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Story and Photos by Tom Suddard
After devoting a year to planning, building and setting up our backyard shop, we finally took a break. Why? Because in our minds, it was done–a finished haven ready to …
Tooling up a garage... the eternally difficult decision. When you finally get to work in a garage that you wisely outfitted with stuff like this, you'll wonder how you ever did it without such a setup.
However... this stuff isn't cheap, and the sky is the limit on what you install. Whatever you spend on outfitting the garage takes away from project car budgets.
Tough call.
In reply to AnthonyGS :
Think vertically my friend. I have a rule in general for the garage: if it doesn't have wheels, it doesn't belong on the floor. Even some things that do have wheels (wheel dollies, for example) get stored off the ground when not in use.
Good call on the floor coating, if done well, you won't regret it.
In reply to AnthonyGS :
Sounds like you'll have an excellent layout for working on a project car. I made the mistake of making sure the garage fit all the cars we have indoors, but didn't really account for the idea that we'd be working on these cars occasionally... oops! So, yeah, figure if you want to park indoors, give yourself about 400 sq-ft of space to dedicate to maintenance / project work, and try to resist the temptation to stuff another car in there haha.
Anthony, we're all too old for jack stand work, we just don't know it yet. Jackstands are great for the pits, the home garage / shop... not so much, in the long run. Especially for small guys like me.
mmm.....storage
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