Recent content by BigKev

Well I got those old user toolboxes repainted and put back together. They fit nicely along the left wall of my garage. They were originaly Snap On, and MAC red. But the years of being in a very busy mechanics shop had them pretty bad. I degreased them, scrapped any loose paint off of them, and...

I figure my thread could use a little update, so here we go: Not much was been happening with the garage because I have been busy with the holidays. I did manage to take all the holiday decorations that were stored in rag-tag boxes up in the Loft, move them into plastic totes. This looks a lot...

REFLEXX, Nice machine shop you have there. I took a look at your website. I will have to remember that as I made need a few custom things made for the Packard as the project moves along. I may have to get some quotes from you on a couple of things!

I am near Adams and Arlington. Nice to see another local!

The Packard is a Loooooog car. The front frame rails are about 4" from the door when closed. But I have about 2 feet of space behind the car to walk. To even get that amount of room I had to take off the front bumper. My house was built in '59. The cars back there were alot bigger than todays...

Norco is just around the corner from me. I will have to keep a look out for that '55. I pulled the '54 out of a storage yard. It needs new floorboard due to leaking door seals, the carpet held that moisture against the floors for just way to long. I bought it as a project. I write software all...

Bill, I understand where you are coming from. I live in Riverside (next city over from Bill's town). My house was not part of a development, but is typical of a 1950s California Ranch Style house. I built a mini-barn out back for storage, but as I told my wife that the house is hers, but the...

Well I am done with the garage for now. I still need to install one more row of Gear Track along the back wall to cover the horizontal plywood seam, and then do a little bit of trim work. Then I need to patch and skim coat the old drywall, and then prime and paint the entire garage. But all of...

Easy of installation, ability to hang things anywhere, and plus it can can take a hit better. The plywood was $12 a sheet. I have no other storage to move out the things currently in my garage. So the thought of mudding and tapping joints and the dust from the required sanding wasnt something I...

Well I managed to get 15 sheets of plywood to the house yesterday. The plywood I got is sanded so I would not have that much prep work to get nice walls. I am about 2/3rd of the way done. Here is one of the finished sides. Excuse the mess. I had to pull everything away from the walls. So there...

All interesting ideas. I do have one set of portable halogen floodlights on a stand. One thing I did do was take the difuser cover off the front of the garage door opener and install the big CFL style light bulbs. They do throw off a good amount of light. I just need to download a user manual...

Thanks Dave, I really do like just about anything Packard. It has been an interesting journey so far. One of the things that came out of it was me setting up one of the largest Packard driven community sites on the web. Just a bunch of other Packard owners helping one another. Kind of like...

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it. I do like the look of natural wood of the ceiling. After 50 years it has a very nice seasoned look to it. So I may leave everything natural looking that is above the wall top plates. I do plan on painting the walls a very light gray (almost white), and...

I currently have two 4" overhead lights towards the rear of my garage. I need to put two more towards the front on my garage so I am have enought light when I am working on the front of my Packard. The Packard is pretty long, and to be able to have enough space to walk behind it at the rear...

I am new here, but I thought I would post pictures of my own garage project. My wife and I bought this (our first) house about 2 years ago. I had bought a '54 Packard Clipper to restore. The car was in pretty rough shape when I found her, but that is what I wanted so I could teach myself all...