Pics of your garage

[nyncompute]

Originally Posted by jetrench

I agree with everone else. Build it as big as you are able. Here's mine. 120x120. Plans after the truck is done: 2600 sq ft apartment, 26x36 air conditioned shop, paint booth, sanding booth, 2 post lift and paint the interior and floor white.

Jeebus! ok show off you win

[Ram-Man]

Originally Posted by jetrench

I agree with everone else. Build it as big as you are able. Here's mine. 120x120. Plans after the truck is done: 2600 sq ft apartment, 26x36 air conditioned shop, paint booth, sanding booth, 2 post lift and paint the interior and floor white.

He who dies with the most toys wins!

[schwoch1]

Originally Posted by jetrench

I agree with everone else. Build it as big as you are able. Here's mine. 120x120. Plans after the truck is done: 2600 sq ft apartment, 26x36 air conditioned shop, paint booth, sanding booth, 2 post lift and paint the interior and floor white.

HOLY COW MAN!!!!!! Your shop is bigger than my lot that contains my house and a 16'x20' garage!!!!
I could only wish for something like that!
I do have to say that 24'x24' is almost the minimum if you want to have some room to spread out, 30'x30' is a really nice size so you can work and have some room to spare. I wish I could fit a 30x30 on my city lot, but a 24x24 is almost too big. I am stuck for now as my current small garage is grandfathered in and I could barely put a shed up with the new ordinances with setback and such in my city!!!

Mike

[yfz450_0569]

I use a 20'x50' space in a 75'x 40' shop and about 90% of that space is filled with all my extra parts and my truck...

[6T8&O-her-1]

Originally Posted by jetrench

I agree with everone else. Build it as big as you are able. Here's mine. 120x120. Plans after the truck is done: 2600 sq ft apartment, 26x36 air conditioned shop, paint booth, sanding booth, 2 post lift and paint the interior and floor white.

Whoa Baby! Thats an indoor City! Great Scott!

[mr48chev]

My built in the 30's one car garage takes less space and has far less usable space than the travel trailer in the corner of that hanger.

[Mondo]

Holycow jetrench



Well at least we can see your using a good portion of it..... and it is in Texas, where everything is bigger. very cool

[Andy4639]

That's not only a garage it's a wharehouse.
Love the old plane.

[P_A]

My shop is 24x40 and it already is to small. Build it at least 30x40, preferably 40x40 if you have the room on your property. Here are a few interior pics of mine from last year. I'm sorry i don't have any shots of the outside.

[danman987123]

jetwrench your garage is a monster...almost like an LS7 engine laughing at a 3cylinder geo metro....does look sweet and plenty of space...but i dont have half of that space....im going to be going with a 20x30 most likely....all i have room for since i cant build on top of some city easements underground

[toomanytoyz]

Really Like your Flooring, What did u use???

Thasnks, Rick

Originally Posted by P_A

My shop is 24x40 and it already is to small. Build it at least 30x40, preferably 40x40 if you have the room on your property. Here are a few interior pics of mine from last year. I'm sorry i don't have any shots of the outside.

[68350]

We just built a 32x48. It is not even finished and already have plans to build another 28x28 in addition to the 28x28 thats on the house. So all in all, that's 88x104. Hopefully that will cut it. It doesn't help when the chevelle's torn down, the shortbox 4x4 is going in for a transmission change, and my 72 shorty has to be restored in 3 weeks. It will be a large mess in that 32x48, but it will be awesome having the room, the heater, and the air compressor again. Just a word of advice, if you ever plan on running a full size air compressor or anything of that magnitude, do it right the first time and put in the proper wiring, etc. Also, if you can, I would go with 10' walls as they make for a nice little attic to store spare parts, etc. I will get some pics when I'm home next time.

[phipp13]

IMHO what ever size you think you need... DOUBLE IT! garages are almost always too small.. phipp

[Slick71]

Now that's a "shade tree" mechanic if I've ever seen one!

