Recent content by 155'Ringman

Another break in posting, did a few more bits and pieces in Feb & March but had a freak fall in the garden on the 1st April and dislocated my shoulder, ruptured my rotator cuff and damaged tendons etc. So, been out of action completely while I waited on surgery but that's sorted now so just...

A little more progress, not getting as much time at it as I started a new job this month so just chipping away at it. The side doors only had one shoot bolt pointing up on one door and one between them. This was always a temporary solution until the rest of the ceiling was insulated and boarded...

Front section painted and the lights hung and wired. Was trying to clean the old door which will take a bit more work but looks like it will clean up ok. :)

Good advice, thank you! I've enough to spare to do both easily. The old spyders and 105 coupe's are lovely things, crazy expensive now though. The Alfaholics tuned cars are eye wateringly expensive but definitely the ultimate restomod alfas now. Hoping to do a lot of work on my V6 155 to make...

Thanks for the positive comments guys, much appreciated. At the weekend, I got on with sanding and painting the first coat on the forward section that joins to the original garage. I had expected the sanding to throw up a few issues as this had been the first section I had filled and I had got...

Hit the pic limit on the previous post, so here are a few more to get me up to date.. Still the low part of the ceiling to sand and paint but it's a much smaller area so should be able to push on with it now that the larger area is sorted out and painted. After that, the plan is to do the...

Hi Guys, Long time no post!!! 🙋‍♂️ Been busy with all sorts, mostly work and cars of course but not really done much with the garage other than work on the cars in the house and the MX5 rally car. Did a load of events in the MX5 up until the end of 2019 and now with all the stuff happening in...

Thanks guys appreciate the interest and kind comments. :thumbup: @BiTurbo228 I have a 3.0 24V V6 from an Alfa 166 sitting under my bench to go in the 155 V6 which will be a roughly 80bhp increase over standard. That will be one of the projects that I'm hoping to get my teeth into as well as...

Got the area in front of the garage and ramp up to the front door completed on Saturday. I went for tarmac to tie into the existing drive and also to lessen the visual impact of the ramp by making it dark rather than light coloured concrete.. I think it works ok. The planks are just there to...

Thanks guys, its a proper mojo boost to get it done as it means the ball is back in my court and i can move things on without waiting for anyone else to move their backsides into gear.

Been stupidly busy with work for the last while plus I bought an MX5 to do the targa rallies in so I've managed to fill up any free time I had.. One of the biggest problems I had with the floor was that I wanted to tee into the central heating pipes coming from the original garage to the house...

Great job, good to see your motor inside I'm sure!

Not much yet unfortunately. I got a flu bug that has been around which sort of knocked me out a little from doing garage work. I did go out three weekends in a row digging more and more holes looking for these central heating pipes but can't find the little beggars.. :wtf: Got the lend of a CAT...

This was the view out the front of mine when doing the roof last year..

After all the post christmas storms and car related emergency work, I'm finally back to this and making a bit of progress again! Spent the last couple of weekends building up a few layers of block under the front door bar. The step has to be just right to get clearance to the door seals and...