When I was about 17 my brother decided to change the front shock on our 232 American, two door hardtop. Not knowing what he was doing he used a bumper jack! Took the tire off! Then proceeded to unpolt the bottom of the shock. The car promptly fell off the bumper jack, driving the 3/8" ratchet head thru his hand pinning him to the concrete driveway! I was there by myself not close enough to stop him before this happened. My choices were to leave him pinned to the dirveway while I jacked the car back up with a bumper jack or pick up that corner of the car. I failed on the first try. It told myself impossible or not I HAD to do it. On the second try I lifted that car enough to get him free. To this day his ring finger his curled and frozen due to this accident as all the bones in the finger and knuckle were crushed and fuzed solid when they healed. When we returned home after taking him to the hospital I tried to lift that corner of the car again. No dice! My dad tried, he could not do it either! Keep in mind how low a 65 American bumper is to the ground with no wheel or tire on it! The leverage angles are way bad to even try this. Adrenalin is powerful Stuff! -- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV My lead singer lifted a Buick Skylark off his Wife, who was pinned up to her neck under the car when it flipped after skidding on RR Tracks and 'climbing' a telephone pole while on the way to our 'gig'. All ribs were broken etc. > Nick is a 'Tall Skinny Dude' < lifted the side of the upside down Buick and pulled her out from underneath....... she lived to eventually divorce him and marry a Police ID Officer........ go figure. Hydergine or Ergoloid Mesylates are known to regrow neural connections > used for mild stroke victims too. No side effects > works pretty well > students use it as a 'Nootropic' aka 'Smart Drug' to increase IQ. =Bt= milnersXcoupe "The Heretic" _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com