Oh by the way JK get that roof rack off!
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Garage envy
- Thread starter Rob Gaskin
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racer
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Rushingphil
Club Member
Utmost respect and admiration (if not some disbelief ! ) in how you guys can work in such small garages!
Mine is 35' x 14' and I still struggle with space! Probably because I keep filling it up with tools
Regarding track days abroad - my youngest would like 'me' to try and get his ( my old) track car back running again with the intention of taking it to the 'ring' and Spa again later this year. It's a 300+ bhp mx5 and it's been languishing in the back of my garage for too long!!!!!
This lockdown makes the decision even more clearer
Mine is 35' x 14' and I still struggle with space! Probably because I keep filling it up with tools
Regarding track days abroad - my youngest would like 'me' to try and get his ( my old) track car back running again with the intention of taking it to the 'ring' and Spa again later this year. It's a 300+ bhp mx5 and it's been languishing in the back of my garage for too long!!!!!
This lockdown makes the decision even more clearer
uk66fastback
Club Member
Some nice spaces on here ... luckily my single is a decent size - we knocked down the original tiny one and built this one 20 years ago. I have more than enough space for one car - but I have a lot of stuff in it besides the Z. The full width bench behind the car I built 3-4 years ago after running out of flat room on which to do stuff. It's great and I've thrown a lot of stuff out and tided up during this lockdown after fitting a new door and window - both of which need a bit of fettling still - both ebay purchases, luckily, to replace the old ones.
I think I've more or less got it as I want it now - by the Peter Sellers pic is one of the seats I am redoing - you need space to do stuff like that. I have an L-series engine under the bench as well. Above the car in eaves is accessible with an extendable ladder and I have stuff up there I haven't see for years! (Needs chucking out, most of it). If I didn't have this as a place to go to at times, I'd go mad I think!
I think I've more or less got it as I want it now - by the Peter Sellers pic is one of the seats I am redoing - you need space to do stuff like that. I have an L-series engine under the bench as well. Above the car in eaves is accessible with an extendable ladder and I have stuff up there I haven't see for years! (Needs chucking out, most of it). If I didn't have this as a place to go to at times, I'd go mad I think!
IbanezDan51
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I really need to get mine painted... but turned one part of the workshop area into a gym until things re-open.
Rushingphil
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JK240
Club Member
No chance, seller wanted to keep it. I told him that was a deal breaker
JK240
Club Member
Been to quite a few of them tooLoving that pseudo tube map on the wall 'pubstops of the Lake District'
tyroguru
Club Member
I am in awe of you guys who have convinced your better half's to allow you to bring car parts into the house! I get it - I'm totally beaten down and under the thumb and after 29 years of marriage I'm well trained - she would kill me if anything comes into the house.
I know, I know, I need to get a spine but she took that from me a long time ago
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I am in awe of you guys who have convinced your better half's to allow you to bring car parts into the house! I get it - I'm totally beaten down and under the thumb and after 29 years of marriage I'm well trained - she would kill me if anything comes into the house.
I know, I know, I need to get a spine but she took that from me a long time ago
Yep, no Datsun bits in our house - or anywhere except the garage.
Hey Dan, I thought you lived in Dorden - it looks more like a Mediterranean villa.
Paul_S
Club Member
I am in awe of you guys who have convinced your better half's to allow you to bring car parts into the house! I get it - I'm totally beaten down and under the thumb and after 29 years of marriage I'm well trained - she would kill me if anything comes into the house.
I know, I know, I need to get a spine but she took that from me a long time ago
I am very lucky in that respect. But it is an occasional thing. And restricted to 'clean' bits!
peter_s
Club Member
That sounds like fun! I'm always up for a trip to the ring.
I have a training course booked in August, but I don't think that's going to happen this year...
IbanezDan51
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I moved years ago Rob, was in Sheepy (parents were in grendon) now live right by Mira in Fenny.
Oh ok,
Bazzateer
Club Member
This is my little piece of heaven. Bought the house 10 years ago because it had space for this. Took another 4 years before I could build it. Six years later the roof leaks so that's a project for the summer. The Singer Vogue will be sold soon, that will probably pay for the roof!
uk66fastback
Club Member
What a great space! The hubby of one of my other half's friends has an illuminated S I N G E R sign hanging in his garden! We always rib him it's the sewing machine company ... it's all wired up and everything ...
As a former Hillman Hunter owner (LDO 585g) - I liked their products ... will the Vogue be another ebay sale? If so, I shall look out for it ...
As a former Hillman Hunter owner (LDO 585g) - I liked their products ... will the Vogue be another ebay sale? If so, I shall look out for it ...
Is he a Singer fan - my cousin is a huge Singer fan? This is his car - any pics of the sign for him
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