I'm sorry but ...  What was that guy in the orange vest thinking =  Straddling the lift arm of that jack?   I would never trust the equipment that much.

Coop outstanding pics.  Been searching for awhile for the ones with them on their sides, my wife didn't believe me.

There are a number of these for sale mostly on the UK formula race sites I am guessing something equivalent to formula ford.

They appear to be only used for tire changes as the maximum lift is minimal. One site had one for a sedan, but i cannot find it now.

Terry

Ok, good info guys. Thanks.

I am not about to put airlifts in my Mini so this seems like a great tool to have. It would be awesome to have so I could get the front and rear up quickly and easily. I guess I need to do more searching to find how they are constructed. I really want to see what the part that connects to the car looks like. The rest seems easy enough to put together.

Craig

You're right they're most likely made of the most exotic materials. Nothing is cheap in F1, I'm sure even their Post-it notes are made with goldleaf!

Most likely, the money in just one of those F1 jacks would buy a whole bunch of really nice Minis......

Well that does it - I am building me a jiffy-jack.  When not in the garage my wife can use it in the morning to get me out of bed and off to work.

Indycars use built-in air jacks, however F1 still use a pivot jack as the one being discussed. I'm sure that though they appear simple, there is a lot of R&D involved in them. 

I use a Sears alloy ATV/MC jack in the rear. With side exit exhaust it goes right under the valance and lifts the rear cross member. I have a lead circle I put in the floor jack cup and lift the front with one of the tie rod tabs on the sub frame. Be careful not to bend the tie rod. Steve (CTR)

They worked well at a track to do a quick lift to change wheels. I think race cars now use built-in air jacks - hook up an air line and BAM the car is up on stilts. Pull the line and BAM it's back on the ground.

I have a piece of angle iron bolted to the rear subbie back cross-member (it was there for other, long past reasons) - it gives the stiffness that the cross-member lacks and I am able to lift the rear in the centre, even though my subframe looks a bit manky from age elsewhere.

Thats awesome!!!

I feel I am missing something here though. Why arent they used anymore? Actually, maybe its as simple as modern jacks are so much better...not that I would know that. My jack takes about 20 pumps to get the Mini off the ground! Maybe I should be focusing my time on getting an update version?

Here's the one that was sold for Minis/1100s in the 1960's:

From what I have seen, it doesnt look that difficult. The one question I have is why dont you see these used anywhere? Was there something wrong with them?

That or is there an easier way to jack up both rear wheels at the same time? The wood block front jack thing works great! Anything like that for rear.

These Works jacks just look so sweet. F1 style (granted yesteryear F1) for the Mini.

The jack looks like something you could make from a refrigerator dolly.

Maybe its just because I have had this car up in the air more then on the ground lately. I was thinking of a better, faster way to get it up and down. I currently have the wooden block for the front and that is really great BUT nothing for the rear. I would just love to be able to get the wheels off the ground 1-2-quick. All dealers sell these:

But none sell the jack to go with:-) I am sure I have seen a post or two on the topic but did anyone build their own and have pix? Would love to see how long (or short really) these are and how exactly they "clip" into the brackets above. Are there any issues with using these for more then just for that "Works" look? What do the current Mini Racers use?