Poor Man's Retro Retreat -- in 440 square feet

[Axis11]

Wow. The Jack Olsen. cool to see you here. I hung out (lurked mainly) at pelican until my 911 project fizzled and haven't been over there in a while, I should go check it out, and should definitley get that project rolling again.

For those who don't know, Jack's BBII is legendary to 911 guys. Even the rear suspension arm pivots where moved for a better stance. Don't be fooled by how pretty it looks, it gets some scratches on it from time to time.

I pasted this together from some stills he had back in 12/2005, this car gets used, it's no trailer queen.

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I wouldn't want any of you to get motion sickness...

And he has some great shots of that car as well, if you can keep his mug out of them. He even initiated a type of photo "the jack olsen" where you take a picture of yourself with your car in the background. We may need to start a new thread for that...

Nice to see you here Jack, and the garage looks even better than when i saw it last.

 

[Steve from Socal]

Jack,

Did you have any wide cracks or grade separation in your garage? My slab has a star shaped crack has inced up over time the house is 45 years old and has weathered a number of quakes, Northridge being the last major one. I would love to get tile down but don't know if the floor is beyond that? If Home Despot rents concrete grinders perhaps I can flatten out the rift?

I wonder how a floor jack or pallet jack would do on these tiles? I have a couple 4000 pound machines.

Steve

 

[e-tek]

Well thanks Jack - now I have no excuse NOT to build them! They'd be pefect for the spot I wanted them for too! Of course this is deepest-darkest Canada, not Fluffi-fornia , so I'll have to double up on the shingles!

Thanks for the awesome thread-your reputation has exploded in one thread - especially after your old friend Axis outed ya!

 

[rickairmedic]

Jack quite an amazing transformation for little investment . I hope to have my garage done ( at least for now ) soon and will have it done on a meager budget as well. I think that might be a great new thread to start here ( Budget garages ) . There are alooooot of over the top places here but there are just as many of us who use our garages and are CHEAP .

Rick

 

[speedracer]

Wow. The Jack Olsen. cool to see you here. I hung out (lurked mainly) at pelican until my 911 project fizzled and haven't been over there in a while, I should go check it out, and should definetly get that project rolling again.

For those who don't know, Jack's BBII is legendary to 911 guys. Even the rear suspension arm pivots where moved for a better stance. Don't be fooled by how pretty it looks, it gets some scratches on it from time to time.

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Yup, Jack is a celebrity of the Porsche forums. His car is well known and lusted after by many 911 fanatics. He has been a real asset to the Pelican Parts bbs. Welcome to this neck of the woods Jack.

 

[Axis11]

Thanks for the awesome thread-your reputation has exploded in one thread - especially after your old friend Axis outed ya!

The price of celebrity. you can't go anywhere without someone recognizing you. Jack has no idea who I am, I'm just a lurker from a board he moderates.....

 

[Jack Olsen]

I pasted this together from some stills he had back in 12/2005, this car gets used, it's no trailer queen.

If I hadn't hip-checked the wall at Sears Point, it's safe to say I'd have a much nicer garage, now.

It looked pretty bad when I rolled back into the pits:

We did some bending and hammering right away. I had to drive the car back from Sonoma to Los Angeles that night -- and I had a track day in Los Angeles the next morning. (I was younger, had more energy then.) To keep the CHP at bay, I used borrowed spray paint caps as tail light covers:

In getting it repainted, I briefly considered a stripe design based on what your car looks like after hitting a tire wall:

Jack,

Did you have any wide cracks or grade separation in your garage? My slab has a star shaped crack has inced up over time the house is 45 years old and has weathered a number of quakes, Northridge being the last major one. I would love to get tile down but don't know if the floor is beyond that? If Home Despot rents concrete grinders perhaps I can flatten out the rift?

I wonder how a floor jack or pallet jack would do on these tiles? I have a couple 4000 pound machines.

Steve

I had to fill almost 2 inches of drop-off, in spots. I used vinyl patch concrete. If I was going to be lifting multipe cars or rolling steel-wheeled equipment on top of it, I'd at least go with porcelain tiles (assuming they're more crack resistant). I've heard about less-than-$1/sf porcelain tiles at Lowe's.
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[alberto]

It looked pretty bad when I rolled back into the pits:

We did some bending and hammering right away. To keep the CHP at bay, I used borrowed spray paint caps as tail light covers:

Yeah, looks like you added another wind for more rear grip too. Love the tail covers, pure genius.

Great job on your garage. I should have you help design mine.

Best,
Alberto

 

[Boosted1]

Love the approach on your 911.

 

[Fidget]

Very nice! I really admire your ingenuity. Since I got married, my garage went from usable, to the place where my wife stores all her ****! I managed to keep her from pushing the Porsche and bikes outside, but it's still a battle to keep her from using the roof of the 911 as a table. I think I'm also going to copy you shed design, and move her junk outside!

 

[rickairmedic]

Fidget when my SWMBO moved in I let it be known the garage was mine she could have the rest of the house . I did give her her own little corner bench and she does overstep the garage boudry every once in a while . I remind her then anything left in my garage for over a week that isnt mine and doesnt fit in her corner becomes the sole property of the garbage man . I have had to give him stuff twice now and since then the one week rule hasnt had to be used .

Rick

 

[Von Dutchoven]

i love your garage. if mine was half that nice my family would never see me again. as a fellow californian (of the northern variety) i couldn't help but notice the support beam in the middle of you garage. is it secured to the concrete? i would hate to see such a great space crushed by a small quake. maybe i'm too paranoid but i live about 2 miles from the san andreas.
john

 

[e-tek]

very nice! I really admire your ingenuity. Since i got married, my garage went from usable, to the place where my wife stores all her ****! I managed to keep her from pushing the porsche and bikes outside, but it's still a battle to keep her from using the roof of the 911 as a table. I think i'm also going to copy you shed design, and move her junk outside!

take it back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

 

[Jack Olsen]

Build her a shed.
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[Fidget]

Build her a shed.

....and tell her it's her new craft room!!!

Seriously though, I really like what you've done. Here's the only pre-marriage photo I had of mine, and it's more of a background shot. The wall on the right has shelves of Porsche parts, the left side of the garage has a combination of Ducati parts, and a 1958 Vespa 150 back from the paint booth. The bench at the front has a bunch of Y-block stuff on it for my 58 Fairlane.

 

[Jack Olsen]

I love the 911. Is that Leaf Green?
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[Topcat]

Jack, i love the job you have done, Mate i am using your job to inspire me to finally start my project!!

The set up you have is what i am after.

Mate Top Job!!!!!!

 

[PAToyota]

Damn, wish I was as "poor" as you are!

Really nice work. Good use of space and attention to detail. The colors really set things off.

 

[JMURiz]

Instead of building her a shed, you could sell me the 911 cheap and have more space :-D

The color would go great with my 2-tone green Mercedes 280C and Ravenna Green 914.

 

[Hammerdown]

The space is very well utilized for only 440 s/f. Job Well Done!

 

[UN4GTBL]

That's awesome man!

 

[Fidget]

I love the 911. Is that Leaf Green?

You know your colors! That is leaf green....or Kermit the Frog green. I really didn't like it when I first bought it, but after seeing the sea of traditional colors at every Porsche event, it grew on me. I drove it down to Monterey in 1998. Bruce Anderson told me that was the first one of that color he had ever seen.

JMURiz....NO! But thanks for the offer!

 

[Jack Olsen]

It's one of my favorite early-911 colors. And as my garage and sheds probably make clear, I like the 'vintage' looking greens.

Here's an image I grabbed somewhere else, that will show people what I mean:

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[Fidget]

It's one of my favorite early-911 colors. And as my garage and sheds probably make clear, I like the 'vintage' looking greens.

Here's an image I grabbed somewhere else, that will show people what I mean:

HOLY ****! You take the grill badge off that, put european lenses on it, and lower it and it would be the twin of mine!

 

[3bay]

Nice space, my 5 ton floor jack would wreck the floor tho.

