Original Lifting Jack

[chris dancey]

I am looking for an original lifting jack for my Rover 10hp 1935, and for my 1938 Coupe.

The '35 jack is by Lake & Elliott, originally green colour and a rounded bell shaped body, a special keeper/ shoe wedge is fitted to the top of the screw thread to attach to the u shaped bracket on the springs.

The '38 jack is a column with an arm coming out that fits the mounting through the trap door in the floor, a ratched handle winds the jack arm up and down at the top.

Thanks, Chris

[chris dancey]

I have found and bought an original Lake & Elliot CO1377 green bottle screw lifting jack for the '35 10hp off ebay. The seller did not know what he had as it came with a job lot of Morris Traveller parts. After 30 years of looking I finally found one...and a good price too.

I have since sold the ' 38 Coupe so lifting jack no longer required.

[Chris C]

Hi Chris, So are you saying that you have a column jack / ratchet handle available for sale
which would be suitable for a 1938/39 P2 ?? If so, then I'm interested in this jack, as this is
the only item / tool I am missing for my P2. Or have I misunderstood your last post.

[RobHomewood]

If anyone has any information on refurbishing either the hydraulic jack or the crank handle Bevellift jack I would appreciate knowing anything about them - I am loth to take them apart with no idea of how they are put together. My hydraulic jack is seized anyway so brute force may have to be the first step!

[chris dancey]

Sorry Chris. I was looking for the ' 38 jack myself also, but have since sold the Coupe so no longer required. When I bought the '38 car from Neal Powell he told me that the car came with a jack that he had bought from Meteor Spares, but it was not the correct jack ( in fact it was a morris one ) so I sold it and continued to look for the correct type.

I did come across one in Scotland, but missed it due to me being away.

The jack I found on ebay recently is correct for ' 35 ....a totally different type to the '38 type. In fact the '34-36 type has an open gearwheel and the '37 type is the same jack but the gearwheel is enclosed. Sorry if I was confusing.

Chris Dancey