Garage Porn! Post your pics

[SimpleGreen]

Awesome garages! I would show mine but I'm sure everyone knows what a carport with a roll box, a floor jack, ramps and two stands looks like, lol.

[Scrappy Doo]

A light gray with white and black flecks in it is the current plan right now.

But, i haven't set that in stone. I have considered doing a black floor, but it would be a nightmare to keep clean

(Forgot to quote the previous message! OOps)

[Jack Olsen]

If you can look past the absence of a Camaro, I can show you one other path a suburban garage can take. I was limited to the existing size of my 20x21 two-car, and my budget was under $3,500 for the project. But I put together a place that makes the most of the available space (for carpentry, metal fab and work on my weekend car) with an assortment of second-hand industrial cabinets that I turned into storage and ten different work surfaces. I did all the work myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.













Work benches that fold down from the wall:







You can see the lift in operation in this video:




http://www.petrolicious.com/articles...ck-olsen-s-911

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.



More pictures and a bench-by-bench look at the place at the website I made for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

[ROD_SS]

^ Jack Olsen... Wow!

[Bud 1LE 2SS RS]

Like the out of the floor lift set-up! (and the Porsche coupe!) WHAT YEAR?

AWSOME SET UP YOU HAVE!!

[Jack Olsen]

Thanks, guys.

The car is a 1972 tub with a 1995 engine, a 1977 transaxle and other 911 parts on it that range in age from 1965 to 2000.

(The odd thing is that I built it after passing on a pretty nice example of my first choice, a 1st-gen Camaro.)

[G-Oil Guy]

Originally Posted by Jack Olsen

If you can look past the absence of a Camaro, I can show you one other path a suburban garage can take. I was limited to the existing size of my 20x21 two-car, and my budget was under $3,500 for the project. But I put together a place that makes the most of the available space (for carpentry, metal fab and work on my weekend car) with an assortment of second-hand industrial cabinets that I turned into storage and ten different work surfaces. I did all the work myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.













Work benches that fold down from the wall:







You can see the lift in operation in this video:




http://www.petrolicious.com/articles...ck-olsen-s-911

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.



More pictures and a bench-by-bench look at the place at the website I made for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com

Can you still get pit lifts?!

That be perfect for my current garage.

Also: how does the tile floor hold up? I've been going back and forth between epoxy and tile.

[Pro Stock John]

Originally Posted by bowtiefamily

Garage! and Garage with friends! Still a work in progress! 42X60 with a 14 foot ceiling.

I've had interested in drive-on lifts like that for storage, What do you think the minimum ceiling height that would work?

My problem is (a) I have to find out of my slab can handle the weight and (b) I think I'd have to probably tear my 4 year old garage down to install some lifts.

A bunch of pics. I have fit 3 cars in it before but it was tight, last time I measured the slabs they were all 8 feet.

Right when I moved in spring 2008:

[SomeGeoffGuy]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

I've had interested in drive-on lifts like that for storage, What do you think the minimum ceiling height that would work?

My problem is (a) I have to find out of my slab can handle the weight and (b) I think I'd have to probably tear my 4 year old garage down to install some lifts.

PSJ - Geoff Bouma - we met out at Pinks. Glad to see you in a 5th gen!

Most two post lifts require 6" of concrete. It generally manufacturer specific. The standard stuff the concrete guy pour is the correct PSI though. I just finished up a new garage and had them pour the entire floor at 6" just to be safe. You can just get some pads poured, though. They will saw cut and reinforce a local area then repour it.

-Geoff

[Camaroshark]

Originally Posted by ROD_SS

^ Jack Olsen... Wow!

I second that. That is a sweet garage set up.

[Z/28Dan]

The ZL1 is asleep for a couple of months. 7 degrees here in Virginia tomorrow. A little cold for the F1 tires!

[G-Oil Guy]

Originally Posted by ZL1Dan

The ZL1 is asleep for a couple of months. 7 degrees here in Virginia tomorrow. A little cold for the F1 tires!

What material is that floor?

[Nick S]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

I've had interested in drive-on lifts like that for storage, What do you think the minimum ceiling height that would work?

My problem is (a) I have to find out of my slab can handle the weight and (b) I think I'd have to probably tear my 4 year old garage down to install some lifts.

A bunch of pics. I have fit 3 cars in it before but it was tight, last time I measured the slabs they were all 8 feet.

Right when I moved in spring 2008:

Hey John,
Not sure if you remember me from the Madison WI area or not but I used to see you quite a bit at MFBA events ( MFBA screen name Nick 2K2 SS).

Anyhow, my challenger lift only required 4" thick concrete but the PSI rating of the concrete needed to meet a minimum requirement. Also my garage has the fiberglass filled concrete which helps the PSI rating as well. But when I was researching lifts I found quite a few that only required 4" thick. And if you are looking more at a 4post drive on lift I believe you would be good with your garage at 4" thick because the load is being distributed over 4 pads instead of just two and you the floor would only be seeing vertical forces and no bending moments like you would with 2 pads.

Looks like I see the LS1 Tech 4th gen Camaro in the background. Didn't know if you still had that or if you have raced it recently.

Nick.

[G-Oil Guy]

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