[CG]

Im still putting along with my new garage (dragging my feet on the insulation and drywall). Its 18 x 28. Its the absolute largest garage I can have on my lot with all the zoning rules. Would I love to have a larger space...of course. I can fit one project in there at at time with room to work on all four sides of it. Just keep your space organized and a person can easily work in the "smaller" places like mine.

If I had a giant garage, the way I am I would just cram it full of crap anyway and in the end still have the same amount of space to work around my truck lol.

I am lucky though because my father in law lets me keep all my big stuff (junk) stored out on the farm. But that pile is really starting to dwindle down.

[caminokid]

I have a car and a half garage...I need more room!

[willis0107]

The only place in my shop that is half way clean. I am still in the process of putting in shelves and trying to organize it better so that I can work in it. Now that I no longer have the 67 I have some time to clean things up in there so that one day I can get another project.

[corn]

Lippyp, I like that Iowa plate. That "71" is the county designation for the state & its the county that I live in here. Funny how far that plate has traveled over the years.

[weircc]

i wouldn't go no less than 30x30

[CG]

Originally Posted by weircc

i wouldn't go no less than 30x30

There have been several people that have said something like this. So when I built my 18 x 28 I shouldnt have bothered? I should have kept my stuff in my old Costco 10 x 20 tent I guess.

[corn]

Originally Posted by CG

There have been several people that have said something like this. So when I built my 18 x 28 I shouldnt have bothered? I should have kept my stuff in my old Costco 10 x 20 tent I guess.

Pretty sure it wasnt an order. Just an opinion.

[CG]

Originally Posted by corn

Pretty sure it wasnt an order. Just an opinion.

LOL...yeah I understand...we all have those thats for sure =)

[CMACDONALD1]

mine is a 30 x 40 and i wish i had more.oh and don't mind the ford sign hangin on the wall as i used to work at a ford dealership in sales and when all the ford dealerships changed to the new sign they were going to throw out the old ones so i claimed it, does not really go in my garage. My favorite saying is (i peddeled fords so i could build old chevy's)lol.

[sick69]

I would kill for half the room some of you guys have!!! I have a 12x24 attached i've been building my truck in. It really sucks in the cold months,,,,push it out to work on something and push it back in when i'm done. The warm months aren't so bad.


Even in the small garage, I have managed to shave the body, suicide the doors, replace the rockers and cab corners, convert to a blazer tank, mini tub, build a 4" cowl hood,,,,just the beginning!

It doesn't matter what size garage you have if you want to get things done you will work around it,,,,or over it or crawl under it,,,through it! What ever you need to do.



I would love to have a 30x40 but don't have the room. Realisticly I could probably go 25x30 if I were to build a detached garage, which would be just big enough for one project at a time.


Frank

[Lippyp]

Originally Posted by corn

Lippyp, I like that Iowa plate. That "71" is the county designation for the state & its the county that I live in here. Funny how far that plate has traveled over the years.

Amazing, I picked it up in a junk shop over here for a couple of pounds! At some point they must have shipped container loads of old US plates over as they seem to turn up all over the place. I guesssome will have come off vehicles that have been imported too, a lot of ex servicemens vehicles end up staying here. I have a feeling my truck came to the UK that way as it came from an area with a lot of USAF bases. I pick them up when I see them cheap as I have an idea to collect one from each state but I prefer em old and battered. I don't know how it works over there, here in the UK plates are specific to the car and stay with it for life generally although they can be transferred at a cost.

Originally Posted by CG

There have been several people that have said something like this. So when I built my 18 x 28 I shouldnt have bothered? I should have kept my stuff in my old Costco 10 x 20 tent I guess.

Hey, I've got one of these I'm trying to find a window to put it up in my garden to put the truck in but this winters been awful weatherwise, its either been raining, blowing a gale or snowing (like today when its done all three!) Good old Costco.