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Re: We can all dream......

Postby richarduk » Fri May 02, 2008 8:40 pm

Freak tornado hits car restores workshop. :wink:
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Isle of Wight :) Now with a fresh MOT

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Postby Luxobarge » Fri May 02, 2008 10:01 pm

Ex-DeLorean factory site revived as motorised wheelbarrow showroom.
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Postby Paudman » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:12 pm

It's almost finished!!
The floor needs painted and there are a few small mods to make it totally Classic-Owner friendly but we're finally there.
Total cost around £3000 for an 18 by 16 garage, 8 1/2 feet high (at the sides) with 10-foot roller door and a side pedestrian door. I got the builder to overlap the roof at the old garage side so as to utilise the original guttering and save having two gutters on one side, plus it's now a covered walkway for dry access or storage.
I've got two Triumphs waiting restoration already, neither of them mine... :lol:

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Postby s-type » Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:46 pm

Didnt want to take over this thread. :)

My garage build is below.
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Postby richardthestag » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:37 pm

Nice Wooden Garage that is JUST long enough for a Stag.

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The roof joists are a bit on the low side and I regularly crack the old noggin when standing up again.

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Postby bnicho » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:47 am

My new garage in progress (DIY). 9m long, 4.2m wide, 2.7 high at the eaves. It will have a roller door at one end, a large window at the other and a 3m wide sliding side door. This is so I can put a large car in the roller door and park a Mini/Moke across the garage behind it (a Mini is approx 3m long).

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Postby Arthur Dent » Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:04 pm

only have a picture of the inside but borrowing my sister inlaw's garage - annoyingly its carpeted. I accidently set it on fire once.

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Postby eddyreck » Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:26 am

my garage door is exactly 1 and a half inches too narrow to fit a car into :evil:
someday i hope to double the width of the garage, widen the door and raise the roof a few feet. and put a door into an ajoining shed to make a nice little storeroom for spares and stuff. 8)
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Postby bnicho » Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:16 am

eddyreck wrote:my garage door is exactly 1 and a half inches too narrow to fit a car into :evil:


Tried a narrower car? :)
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Postby eddyreck » Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:10 pm

bnicho wrote:
eddyreck wrote:my garage door is exactly 1 and a half inches too narrow to fit a car into :evil:


Tried a narrower car? :)


I dont want a narrower car. My old man got steel doors put on it and the guy put the wrong hinges on them so they stick out when they are open. one of these days ill get around to sorting it. and then i just gotta find somewhere to put all the crap thats in it..........
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