I won't speak to the legitimacy of the website, but don't hate on the product if you haven't used one. We did 90% of the work on my '69 Valiant on a 3' parallelogram-style (undercar) mid-lift in my friend's garage. That included:
- Replacing the entire LF frame rail
- Partially replacing the LR rail
- Both full floor pans
- Rebuilding the RH rocker structure
- Full inboard leaf spring relocation
- Leaf spring sliders
- Converting it to 4-speed
- Disc brake conversion
- Engine/transmission/rearend/header installations
- US Car Tool inner fender braces
- ...a lot of other piddly stuff
We never wanted for a full hoist, even though we had access to three of 'em. The front rail and floor pans were arguably easier with the car 3' off the ground than 7. Doing brakes sitting on a creeper seat is rather nice; I preferred it to standing. Engine work was more pleasant, too, since you're as not bent over (I'm 6'2", he's 6'6" and we both have bad backs). The only issue with that style of lift are drivetrain access and the room required in front of the car since it moves forward while lifting. I seriously considered getting the MaxJax after that, but my garage is small and all ate up with parts storage. Of course, if you have room for a full hoist you can just raise the car a few feet for things like we did, but neither of us have the ceiling clearance so that little mid-lift was a godsend.
Painting the underside of the floors, fabbing and hanging the exhaust, and setting pinion angle was done on a full hoist. Hey, smoke 'em if you've got 'em.
