You can probably buy a cherry picker on Craigslist or FB Marketplace for $100 or less. That's what I did. There were tons around here. People buy them to use on a one-time repair and sell them when they're done.

A blown headgasket is better than a rod through the block!


1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)

1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)