griffin729 wrote:I told my wife the same thing. I told her that I wanted a 3 car garage with a house attached. She was surprisingly agreeable to this proposition.No garage right now. I live in an apartment.
But, the lease is up next July. Myself and the girlfriend will both be done with school in a couple years, actually she'll be done this May. Then we're talking marriage and a house. One of her requirements is a garage. So, with a two car garage, and her car taking one space I will have to chose between a project or my DD. Once I can afford picking up a project it'll probably win.
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Sept. 13, 2009 9:32 p.m. mndsm New Reader
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Sept. 13, 2009 9:43 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork
Haha. I live in an apartment. And I have a garage! Yay!
This Buell Lightning is mine.
So is this Miata. (It was in its assigned spot in the picture above ^^^) Say "Hi", Lacy!
Here's my brother's MV Agusta Brutale.
Sex on wheels. But it's Italian, so it breaks a lot. And nobody knows why...
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Sept. 13, 2009 10:46 p.m. gamby UberDork
Wife's 99 Honda CR-V EX--about to turn 200k after Monday's commute
My garage queen 99 Civic Si--going back into mothballs in another month
A bunch of clutter that needs to be organized/purged
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Sept. 13, 2009 11:02 p.m. SVreX PowerDork
An awful lot of my garage is pictured in my garage cleaning thread...
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Sept. 13, 2009 11:54 p.m. griffin729 Reader
In reply to mndsm:
I might be able to talk her into the 3 car garage without much trouble. The issue would be finding a garage that big that doesn't come with a house that is way to big and over priced for our budget and needs.
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Sept. 14, 2009 12:02 a.m. HappyAndy Reader
I wish that I had a garage, I would even settel for a driveway at this point
And that van project is tres cool
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Sept. 14, 2009 12:35 a.m. Mental UberDork
After the last too loads back to OK, this weekends moving sale, and todays trip to Goodwill, surprisingly little is in my garage. My GSXR, the BMW is the final stages of the worlds logest clutch replacement, my tools, our fridge that wouldn't fit on the trailer this last round of hauling.
Anyone want a ugly but strudy hommade workshop table? Come get it by Wednesday in Co Springs CO
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Sept. 14, 2009 5:05 p.m. JeepinMatt New Reader
Well, if I had an actual garage it would have my '99 Jeep Wrangler (DD right now, future rockcrawler that's making slowwww progress until the other car is done) and a '91 325i that's on the fast track to becoming a Spec E30 car. I hate postponing things, but I feel like there is more of a deadline to get the E30 running right now. The Jeep will come next; it has its own fund.
I'm not really picky about a house. The only part of it I have a strong opinion on is a large, nice 3 car garage (preferably in back, in addition to whatever other garage already comes attached). Garages are surprisingly affordable compared to a typical room in a house. Keep it heated (I can work in the heat, in the summer, but all that working in the winter in my parents cold garage has me convinced on a heater) and a nice epoxy or tile floor with big fluorescent lights. Would sound good to me.
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Sept. 14, 2009 5:29 p.m. RexSeven Dork
Our garage is very narrow and isn't really useful as a garage. My uncle's '68 Olds Cutlass convertible has been sitting in there for 15 years now, and there's no more than a foot of space between the garage walls and the Old's doors and bumpers. He keeps telling us he will come up and trailer it to his home in CT every year, but he never follows through. I'd fix it myself if it wouldn't cost me cubic dollars to do so.
Besides the Olds, we find a way to cram patio furniture, lawn equpment, etc. into it. If the Olds finally vacates the space, it will become storage, and I will be able to pull my cars in partway so I can work on them during bad weather.
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Sept. 15, 2009 9:23 a.m. Karl La Follette Reader
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Sept. 15, 2009 10:32 a.m. RossD HalfDork
A freshly painted windshield opening connected to the rest of the '77 Capri, and some new tires, some old tires, and some really old tires,... oh and some old rims too. And an early '50s kelvinator that came with my house and was actually my grandparents wedding present. Its free, if someone wants it.
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Sept. 15, 2009 10:41 a.m. Rusty_Rabbit84 Dork
this:
and this:
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Sept. 15, 2009 1:30 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork
A mess.
