Irish 2 car garage

[zagamuffin]

Hi all,

I am getting some great tips and ideas on this site so thought I'd add mine to prevent Lurking syndrome....

I am starting without pics to encourage me to take a few so bear with me please.

 

[zagamuffin]

I built this house and garage 10 years ago and it was a dream of mine to have a decent space where I could work on my Fords indoors,spent a lot of time under my car in the rain outdoors as we didn't have a garage at home.

I built the garage to full house spec here in Ireland as I was allowing for the opportunity to convert it into a home for my father when he got older.I fully insulated it,plumbed with water/toilet and floored upstairs with an ope for a stairs.

I built a home cinema in the upstairs section shortly after construction using a s/h Sony CRT projector and full 7.1 surround with monitor audio speakers.built the 96" screen myself and the farmer who lives about 1/4 mile away could hear our movie nights...lolwas also used for superbowl nites etc...

Downstairs is 20" x30" with double electric roller doors and a h beam built for a one ton static load(never used)I built block walls into a workshop(kitchen) and toilet(toilet) which I have just torn down while building on a new sunroom to the house.

I now have a large mess but more room,I like your cabinet styles and will be copying that look.floor is an epoxy chemical proof coat and lighting now also needs an upgrade.

Cars are a 1967 mk1 ford ******, ford Sierra cosworth , ford Sierra 3dr shed trackcar project(cosworth) and an everyday Honda s2000....

 

[zagamuffin]

Finding some pics on the bucket

Early photos after building

Mk1 ****** when road worthy

Another old pic

Looking inside

The Sierra cosworth

Cossie again

Mk1 during rust removel

Orig planned to go in the ****** but now going in project trackshed

Kinda tight in ther,was when the interior walls were in place

 

[dlc]

Very nice! More pics of the gray Merkur XR4Ti (or whatever you call them over there.)

 

[zagamuffin]

Dlc ,

That's a Sierra cosworth, xr4i was also sold here with a 2.8 n/a six.the cosworth is a homoligation special developed for rallying,it had a 2.0 turbo charged 4pot running 205 horsepower but could easily be tuned to 500/600 bhp.
Have a few pics from a mag shoot

 

[dlc]

Awesome! thanks for the new background for my computer.

 

[Brentocool]

Never saw a Ford look Foreign Nice cars. Welcome.

 

[zagamuffin]

A foreign ford, lol

Henry fords family emigrated from just down the road from me, they have a lovely silver model t statue in his hometown.

 

[zagamuffin]

A foreign ford, lol

Henry fords family emigrated from just down the road from me, they have a lovely silver model t statue in his hometown.

 

[PECVD2]

zagamuffin,

Great looking garage and autos.

More pictures of the place and the tool box would fab!

 

[zagamuffin]

Will do, any suggestion gratefully accepted along the way...

 

[MrPolarZero]

I like that foreign ford.. LOL! I wish I can have 1.

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Irish garage???? Where the hell's the beer??? Nice garage, but you gotta show us the brew.....

 

[galexie64]

I really like the cars. I've been thinking about picking up a '65 Cortina.

 

[ConstructionBoss]

Nice Cosworth's. I used to be a HUGE ****** fan in my younger days. Had two American ****** GT's ('88 & '89 Models) and always wanted either a Cosworth($$$$) or the sheetmetal to make mine look like a Cosworth ($). Never got either, and finally parted with the cars about a decade ago. You guys were lucky and got all the cool Escorts through the years. I never understood why US Ford was so tame with their models over here. I guess to appease the mass market budget buyers!

 

[Aaron P.]

great to see another iec memeber on board....nice build on the gaf man...get the mk1 finished...there are alot being done right now....but id say you feel now your garage is way to small....one of the pics there is from my present home town of baltinglass

 

[zagamuffin]

Aaron,

What's your name on Iec,have we met....was just getting interest back to finish the mk1 (and time) and I went out in Mondello in a 380 bhp 3dr drift car on the last retro ford day and got the bug,would be a shame to possibly the mk1 but the 3dr shed build wont stand me too much so can go balls out.....

 

[zagamuffin]

Found a few pics of the 3dr shed when I bought it,eng less and cleaning up a little.

