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    Mechanics Pit (my effort at)

    I think you might have mentioned it :bounce: I agree(y) . Ive the vent in place to extract at floor level which should work well, when thats complete Ill trial out to see what I actually need in terms of flow rate. Cheers bud (y) Well, as I said before, there's risk in everything. Imo the...
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    Thanks man. Same here kinda, till I got fed up thinking about it and got stuck in 😅
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    lol, its not the easy route for sure 😅 Thankyou sir Cheers man, lifts are great, an easy choice if you've the space and overhead height (y) Thanks man (y) Cheers mate (y) According to the dates on the pics I started 15th May and finished up 16th October, obviously that wasn't full time but...
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    Cheers mate, not sure how long itll stay pretty but nothing a coat of paint wont fix (y) Cheers for that Larry, youre welcome. Will update as I get other things worked out, eager to get a start on the jack mods that have been rattling around my brain 😅(y)
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    Every time I got tired I said to myself "exercise exercise exercise" 😅 Cheers mate, no but ive previous experience with floor work, first time with rebar and walls though. So much good info on youtube (y) Lol, I remember as a know it all kid walking past a guy in a petrol station with his head...
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    Mechanics Pit (my effort at)

    Cheers fellas ;) (y)
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    77 C10 stepside swb atm, I kid you not :ROFLMAO:. Ive had minis in the past and was into bikes for a good while, will post some picks if I can find them.
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    haha, not so many tornados here in the UK, but a wine cellar, bomb shelter or Air BnB for folk sub 4' 8" should do it (y) Cheers mate, if its not leaking oil theres no oil in it :bounce: Easier and cheaper, not really viable in my situation tho. Much consideration was given. Cheers man. Used...
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    What did you do "IN" your garage today?

    Thread on the pit is now finally up :giggle: (y) The Hole
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    Cheers fellas, its been quite the trip but im proper happy with how it turned out, cant wait to get a car over it and turn those walls less white (y)
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    And here she is, in all her concretey goodness. Used screws to jack out the mouldings, worked well. One little bit of honeycombing, easy enough to put right. A lick o paint. Some removable steps (9" tread x 9 3/4" risers). They sit on a 'french cleat' so easy to move out the way if you...
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    Stairs are in, pics to come (y) That they have Yes, providing the car isnt longer than 6m :bounce:
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    I thought long and hard about how best to position the angle before coming to the conclusion that should pull my finger out mi ****, stop thinking and just get it done! Started by screwing blocks to the form, getting the angle where I wanted it, welded it out and removed the blocks. Youd...
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    Mechanics Pit (my effort at)

    Cheers guys, I don't know much about anything, but I did harness the power of stubbornness and youtube (y)
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    In goes the first lot, mixed on site with a super plasticiser (flowaid) in a belle 150, only 4 more like that to go. Some days later. The angle for the top arrived a bit Julian Clary, so they sent me some more foc. Bent up some ties, mixed and placed another round of muck, found out...
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    Cheers mate, should be good (y)
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    With the help of my wee steel man. It was in in no time. Then started prepping for the formwork. This board carrier changes the game throwing 8x4s around! Moulding for the lights etc. Wee man helped here too wazzin in screws and drawing secret smiley faces :giggle: Ready for...
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    Mechanics Pit (my effort at)

    Ah the clay was wet and stable as, It didn't move a mm, I checked. Cheers D
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    Lpg at 1psi ish, seemed crazy to me too but he said he was 99.9% certain it was dead when I told him another line had been run round the front of the garage (gas contractors fk up that actually helped me out in the end). Its how he would go about it, it made sense to me so I went with it. I told...
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    Turns out No3 steel doesn't fix itself, not sure about the other sizes. So I pretended to know what I was doing. Then I started throwing 6" of the best in, literally. Was never so happy to look up and see my mate Stu who said he might be able to pop round and give me a hand, "Was wondering...
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