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Rex Ruby
02-05-2005, 08:16 AM
This is my old garage:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//gar0.jpg

Here is what my backyard looked like before the new garage:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage_before.jpg
Here is the "after" shot:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage_after.jpg
Rex Ruby
02-05-2005, 08:17 AM
The construction process of the foundation:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garageb.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garagec.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garagej.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garagel.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garages.jpg
Rex Ruby
02-05-2005, 08:18 AM
Framing her up:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage40.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage41.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage42.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage43.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage44.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//garage47.jpg
Rex Ruby
02-05-2005, 08:19 AM
Tearing down the old garage:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og1.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og2.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og5.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og9.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og11.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//og15.jpg
Rex Ruby
02-05-2005, 08:20 AM
Some inside shots:
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//img_4998.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//img_5021.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//img_5122.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//img_5124.jpg
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//lift.jpg

A full house!
http://temp.corvetteforum.net/c4/john_porter//img_5023.jpg
Runum
02-05-2005, 10:41 AM
Great place Rex Ruby. Maybe mine will clean up that good one day. :thumbup:
dternst
02-05-2005, 01:09 PM
So you like Corvettes?
js73751
02-05-2005, 01:17 PM
Rex, Followed your construction on one of the Vette sites a while back. Being such a garage junkie I even saved the photos back then.
Joe
PT91
02-05-2005, 01:48 PM
Looks great. Tks for posting. :thumbup:
How high is the ceiling on your side with the lift?
I really like the idea of a 3 car with one area high enougn for a lift and storage above the rest.
Rollman
02-06-2005, 01:06 PM
Its kool to follow along with the build and see the changes as the progress. Great picture of a great looking garage . How long did the entire project take ? I see 2 vettes for sure but is that third car a vette to ? :thumbup:
thebankman
02-06-2005, 02:00 PM
Nice garage, but three burgundy C4s? Where have you found your Chevy/Vette memorabilia? I'm starting to look for it now to cover the garage with C5 posters and assorted junk.
OI812
02-06-2005, 02:32 PM
Looks Nice ---Oh I dream, and so day I will have
js73751
02-06-2005, 02:34 PM
I might be wrong but I believe the Ruby Vettes were the 40th Anniversary models.
Joe
Rex Ruby
02-06-2005, 03:46 PM
I might be wrong but I believe the Ruby Vettes were the 40th Anniversary models.
Joe

You are correct! It was 2 Rubies, a coupe and a vert. The vert has been sold. The other is a black on black ZR1 :D
Rex Ruby
02-06-2005, 03:47 PM
Nice garage, but three burgundy C4s? Where have you found your Chevy/Vette memorabilia? I'm starting to look for it now to cover the garage with C5 posters and assorted junk.

I found a lot on Ebay.
Also the corvette catalogs
Throttlejockey
02-07-2005, 12:05 AM
Looks sweet. :thumbup:
No heat?
04whitef150
02-07-2005, 07:58 AM
Is that U-Coat flooring...NICE SHOP...Why tear down and rebuild why not just add on?
Rex Ruby
02-07-2005, 08:16 AM
There is heat. Heater is in the attic.

The way my lot was laid out it made more sense to tear down.

Yes it is a U-Coat floor. Don't use U-Coat it sucks, after 3 years I still get paint lift at the tires.
Wile1Coyote
02-07-2005, 07:05 PM
When did you put down your u coat, from the time you poured the slab?
Rex Ruby
02-07-2005, 07:11 PM
When did you put down your u coat, from the time you poured the slab?

Slab was at least 90 days old.
Bob23t
02-07-2005, 07:15 PM
Great looking garage. Nice rides also. :thumbup:
C_F
02-07-2005, 07:30 PM
Great looking garage, Man!
duckfoot
02-16-2005, 11:16 PM
sooo... what's you favorite car? a ford? just kidding. nice garage. you must have been waiting fot it after living with that shoe box that was in front of it.
DLR
02-19-2005, 08:28 PM
The name of the thread sure fits! Great looking garage!!! :thumbup: Please excuse me while I wipe off my chin.

Good job documenting the building process with the pics. :D

Love them Chevy's.
Rex Ruby
02-19-2005, 08:38 PM
Thanks :D
LowYota
03-01-2005, 02:11 PM
Ebay and swap meets are great places to find memorabilia. And that looks to me like 2 40th anniv. vetts the burguandy and a black c4
Rex Ruby
03-01-2005, 02:20 PM
Ebay and swap meets are great places to find memorabilia. And that looks to me like 2 40th anniv. vetts the burguandy and a black c4

Good eye ;)
DynoDave
03-25-2005, 04:15 PM
Nice shop, Rex! What's the interior height in the bay with the lift? Did you do anything extra "slab-wise" where the lift sits?
Rex Ruby
03-25-2005, 04:36 PM
Nice shop, Rex! What's the interior height in the bay with the lift? Did you do anything extra "slab-wise" where the lift sits?

12'4"
I had piers dug out so there is more cement where the lift sits :thumbup: