Recent content by simon g-s

Pics coming soon!!! I have spent far to much time sorting out the ****, scapping some of it and bringing the good stuff home from the old barn. Got 3 hotrods in residence now, my Austin pickup truck, Buick V8 roadster and a mates T bucket project. All need work but when the T bucket is rolling...

Well been a while. Had a grandson born 10 weeks early so done a few miles to and fro to the prem unit in Cambridge. Got some of the roof insulated and boarded up but ran out of cash so have started bringing some of my **** over from my rented barn. Paint is cheap so pimped a few starage...

Had a GTV that went like stink despite being a real rust bucket, the back window fell out! Cut it up and made an Italian hotrod out of it. The guys at Auto Italia really liked it.

Hiya mate, love the Lincoln and the potential these old motors have when you start mucking about, no rules. Have you seen this on the HAMB ? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272171 Quite inspirational, I want one, might have to sell my hotrod first though. Sealing the concrete...

Yep, the council has affected my plans somewhat as well. You need to move out here to the Fens mate, the council only know what you tell them, parish council stuck their nose in only to complain that a delivery truck had left a rut in the verge, sorted in no time and got a contract to cut the...

Just found this. Really wanted to do a block built garage but budget dwindled as moving house costs rose to support the solicitors AMG merc!! Rekon I'm all done for £5000 Made extensive use of ebay to build 50 x12 ft with precast concrete sections. I lined it out with Osb fixed to battens that...

Just finished the second coat of paint, all done !!! It looks great. Interior measures 50X 12 ft nearly all ready to move my stuff in. I have a couple of things to do over the weekend so will not get time to do much except get a couple of benches from my old barn workshop, cant wait to get set up!!!

Had a busy weekend and made significant progress, got all the wall boarding up done AND painted !! Roof to do next spring when Ive saved up, got some big bills coming in. Paint makes a huge difference and worth the effort. Ive had years working in a drafty barn with poor lighting so I know what...

No photos yet but making good progress witha weeks holiday. Got the roof on, electrics connected and started insulating and boarding out. Pics in the next few days. back to work Monday so slow progress till Xmas.

Some pics of the roof getting started.

Hoping to finish the roof this weekend. Got a load of quotes from ebay for roof trusses but went with Jewsons in the end for the best deal, delivered within a week ! Got the wall plates up and bolted em down to the sections with 1/8" strap iron. Worked a treat and helped stabilize the wall and...

Finally got pics off the camera to show progression with assembling the concrete sections. I soon got the knack of lifting the panels , walking them into position and slipping the bolts into place. I cut some wood blocks to accomadate the bevel edge of the slabs and provide a fixing point for...

Had my brother in law come over for a day to lend a hand. Made a good but slow start getting the first few panels up. The ebay panels I bought were a different thickness to the the existing garage panels, and of couse the bolt hole spacings were different spacing, nothing that couldn't be...

I gave the concrete slab a couple of weeks to harden off, had a bit of tidy up and got rid of 10 tons of spoil, mostly clay, about 100 barrow loads. The construction i have chosen to use bolt together pre-cast concrete sections, a fairly common "budget " choice here in UK. I'm going even lower...

Well the concrete guys turned up early, I'd warned all the niebours there could be some noise, I was still in bed ! I needed a pump as the slab was inaccessible to the concrete truck, more expense as the only help i could rely on haveing moved out into the country was my son, didnt want to end...