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his last Monday, we got the ball rolling on our newest addition. Our trip took us south to wrestler, actor and host Bill Goldberg's impressive garage and automotive collection. Mr. Goldberg has a grand total of 12 bays on his property, and six of them contain a BendPak car lift. Read More

Black Ops Brothers: Howe & Howe Tech is back on Discovery Channel starting tonight! Tune in at 10PM to see Geoff and Mike fabricate some of the coolest military-grade machinery ever seen on wheels. [caption id="attachment_2563" align="aligncenter" width="565"] Black Ops Brothers Howe & Howe Tech[/caption] Last season they moved into a huge new manufacturing facility with the capac... Read More

One sharp BendPak fan brought it to our attention that the MD-6XP scissor car lift was used on last week's episode of Mythbusters! And it's pretty appropriate too, considering that in the episode they took apart a Porsche 928 and flipped it around to run BACKWARDS. (What else would you use it for, right?) It's a test in aerodynamics like we've never seen before. [caption id="attachment_2528"... Read More

Check out these photos from the 2010 BendPak booth at AAPEX! And make sure you come by and say hi if you're at the show. Read More

Vintage garage signs by BendPak / Ranger. We dug way back in our archives for these. Print your own! Read More

Not just for Bugatti fans! If you are any sort of a car fan, the Mullin Automotive Museum is definitely something you should check out if you're anywhere near Southern California. It's a great way to spend some free time and expand your knowledge about vintage, artistic and downright classy cars. There's even furniture, sculptures and paintings to satisfy your artistic cravings. Read More

The R26FLT tire changer is equipped with a portable control tower that includes a separate module for each function on the machine. There are two joysticks, one that controls the bead breaking tool on a horizontal axis plus the tire arm height on a vertical axis and another that opens and closes the jaw clamps. On the bottom, there is a foot pedal that rotates the tire arm either left or right, while the top button (the big red one) turns the machine on and off. Read More

Someone hit a fire hydrant at the BendPak Santa Paula facility! Fortunately, no car lifts were harmed in the process. Read More

BendPak's own Jeff Kritzer and David Ramirez head down to Mexico City for PAACE/Automechanika and meet with West Coast Customs Mexico. Read More

The final chapter in BendPak's Car Lift Buyer's Guide--the cheat sheet. Read More