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It looks to me like the front door and the window were installed where the second bay either was or was planned. There’s even an outlet on the ceiling for another opener. You might have noticed that I didn’t paint that front wall. That’s because I know I’m going to be tearing into it to see...

Ha! I read your second sentence in my head as "Unbelievable amount of work for 2 people that don't know what they're doing." And I was getting ready to wholeheartedly agree! For the sake of being able to visualize the garage, I made a Sketchup of what I hope it's going to look like when I'm...

I’m sure that’s a wonderful feeling. Looking good!

One detail I forgot to mention was the install of a shop sink. The garage was already plumbed for one, so it was pretty easy. The only issue there is that the sink I bought was a little short. The drain went into the wall higher than the level the bottom of the drain sat, so that wouldn’t work...

Got a little thing done today that’s been nagging me. The bottom plate going around the garage has been beat up pretty good and is full of paint, Sheetrock mud, and other detritus. A little time with a paint scraper made it nice. I’m almost done enough with this back wall to put my cabinets...

I’m not a fan of tile work. Why in the world I thought that me and the wife would be able to knock this job out quickly is beyond me. Hopeless optimism meets blind ambition. On Monday I laid out the pattern and marked my starting line at the back of the garage. Since all my stuff had to move...

You guys are right. I’ll check to see if it’s a single or double row when I take it apart.

Nice! I have some friends already in the P-car world, I asked for and got plenty of advice before jumping in to a 5 chain M96. Fortunately the expansion tank and AOS were changed recently before I got it. Bores and compression look great. It does need a flywheel though, which was a bargaining...

Now, the next thing to tackle is that awful concrete floor. I mentioned earlier that it has a rough textured brush finish in it. Also, it’s covered in 30 years of dirt, oil, paint, and God knows what else. I figured a good start would be to clean it up. I used one of those round pressure wash...

So I just realized I jumped right in and never really introduced myself. My name is Trent, I’m in my early 40’s, and I work in IT consulting. My love affair for all things automotive started when I was a little kid. My dad and I would work on projects together. Nothing elaborate and not on...

Completely understood. A 2-post is on my stretch-goal wish list. Or is that my pipe dream wish list? Yeah, one of those.

Thanks! :) It's a definite work in progress though. Just found that my camshaft deviation numbers are out of whack and I'm looking into performing some major surgery to replace the Variocam pads on both banks of cylinders. I ain't scared to try. Since having the nice lit up work space, I've...

Lol. Yeah, I'm getting there. ;) Now, let's address that pink-beige (peige?) wall color. For this one, I have to thank all the inspiration from other cool garages on here. I loved the classic light gray, red stripe, dark gray combo, and I know it's a tried and true formula. I picked out some...

Haha. Yeah, I wish. The metal building I shared with my wife’s grandpa was a 40x60, but I only got a little corner for myself. I could absolutely see myself filling that whole space in short order if given the chance! I’m out in the sticks in Ellijay.

Next up was deboobing my ceiling. This is a perfectly ordinary English sentence. Stop giggling. Those lights are great for hallways, but not so much for an active garage. I saw some reviews on these lights on Amazon, and figured they were cheap enough to give a shot. These were linkable...

The first thing I needed to tackle was the electrical. I have a fair bit of experience with this, so this wasn’t much of a challenge except finding time to do it. I was initially going to hire this out, but of the dozen or so electricians I called in the area, only two called me back, and only...

Exactly! Not having to try to wipe sweat from my eyes with greasy arms anymore has been glorious. I have also been bitten by mosquitos three times since I've lived here. Three separate, individual times! One bite each! Over 2.5 years! By contrast, the mosquito is the Louisiana state bird.

It would have been awesome to have a place to store all my stuff while working on the garage, but I ended up just working around everything. I wouldn’t recommend that to my WORST ENEMY. I’m not going to lie, this has been a long process, with lots of fits and starts. This post is being made...

Let me tell ya, pro move on our part to wait until the summer in Louisiana to move! I think you could have baked bread in the “Mom’s Attic” of our U-Haul truck. We had some help from my brother and sister-in-law, but I don’t think I’ve ever sweated so much in an 8-hour period in my life up to...

I’ve spent the better part of 30 years wrenching on my cars out in the weather, or at best, under a carport. The unrelenting heat and humidity of a south Louisiana climate sure didn’t help. I was fortunate to have access to a large metal building that my wife’s grandpa owned, and we shared that...