psychorugby
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I've been lurking here as a registered user for a month or so, but have been a guest for a long time. I felt since I am in the midst of cleaning and organizing the garage at my new house, that I should post here what I've already done and get some input on what I should do going forward.
I'll spare the details of the actual house build, mostly because the image hosting site I had everything on went down and I lost a lot of my pictures. This is the lower level floor plan, specifically the garage:
I’ve got a lot of room I can work with, but I also have 4 cars that my wife demands be parked in the garage. Currently, however, both Mustangs (hence the title of this thread) are in the garage (one as a shell on jack stands and the other with other gremlins keeping it from moving under its own power) and another spot occupied by a miter saw and table saw as I just got done flooring the downstairs. Ultimately, I would like to have both Mustangs stacked on top of each other in the deep part of the tandem bay, leaving the “add-on” garage as a work area. I don’t intend for this to be a clean room, but I also want it to be a place that we can hang out.
This is what I started with:
And this is what it looked like shortly after we moved in and I got the garage door installed, took the majority of **** inside, and most importantly, got my wife’s car in:
My work bench resides at the back of the “add-on” third bay (I’ve since moved the hurricane shutters to a much better home):
Another shot of the third bay with the 66 Mustang in place:
Now that I got some inside projects knocked out, I've turned my attention back to the garage. It was getting to the point of being dangerous there was such much stuff laying around covered in sawdust. Back in December I built a wall-to-wall 24” deep shelving unit at the back of the deep part of the tandem garage to house all of the parts I took off the cars:
Some aftermath of pulling the motor and every other part out of the 95 Mustang, and the cleanup:
This past weekend I built 24” L shaped shelf over my work bench; I need to add the vertical supports tonight:
Here are pictures of what it looked like Sunday after a slight cleaning
and the current state of the garage as of last night after a more thorough cleaning… it’s still a disaster area:
I also picked this up as an early birthday present to myself… for $125!
Ideas I am kicking around, or things I need to think about (or your suggestions):
• Peg board or slat wall between workbench and shelf in L shape to electric panel; I can’t decide which way to go.
• Extending the top shelf (8’ tall) in the deep tandem garage down the length of the tandem garage at least on one side, probably both.
• A second 6’ workbench to form an L with the current workbench. This leaves me with a 16” gap on the left side of the work bench that I can:
• Find a vintage metal drawer stack/file cabinet.
• Build more shelves to hold books and power tools.
• Paint the walls. For some reason, I am fixated on Gulf Racing livery for the walls.
• Find the “new” drill press a permanent home.
• Lights!!! Not sure what to do in this department. I would love LED fixtures, but they are pretty pricey – even through my friend that is in lighting sales.
• Install a sink at the back of tandem garage next to water heater (there’s already a loop there).
• Hang dart board on wall in front of my wife’s car.
• Find a better place for the chest freezer?
• Run 110V to right side of tandem garage and right side of third bay.
• Run 220V to right side of tandem garage (welder and/or oven for powder coat)
• 4 post lift in deep bay. Ceilings are 9’8”, so with both Mustangs being lowered, they should fit fine.
Sorry for the lengthy first post, but the network is down at work today and all I could do is think about working in the garage even though it’s 92° outside today. I welcome any and all suggestions and recommendations!
Thanks!
Chris
I'll spare the details of the actual house build, mostly because the image hosting site I had everything on went down and I lost a lot of my pictures. This is the lower level floor plan, specifically the garage:
I’ve got a lot of room I can work with, but I also have 4 cars that my wife demands be parked in the garage. Currently, however, both Mustangs (hence the title of this thread) are in the garage (one as a shell on jack stands and the other with other gremlins keeping it from moving under its own power) and another spot occupied by a miter saw and table saw as I just got done flooring the downstairs. Ultimately, I would like to have both Mustangs stacked on top of each other in the deep part of the tandem bay, leaving the “add-on” garage as a work area. I don’t intend for this to be a clean room, but I also want it to be a place that we can hang out.
This is what I started with:
And this is what it looked like shortly after we moved in and I got the garage door installed, took the majority of **** inside, and most importantly, got my wife’s car in:
My work bench resides at the back of the “add-on” third bay (I’ve since moved the hurricane shutters to a much better home):
Another shot of the third bay with the 66 Mustang in place:
Now that I got some inside projects knocked out, I've turned my attention back to the garage. It was getting to the point of being dangerous there was such much stuff laying around covered in sawdust. Back in December I built a wall-to-wall 24” deep shelving unit at the back of the deep part of the tandem garage to house all of the parts I took off the cars:
Some aftermath of pulling the motor and every other part out of the 95 Mustang, and the cleanup:
This past weekend I built 24” L shaped shelf over my work bench; I need to add the vertical supports tonight:
Here are pictures of what it looked like Sunday after a slight cleaning
and the current state of the garage as of last night after a more thorough cleaning… it’s still a disaster area:
I also picked this up as an early birthday present to myself… for $125!
Ideas I am kicking around, or things I need to think about (or your suggestions):
• Peg board or slat wall between workbench and shelf in L shape to electric panel; I can’t decide which way to go.
• Extending the top shelf (8’ tall) in the deep tandem garage down the length of the tandem garage at least on one side, probably both.
• A second 6’ workbench to form an L with the current workbench. This leaves me with a 16” gap on the left side of the work bench that I can:
• Find a vintage metal drawer stack/file cabinet.
• Build more shelves to hold books and power tools.
• Paint the walls. For some reason, I am fixated on Gulf Racing livery for the walls.
• Find the “new” drill press a permanent home.
• Lights!!! Not sure what to do in this department. I would love LED fixtures, but they are pretty pricey – even through my friend that is in lighting sales.
• Install a sink at the back of tandem garage next to water heater (there’s already a loop there).
• Hang dart board on wall in front of my wife’s car.
• Find a better place for the chest freezer?
• Run 110V to right side of tandem garage and right side of third bay.
• Run 220V to right side of tandem garage (welder and/or oven for powder coat)
• 4 post lift in deep bay. Ceilings are 9’8”, so with both Mustangs being lowered, they should fit fine.
Sorry for the lengthy first post, but the network is down at work today and all I could do is think about working in the garage even though it’s 92° outside today. I welcome any and all suggestions and recommendations!
Thanks!
Chris
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...oh and nice birthday present for yourself 
