Mr. Blewregaurd
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Hey guys, long time lurker of the site, first time poster! Here is a little backround on myself, I'm a 28 year old car nut that owns the biggest independent Volvo repair shop in Colorado. I recently got the opportunity to purchase my dream house in my dream neighborhood called Arapahoe acres. It is the only post war historically protected neighborhood in the country. If you are familiar with the architecture, this place is like a time capsule, with some folks still having period correct cars in their driveways. So it goes without saying that this garage's design and look will have to be very period correct to 50's modernism. I naturally am going to take lots of inspiration from Jack Olsen's garage as it has a very similar design to what I am after.
Anyways, on to the photos! I'll start with some of my vehicles, past and present that will be spending weekends in this garage.
First, the car that started it all for me, my 1985 volvo 245.
This car got a lot of attention because it was the first one on bags which I built myself. I also turbo'd it amongst other things. About halfway through my 5 years with this car I picked up the car I actually always wanted my 245 to be, a 1968 Amazon wagon. When I first got it..
I pulled it from about a foot of mud where it had been siting for 30 years with a blown motor. I only work on this car sporadically, so about 4 years later heres how it sits, still needs to be wired
Last year after watching my poor 245 sit in storage for 2 straight years, I sold it to get back into driving fast again, and doing some auto cross/ track days. My choice? Obviously a 1985 volvo 244. First day of ownership..
Some time and effort later, 200hp N/A!
cage going in
This one is still a work in progress, and will be the primary resident of the garage. The other point of this garage build is to get my back to what I enjoyed about wrenching in the first place. It feels too much like work when you work on your projects at your place of business.
Here is the other full time resident of the garage, and my summer daily driver, my 2009 Honda Ruckus
Through all of this, I have had my trusty 2004 Ford ranger. This is probably my favorite vehicle. Its main purpose in life is overland travel/camping. It obviously does all the heavy lifting around the house too.
Coilover conversion, 33s, leafs, etc...
How I spend the majority of my summer weekends
Anyways on to the garage, Here is a shot of the front of the house to give you an idea of the architecture
Kind of hard to belive it was built in 1952...
So tear down started last week, got to excited and didn't take any pictures of the original bench and shelves that were built in the 80s at some point
Found some cool artifacts while tearing into it, someone used to race SCCA in this house!
Found these old mercedes posters behind the insulation on the garage door
Started collecting cabinets and a HF tool box for my new bench
Started off by building the overhead finger pull cabinets to run the lenght of the garage. They were built around a 24" rubbermaid bin. Each one will fit 4 of them, the small one at the end had to be accessable behind the garage door track, so it will be for small nicknacks.
Used this 5/8's c channel as a slide track, found it at home depot for $8 for 10'
First one going into place, had to swipe a trans jack from the shop. My mentor once told me "boy, you'd better learn to do things by yer self"
Anyways, on to the photos! I'll start with some of my vehicles, past and present that will be spending weekends in this garage.
First, the car that started it all for me, my 1985 volvo 245.
This car got a lot of attention because it was the first one on bags which I built myself. I also turbo'd it amongst other things. About halfway through my 5 years with this car I picked up the car I actually always wanted my 245 to be, a 1968 Amazon wagon. When I first got it..
I pulled it from about a foot of mud where it had been siting for 30 years with a blown motor. I only work on this car sporadically, so about 4 years later heres how it sits, still needs to be wired
Last year after watching my poor 245 sit in storage for 2 straight years, I sold it to get back into driving fast again, and doing some auto cross/ track days. My choice? Obviously a 1985 volvo 244. First day of ownership..
Some time and effort later, 200hp N/A!
cage going in
This one is still a work in progress, and will be the primary resident of the garage. The other point of this garage build is to get my back to what I enjoyed about wrenching in the first place. It feels too much like work when you work on your projects at your place of business.
Here is the other full time resident of the garage, and my summer daily driver, my 2009 Honda Ruckus
Through all of this, I have had my trusty 2004 Ford ranger. This is probably my favorite vehicle. Its main purpose in life is overland travel/camping. It obviously does all the heavy lifting around the house too.
Coilover conversion, 33s, leafs, etc...
How I spend the majority of my summer weekends
Anyways on to the garage, Here is a shot of the front of the house to give you an idea of the architecture
Kind of hard to belive it was built in 1952...
So tear down started last week, got to excited and didn't take any pictures of the original bench and shelves that were built in the 80s at some point
Found some cool artifacts while tearing into it, someone used to race SCCA in this house!
Found these old mercedes posters behind the insulation on the garage door
Started collecting cabinets and a HF tool box for my new bench
Started off by building the overhead finger pull cabinets to run the lenght of the garage. They were built around a 24" rubbermaid bin. Each one will fit 4 of them, the small one at the end had to be accessable behind the garage door track, so it will be for small nicknacks.
Used this 5/8's c channel as a slide track, found it at home depot for $8 for 10'
First one going into place, had to swipe a trans jack from the shop. My mentor once told me "boy, you'd better learn to do things by yer self"
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looks like the tracks were dipped down for a reason. There isn't a lot I can do about it either seeing as I designed the entire lumber rack around the track being level. Im not overly upset though, because I was on the fence about tearing the opener out anyways, and just using the door manually as it was designed. Even hitting the beam, the door still opens enough to get my truck in. Oh well! live and learn. 
