Show Off Your Garage
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that looks really good fireman!!
Bigt442
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I have been working on the shop. Put in a bath room, and clean and organizing. This is what it was before.
this is now.
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this is now.
Bigt442
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Thanks Tim, I don't have a build thread on the truck but do have pictures. I will have to post them. Thanks again.
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
Nice roomy shop. The remodel looks outstanding. Is your shop pleasure only or do you run a business out of there?
Bigt442
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It is just for me myself and I to use and abuse 40 by 80. I am going to put in a second floor above the Vett and truck this summer I hope. It will be a room 20ft by 25ft to show off my collectables and office space for me.[
I do some small jobs for people. I am starting a 59 ford truck conversion this weekend. I am putting a 2003 crown vic suspension under it, that is what pictured in front of the bench. Then I have another s10 frame swap in a 1955 AD truck to do after the ford. So it is not a business but it helps to cover my habit of cars and such.
I do some small jobs for people. I am starting a 59 ford truck conversion this weekend. I am putting a 2003 crown vic suspension under it, that is what pictured in front of the bench. Then I have another s10 frame swap in a 1955 AD truck to do after the ford. So it is not a business but it helps to cover my habit of cars and such.
sgtpontiac
Older, Wiser and Still Buildin'
Big T.....nice place....
Wish I had been around when my barn was put up....doesn't have running water.....would really be nice....may do it but it's a long run to the barn from the house and there is no water line on the road it's sitting on...(corner lot)..
Wish I had been around when my barn was put up....doesn't have running water.....would really be nice....may do it but it's a long run to the barn from the house and there is no water line on the road it's sitting on...
(corner lot)..Jack Olsen
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I don't have a Rat Rod, I'm afraid. But I'm interested in garages -- especially what can be done with limited space and a modest budget. I've seen some of the garages from garagejournal.com on this site -- but if you're not familiar with them, you should pay the site a visit.
I live on a tiny 1/8-acre plot and my garage is never going to get any bigger than its 20x22 dimensions. I cleaned it up back in 2007, but then went through it starting in 2010 to try and make it as useful as possible. My investment is pretty low. I've spent about $3,500 on the place, not including tools. My lift came at the bargain price of $455, and I did the installation myself. In fact, I did everything in the garage myself. What you see is overwhelmingly second-hand, repurposed or home-made.
I call it the 12-Gauge Garage because of the second-hand Strong Hold cabinets I got for it. They're ridiculously overbuilt, rated for 1,900 pounds per shelf -- and they're made of 12-gauge steel.
I live on a tiny 1/8-acre plot and my garage is never going to get any bigger than its 20x22 dimensions. I cleaned it up back in 2007, but then went through it starting in 2010 to try and make it as useful as possible. My investment is pretty low. I've spent about $3,500 on the place, not including tools. My lift came at the bargain price of $455, and I did the installation myself. In fact, I did everything in the garage myself. What you see is overwhelmingly second-hand, repurposed or home-made.
I call it the 12-Gauge Garage because of the second-hand Strong Hold cabinets I got for it. They're ridiculously overbuilt, rated for 1,900 pounds per shelf -- and they're made of 12-gauge steel.
Jack Olsen
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It's a working garage:
But I do have a fancy sign for it:
And it's got its own a video:
The 12-Gauge Garage Video - YouTube
And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:
My Garage Lift - YouTube
oldmanb
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Jack Olsen
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Thanks, guys!
It's clean right now. That often isn't the case.
It's clean right now. That often isn't the case.
Kriesel
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Your garage is iconic! Been in a few magazines and all over the garage-a-holic forums! Very nicely done.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
It's a working garage:
But I do have a fancy sign for it:
And it's got its own a video:
The 12-Gauge Garage Video - YouTube
And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:
My Garage Lift - YouTube
Wow Jack that's not a garage its an operating room. Support clean and organized! Nice!
Jack Olsen
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Thanks, guys!
My shops aren't nice and pretty....
Farm shop-
Derby shop- 3 stalls for cars, one just for motors, and one for odd ball jobs.
And the new shop ( mainly for storage I mow the guys yard and he let's me use the shop and store cars)
This is the part all my friends call organized chaos
And no this isn't all of it.....
Farm shop-
Derby shop- 3 stalls for cars, one just for motors, and one for odd ball jobs.
And the new shop ( mainly for storage I mow the guys yard and he let's me use the shop and store cars)
This is the part all my friends call organized chaos
And no this isn't all of it.....
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donsrods
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This is 1/2 of our shop. My Son Don decided he needed more room for his projects so he now has the same size shop right next door. Dan and I share this one and this picture is a RARE time when it was actually clean and organized.
Don
Don
Gregster
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Don , do you rent your shop ? The reason I ask is it doesn't look like a back yard or home garage .