Aaron, ya could have done with another 2000 sq ft

 

[zagamuffin]

Found a few pics of the 3dr shed when I bought it,eng less and cleaning up a little.

Aaron, ya could have done with another 2000 sq ft

And what a proper one looks like for our American friends

Garage pics tommorow hopefully, had to replace clutch cable today,paddle clutches are hard on cables

 

[zagamuffin]

Early cortina are nice,better when from the rust free west coast

 

[zagamuffin]

Irish garage???? Where the hell's the beer??? Nice garage, but you gotta show us the brew.....

Lol,

I think I'm the only Irishman who doesn't drink, more money for toys....

Midleton distillery is only down the road,if you've heard of it....

 

[zagamuffin]

I really like the cars. I've been thinking about picking up a '65 Cortina.

Early cortinas are great, especially when west coast rust free ones

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Hey zagamuffin, could we get some more pics of your beautiful scenery? I do miss walking aout of my garage and seeing mountains like in the background of some of your pics...Here in Southwest Florida, the only mountains I see are fire ant mounds....

 

[zagamuffin]

Will take a few over the weekend lad, will have a look on the pad for any pics, I'm sure you get more sun than I do.......

Rob

 

[zagamuffin]

Dunmore east harbour festival

And again

Nice house in the village

View of farmers barn from my back yard

Winter pic

How are these

 

[dlc]

Visiting Ireland is near the top of my "bucket list".

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Wow....You really have some postcard views....Looks like an awesome place to live and raise a family...Unreal.....You are very lucky....

 

[Jazz]

I owned and SVO Mustang for a years and have wanted on of these Xr4Ti branded here in the U.S. Very nice!

They've gotten a bit more pricey for nice examples in recent years. The chances to own one might not be around much longer without spending real money.

 

[zagamuffin]

Why not import, we import enough us cars over here,bring one back in an empty container .how much are they in us

 

[Anto]

hey lad, nice garage.
nice to see another iec member on here!! it realy is a class site.
think ive seen your cossys as a few shows. ive a blue mk2 ******.

 

[zagamuffin]

Update time
Put aside a day to tidy the floor space before starting upgrading storage,benches and lighting . Oh and sounds , am going to include net for streaming online radio etc....

This is how bad it is at present , trying to clean and prep cars is a challenge (time) bought a car load of spares yesterday so more storage issues

There's a car in there somewhere

Have a bit to do

Must start to sell a few bits and dump the rest

In the middle of this I'm breaking down front suspension of Sierra and hanging bellhousing on the T5 gearbox , cable to hydraulic . Fitted the cosworth bumpers to Sierra to save storing them on the floor , eng box almost ready to into car , just need a few nuts for the turbo manifold

Got a nice petrol karcher machine last week as electric one died....

Hi anto , have you a thread on here

 

[zagamuffin]

zagamuffin,

Great looking garage and autos.

More pictures of the place and the tool box would fab!

Toolbox pics to follow, do you guys get teng tools in us

 

[zagamuffin]

Nice Cosworth's. I used to be a HUGE ****** fan in my younger days. Had two American ****** GT's ('88 & '89 Models) and always wanted either a Cosworth($$$$) or the sheetmetal to make mine look like a Cosworth ($). Never got either, and finally parted with the cars about a decade ago. You guys were lucky and got all the cool Escorts through the years. I never understood why US Ford was so tame with their models over here. I guess to appease the mass market budget buyers!

Did the us not get the ****** cosworth , I'll post a few pics for ya

 

[zagamuffin]

For construction boss

 

[RobSmith]

I really like the cars. I've been thinking about picking up a '65 Cortina.

Me and a mate built a 2 door 68 Cortina GT with an Oldsmobile alloy V8 in it. The V8 engine was lighter than the original 4 cylinder...that car was a weapon. We kept it like a nicely restored original and it was the ultimate sleeper.....shame I sold it.

 

[sids04]

Nice spread and super nice rides !

 

[zagamuffin]

Sids04

Where in. bucks are you, have family there, Try and get over once a year . Very nice area

Rob

 

[zagamuffin]

Not to far from swamp road

 

[sids04]

Very close.. I used to live in Newtown.. I am in Yardley..

 

[zagamuffin]

zagamuffin,

Great looking garage and autos.

More pictures of the place and the tool box would fab!

this is the only official tool box...lol