Recent content by RentedDreams

Mac, I don't know if you have moved yet, but I recently moved from San Antonio, Texas to Birmingham, Alabama due to a scenario very much like yours. My brother found me a house in Alabama that was built by a former NASCAR mechanic. 1200 sq ft house, 4000 sq ft workshop and 4 car garage on 3...

All of the property is fenced since I have a bunch of Great Pyrenees guard dogs. All are over 100 lbs, 2 weigh in close to 125 and "Oden" is 180! Most live outside all the time. It's about 225 feet from the front gate to the house. All of my FedEx and UPS deliveries are left at a local shipping...

Can't tell you any NASCAR stories,the previous owner was in his90's when he died and I never met him. Just have a few things his sons gave me that I'm going to incorporate into the garage theme. Yes, except for the blue '67 Tempest which is my brother's car, these are all my person cars. I have...

VETTE60 it is a '60. Back when I was young, my father was a pilot stationed at Nellis AFB. One of the guys he flew with bought it new. Couple years later and they were transferred to Del Rio, TX where the guy tried to trade it in on a '62. The dealer only offered a small amount in trade and he...

****, his name was Harry Mewborne. Once when he and Bobby Alison were racing back in the late 50's, Bobby had engine trouble and Harry the owner of another winning race car, told Bobby, he would help him by selling him some used parts. When the weekend was over, Bobby went back to Miami and...

I'm amazed at all of the quick replies. One of the things I want to get before I fill up all this space is an old SUN engine analyzer like a model 740 or 1120 and a Sun distributor machine. Anyone have one they want to sell? Thanks

The last photo is a food tray cart I bought in a local auction for $40. Stainless steel with insulated double walls and doors. I plan on making it into a powder coat oven. Just need to add some heating elements from a couple of 230 volt space heaters I found on craigslist and do something about...

Since it's a cool rainy day, I'm not real motivated so here are some work in progress pictures to show how easy it is to fill up this big shop.

I just did mechanical work for most of my career and had other people do the body work on my personal projects. One day I got tired of paying for some bad bodywork and thought it can't be that hard. So I used Texas's Hazlewood Act (allows honorable veterans whose VA educational benefits have...

Here are a before and after look at the 4 car garage that is under the house.

Oh, I have LOTs of stuff to fill it. Didn't I mention it took 3 26 foot trucks to get here.:p I used the workshop to store everything while I've had some interior modifications made to the house, then came the Holidays and one of my daughters spent her Christmas break with me, so I didn't do...

After a recent divorce, I was living in a 1 bedroom apartment in San Antonio with all my tools, cars and car parts in storage warehouses when my brother sent a listing of a house for sale near Talladega with a note saying here was my dream house. 1200 sq ft house, 4000 sq ft workshop and a 4...

SILVERPLATE have you decide on what you're going to do with that vintage Sun Engine Tester? I've always wanted one but didn't have the space, but I've moved to a new place and now have a lot more room. thanks Ron RentedDreams @t hotmail dot com