 

[BrokeEF]

Nice garage, and speaking of older 911's here is a link to bad *** one a local shop just finished up. The owner is a brother of an employee and the car has come a long way.
http://www.mwir.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=48632
Im not sure if you need to register to see, but if you do it is worth it.

Sean

 

[Jack Olsen]

That's quite a project 911. I'm a little skeptical of the 2300 pound claim, but it's not too far from what's do-able. And that engine is a very serious piece of business. Even if it's a 2600-pound car, it's still going to be a giant killer.
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[Topcat]

Hi Jack, a question about your drawing board set up i need something like that can you post some shots to look at or even measurement and what you are using for the board just it looks so practicle.

Mate i just love your set up feels so relaxed in there!

Top Job Mate!!

 

[e-tek]

Hey Jack - Congrats on the admin choosing to highlite your space! Well deserved.

 

[Jack Olsen]

Hey Jack - Congrats on the admin choosing to highlite your space! Well deserved.

Wow! That's a nice surprise. My 15 minutes have begun.
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[Jack Olsen]

Hi Jack, a question about your drawing board set up i need something like that can you post some shots to look at or even measurement and what you are using for the board just it looks so practicle.

Mate i just love your set up feels so relaxed in there!

Top Job Mate!!

Thanks. The drafting table was pretty much improvised. I had a low and wide shelving unit that was made of round-bar wrought iron. It had little cap pieces on the top that I cut off with a sawzall. Then I got rid of the top shelf and substituted in a piece of plywood that would normally be used for painted cabinets. I bounded it with a light steel piece that is normally used in making suspended ceilings -- it was about $3, which was cheaper than any edge trimming solution I could find. It's tacked in from below.

I use the table a lot as a flat surface for laying stuff out before I cut it. But I also wanted to be able to use it for sketching out ideas. So I took two big hinges and attached them to two 2x4 scrap pieces, connecting them with a piece of L-shaped aluminum.

It just swings down to provide two corners for the high edge to rest on:

Then you can reach under and swing it back, so there's nothing coming between the plywood and the top of the wrought iron base.

Folded away, it allows the top to lie flat.

The top pivots on the front edge of the wrought iron assembly. To keep it in place, I got four of the little Omega-shaped things you'd use to attach a length of conduit to a 2x4. You can see two of them in the last picture, over to the left. I used short screws to attach them to the underside of the plywood. Instead of conduit, they're holding the bar from the wrought iron assembly.

I cut the legs short on the shelf unit to get the whole thing to a height I liked. Then I put some old rubber caps on the legs to keep them from scratching the floor.
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[Vernmotor]

Dam! Jack you and your green made the front page !! good job

 

[JB740i]

Wow. The Jack Olsen. cool to see you here. I hung out (lurked mainly) at pelican until my 911 project fizzled and haven't been over there in a while, I should go check it out, and should definitley get that project rolling again.

I pasted this together from some stills he had back in 12/2005, this car gets used, it's no trailer queen.

Um, did someone say stalker?

 

[Jack Olsen]

I don't think it counts as stalking when you put 25 pictures of yourself crashing up on the internet. The animation Axis11 put together was actually really useful in my being able to see what was going on in the moments before I went into the tires.
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[wachuko]

I kept seeing the car in the main page thinking, "wow, look at that 911! Looks a lot like the Black Beauty II... never reading who the owner was, lol. Great job Jack! Happy to see the stable for Black Beauty II.

 

[Jack Olsen]

I kept seeing the car in the main page thinking, "wow, look at that 911! Looks a lot like the Black Beauty II... never reading who the owner was, lol. Great job Jack! Happy to see the stable for Black Beauty II.

The tiles should have tipped you off. I'm pretty sure I got the idea from you.
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[stioc]

Come on Jack, you're not posting the famous self-portrait shots

I've known Jack (more accurately about Jack) since the olden OTC days...wow the last decade has just flown by.

 

[Jack Olsen]

But I did. It's a 'garage' self-portrait.

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[tcianci]

That place is the cats' pajamas!!!!!

 

[Gladiator GarageWorks]

Excellent job on the garage! You sure used the space you had to the fullest. Thanks for sharing the photos!