I built these stands after reading a past thread on home built rollover stands. I started with a pair of 1,000 pound engine stands that I got from Ebay but you can get them from Harbor Freight also. I bolted the widest brace, that came with the stands, on the front and added a long piece of 2x2 at the rear. I measured from my floor to my main beam and it read 90 inches so I wanted the car to pivot at 45 inches so it would equally clear the floor and the beam. I cut the engine stand upright and slipped a length of 2x4 steel tubing over the lower stub which raised the pivot head to where I needed it to be. I bolted everything together so after the car is finished, I could always transform these back into 2 engine stands again using the supplied casters. I then added some angle iron braces from the uprights to the rear leg. From seeing pictures of other roll overs, it sure looked like the Mavericks were pivoting at the bumper levels so I made brackets for the front and rear bumper mounts and duplicated another engine stand mounting plate which I had welded to the center of the mounts. I raised the car to 45 inches and just bolted the plates together. Now came the fun part - rolling it over. I tied the car to the main ceiling beam and the steel center pole and yanked the jack stands out. I slowly let it roll while hanging on to the ropes with one hand and the car with the other. It was then that I found out that the balanced center of the car was NOT at the bumper heights. Once the roof and top of car went over center, it started to pull me some. I'm hanging on to the ropes for dear life while I'm yelling at my wife to quick put the retaining lock pins in the engine stands. That was also when I learned that there were no lock pin holes at the point the car was at 90 degrees. I left it go over 90 degrees and we found the pin holes. Hindsight I would make something to adjust the pivot point up or down. I think that a better balance pivot point would be at the gas cap and the center of the radiator opening. Since them I learned that if you use both hands and a right foot on the rocker, I can throw this thing around pretty easy even with the somewhat wrong pivot point. Keep in mind that there was nothing left to unbolt from the car - as light as a Maverick can get. I have since brought it to 90 degrees and drilled new lock pin holes. I have no regrets at all building these things. Working on the undercarriage of the Maverick standing or sitting down and getting nothing in my eyes is absolutly priceless.