And I'm still chasing the voltage drain on the black C. I enjoyed tearing the guts out of the passive restraints, but that didn't fix it. I hope it's not in the central locking, because I still actually use that.
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Sept. 15, 2009 1:45 p.m. M030 Reader
In the garage: 97 Boxster, 72 VW Super Beetle, the wife's 01 VW Cabrio.
The back yard and next to the garage is where things get interesting....
72 BMW 2002, 81 VW Rabbit pickup, 83 BMW 320i, 87 VW Rabbit convertible
And, behind my mom's house: 87 Porsche 924S, 74, 75 & 77 VW Beetle convertibles
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Sept. 17, 2009 7:59 a.m. 4eyes New Reader
74 tubeframe Jensen Healey, 78 Superbeetle convertible. Two rollaround boxes, a mig welder/OA torch cart and two air compressers, shopvac, fridge, freezer. Plus various and assorted junk
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Sept. 17, 2009 9:12 a.m. Buckhead New Reader
Jeep Wrangler 1989 Toyota 4runner 2002 BMW M3 2004 Oldenburg Warmblood 1993
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Sept. 17, 2009 3:41 p.m. Jensenman MegaDork
4eyes wrote:
A fellow Jensenite.74 tubeframe Jensen Healey,
In my hovel:
1974 Jensen Healey JH5, 1974 Jensen Healey with a 13B rotary swap, a complete extra front and rear suspension for a J-H, a 1980 Yamaha XS650, big ol' toolbox, welder, plasma cutter, bench grinder, tubing bender, an engine/tranny,misc goodies for a super secret project.
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Sept. 17, 2009 5:18 p.m. midknight Reader
Geez MO30, your backyard sounds a little bit like mine. I've got a '73 2002, an '89 Cabriolet, an '81 Rabbit pickup, an 87 16v Golf, assorted Minis, a '71 240z (brother's), a Suzuki Swift Gti (brother's), a 1990 Sierra, and an Astrovan. I've also got a '65 Cortina, a '74 GTV, a Mini pickup and an Elf Replica in storage. In my two car garage I keep the good stuff, my three badass Minis and my Duetto. I will be selling most of these and going down to 5 cars to simplify my life soon.
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Sept. 17, 2009 5:27 p.m. midknight Reader
Duetto was only thing that cost me over $3k, which should tell you what condition everything is in.
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Sept. 17, 2009 10:15 p.m. nocarbud New Reader
Inside:
Outside:
There are a few other old tractors, a lot more motorcycles, some more cars, and a bunch more spares as well, but I only have the pics of this stuff.
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Sept. 17, 2009 10:31 p.m. ZOOMX5 New Reader
In reply to nocarbud: what kind of plane is that? looks like a Luscombe? Sweet a hangar, the real mans garage!
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Sept. 17, 2009 10:54 p.m. nocarbud New Reader
In reply to ZOOMX5:
You are correct! good eye. There are 4 luscombes actually, the wings are in the loft and one is in the old horse barn. Its a 40x60 foot steel building, with 20x40 feet framed out, insulated and set up with the garage tools and bathroom. there's about a 12 foot double door into the storage side. Wood stove heat in shop area. If we ever get it organized, it will be a great area!
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Sept. 17, 2009 10:55 p.m. friedgreencorrado Dork
In reply to nocarbud: Also, every metal airframe I've ever seen being restored has those pins sticking out of the rivet holes on a few sections. Can you tell me what they're for?
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Sept. 17, 2009 11:04 p.m. nocarbud New Reader
In reply to friedgreencorrado:
its called a cleco. kind of like a clamp to hold the two pieces of metal together until you put the rivets in.
http://www.panamericantool.com/products.cfm
the special pliers push in the silver end, the other end extends out and you put that end in the hole in the metal. when you release the pliers, the end expands and holds the two pieces of metal together. a temporary rivet if you will...
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Sept. 17, 2009 11:04 p.m. ZOOMX5 New Reader
Check out my profile and see another sweet "garage" with a friends PC-12 and a less cool MX-5... Are you making progress on getting any of your Luscombes back in the air? You have 4 more aircraft than me at the moment
