Lets see your garage/shop or any dream garages!

[iluv69s]

Matt....unless you have another garage somewhere that I did not see when I pcked up that rollbar, you just have toooooo much stuff!!! But, heck, I have the same problem here !! ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[jasonL78]

To me there is a garage to work on your cars and a garage to store your cars. A big difference in space.

[bb767]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To me there is a garage to work on your cars and a garage to store your cars. A big difference in space. </div></div>

You are quite correct <span style="font-weight: bold">jasonL78</span>, about different spaces for different purposes which is why...




I initially bought this old wreck of a shop.




It was built in the 1930's...



...and restored by my son and myself...



...as a place...



...where I could...




...work on cars...





... not store them...





A couple of pretty quick Pure Stock drag cars have come out of there.

For car storage I had Morton build...





...this barn a few hundred feet away from the old shop.



Inside it's primarily...



...for storage but I also...



...have a modern lift...



... for work...



...should the need arise.



A place for everything and everything in it's place.

As Dennis mentioned the whole sorry story can be found here:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=51567

Thomas

[Canuck]

The earlier tread is my home garage, strictly for parking a car and doing some cleaning and under the hood stuff. These photos are my &quot;workshop&quot;, 800 sq ft bay as part of my business in a light industrial park.

Parking for three cars, or two with comfort.
6000 Lb Hoffman twin screw hoist
Sandblaster.
Three phase compressor
Press
Tools
Storage
memorbilia.
40&quot; LED TV with full cable and HD

[PxTx]

Nice equipment! Three phase power is great to have, and the twin screw lift- sweet. I've thought about installing a VFD so I could have a twin screw lift at my house. I can think of a few other things that would be nice too, like one of those quiet/insulated compressors without a storage tank. For now, I have a 3 car garage for storage but my dream garage is only a set of plans I paid an architect to design. Hoping in the next 1-3 years it will become a reality.

[JackOlsen]

I second the recommendation for the www.garagejournal.com.

I've got a small suburban garage (20'x21') and I put it together with a pretty low budget. I learned as I went, doing all of the work myself -- including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift.

The total budget, including the floor, cabinets, benches and lift was less than $3,500. Everything you see is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.

I do automotive work in it, and also some carpentry and metal fabrication.

I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

(This is not spam. I don't make any money off of the website and pay for it out of my own pocket.)















Work benches that fold down from the wall:





There is no 911 that's been lowered too much to fit on this lift. And there's nothing to trip over when the car is out.





And it's got its own a video:

The 12-Gauge Garage Video

And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:

My Garage Lift

Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot.



But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used.

In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img]

[Verne_Frantz]

I like the rotary phone [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[olredalert]

----I must have missed it, Jack. Where is the fridge??? Gotta be there somewhere. Not a good garage without a fridge. A buddy of mine in Scotsdale has a urinal on one wall because he got tired of going on the cactus outside. Kinda liked the idea!!!......Bill S

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Jack I saw your garage in Car Craft. Killer!

[mockingbird812]

Great stuff Jack! Saw yr beauty over at garage journal before and you must be very proud. Like your color scheme too!!