Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for applying a pulling force to an automobile body or the like, the apparatus including a generally upright column member adapted to be secured via a chain or similar flexible element to a portion of a vehicle body, the lower end of the column being supported by a support base structure including a pair of upstanding members spaced apart a distance approximately equal to the width of the lower end of the column and adapted to have the lower end of the column received therebetween, the upstanding members and the lower end of the column being formed with pairs of vertically spaced aligned bores adapted to receive a pair of pins for either lockingly securing the column in a generally upright and vertical position or permitting pivotal movement of the column relative to the base structure, whereby the apparatus may be used as a relatively rigid anchor structure in one mode of operation thereof, and in an alternative mode of operation thereof, may be used in conjunction with a force-apply