Recent content by 40 & 61 Fords

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a PermaBILT garage? The size is what I'm looking at building for a secondary shop. I like your handle, I'm a BMX dad too. My son is an 11X.

I recently got some good news from my city zoning department. Previously, I could only have up to 720 sq. feet of secondary garage on my 1 acre lot. As of October, they changed that to 1080 sq. feet!!!!! I only need to get approval from my neighbors within 300 feet of the building site. With...

This clock was first hung in my Grandparents laundromat back in the late 50's/early 60's. When they sold the laundromat in the late 1970's, my Dad brought it home, and it hung in our home garage until they moved in 2000. My Dad then gave it to me to hang in my garage. I have wanted to have this...

I am limited by my city to 720 square feet. It will be used to store/work on a 40 Ford coupe, and a muscle car of some sort. I'm not really a full blown project sort of guy, so it will be mostly to park them in and do small projects.

I'm in the planning stages of a new garage, and I'm looking for size opinions. I am looking at building a 1 1/2 story room in attic style. I would put the steps to the upper level OUTSIDE, so they don't take space up on the inside. I may also enclose under the steps, and use that area as...

If so, Did you do the stairs inside, or outside? Full footings or just a slab?? What did it cost you to build?? Looking to get my hot rod stuff out of the house garage, and the spare room downstairs, and I'm trying to convince my wife this is a much better route than just throwing up a cheap...

I've been a member of the HAMB and Ford Barn for years. I'm looking to build an "accessory building" as my city administors like to call them. Planning on a 24x30 1 1/2 story garage that will be my shop, with a man cave upstairs for all my car collectibles. I'm always enjoy looking at what other...