side rear brake is stuck, and the caliper is very rusty. I'll replace at least the rear brakes and the passenger side caliper once I figure out how to get the rear end up on jackstands (I've got the front end up on them now).

You could space them down with some fat washers. That spring loaded bolt on the bottom looks like an adjustment point,do they not angle down with that?