Recent content by VetteGarage

You're close, it's a 60. At least the body is. It is a retro-rod with an LS2 engine, 6-speed transmission and osterich leather on the seats.

Thanks for all the great comments. This is going to be my place to hang out weekends now and most everyday when I retire in a few years. We finally got enough stuff put up to get the lift put together and finally put the Vettes in the garage. But we still have stuff scattered around inside...

On the last day of November we moved most of our stuff out of storage, except for the cars, and my wife has a large part of it put up. The contractor still has a few things to finish, but he should be done this week. On 12-4-12 I took a few more pictures. Storage room with camera monitor...

On 11-29-12 the work bench is painted and most of the walls are painted. It is finally getting closer to being done.

On 11-15-12 we now have doors and drawers for the cabinets:

On 11-8-12 the carpenter started building cabinets. Bathroom Cabinet Work Bench Trophy Case Kitchen Cabinets

Most all tile stores have the wood grain tiles. We are using 6" x 36" tiles. In our previous house we had 6" x 18" tiles. They look a lot like wood and hold up better than wood. The tiles we are using cost $3.25/sq ft. I remembered to measure size of the posts today, and they are 6" x 6"...

Thanks for all the compliments. And I do own the garage. Here are some more pictures taken the night of 11-3-12. They plan on having the tile completed on 11-4-12. I am not the one forcing them to work over the weekend. It is the crew laying the tile choosing to work the weekend as they...

I can live there when the wife's pissed at me. :lol: And I plan on spending a lot of time their when I retire in a couple of years.

On 11-2-12 the porcelain tile is going down in the garage area.

On 10-29-12 the interior doors are hung and the walls are blown and then the high parts were knocked down with what looks like a floor squeegee to give it a smoother finish.

The doors came from the Overhead Door Co.

I trusted the metal building sub-contractor when he said that what he recommended were the best insulated rollup doors. He knew I was installing central air. As soon as I saw the doors installed, I asked him how the doors were ever going to seal to make the heating and cooling of the building...

Thanks for all the responses. On the Corvette Forum I am 00Nassaur. I will have four Corvettes in the garage. A 1960 retro-rod red with white coves with an LS2 engine and 6-speed transmission. A 1963 project car I just bought. The original split window was removed and many original parts...

Thanks for all the kind replies, and I will certainly try to keep this updated. :beer: