R129 Panoramic roof
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The reason I'm asking is that I've just received a ceiling hoist for the car roof, which I won on ebay.
It's brand new, still boxed, with a lifting capacity of 100 kilos, made in Germany, and I won it with a winning bid of....(not forgetting I've seen these go for over £100.00) wait for it.........£1 plus £12.99 p&p! from a seller who deals in German car parts. I think he was a bit miffed-it had been relisted after no bids on the previous auction with a starting price of £35.00, so he dropped it to £1.00 to encourage bids, but no one was watching except little ol' me.
Nice to get a real good bargain now and again!
Now all I've got to do is move the ceiling light in the garage, move the bike racks, shift the ladders, move the shelf...etc...etc
It's brand new, still boxed, with a lifting capacity of 100 kilos, made in Germany, and I won it with a winning bid of....(not forgetting I've seen these go for over £100.00) wait for it.........£1 plus £12.99 p&p! from a seller who deals in German car parts. I think he was a bit miffed-it had been relisted after no bids on the previous auction with a starting price of £35.00, so he dropped it to £1.00 to encourage bids, but no one was watching except little ol' me.
Nice to get a real good bargain now and again!
Now all I've got to do is move the ceiling light in the garage, move the bike racks, shift the ladders, move the shelf...etc...etc
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I had an electric one. When using these hoist, you must mark the floor exactly where the car is going to stand when you lift the roof. you must get a direct in line lift on the roof, a little to one side and the roof can jam on the locating pegs.
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I have never had any trouble lifting my panoramic roof off with my girlfriend and she's only 5' 4. The hoists are handy if you've no-one to help though make sure it doesn't swing about!
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