Abstract: An above-the-floor freestanding drive-through vehicular hydraulic lift in which a pair of laterally-spaced cylindrical columns enclose hydraulic elevating mechanisms and each column supports a vertically displaceable lifting assembly for engaging a vehicle in synchronization with an adjacent vertically displaceable lifting assembly on an adjacent column for supporting and elevating a vehicle to selected working locations. A lifting a lowering assembly is provided with an automatic locking and safety mechanism for sensing obstructions to which the supporting and elevating mechanism may be subjected in elevated and lower a vehicle supported on the hydraulic lift.