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I was out of town when the concrete slab was poured for my garage. The concrete guy put a bevel on the slab for the man door and the roll up door, but he put them in the wrong place. So now I have ended up with this gap under the threshold for the man door, and a gap under the wall of the...

Bob, the factory Cadillac compression ratio was a bit low for me, so I had Ross Racing Pistons make me a set. We are a dealer for them, so I get a discount. Funny you should mention those intakes, because I have the 4 carb Edelbrock which is what I'm going to run on this engine. I've also had...

Been a little bit since I've been here. I've been busy everywhere, at work, at home, but getting things done. I've had some motivation issues lately on the F100 project, but have tinkered a bit here and there. I also got all my stuff back from the machine shop for the engine for my roadster, so...

Thanks guys! I appreciate the kind words. If anyone happens to know anyone in my area they would recommend to finish it, please let me know.

I haven't been back on here, because I've just been busy with the build for most of the time, and was beat at the end of the day. Unfortunately, due to a combination of a problem while assembling the building, and more inclement weather, I have run out of the time I had to erect the building. I...

Today, I started by getting up on the scissor lift, and trimming some branches out of the way before starting to erect anything. There is still more trimming to do, and maybe even some tree removal, but I think I'm going to have a friend who does that for a living do the rest for me. Once that...

Finally the build has started! My dad flew in from Ohio to help with the build. He came in on Friday, and he leaves on Sunday the 12th. So, even though that the weather hasn't quite cooperated so far, we needed to make use of the time. We got started on Saturday morning. This building required...

I ended up getting about 19", and I'm supposed to get a little more today through Wed. Sure hope at least most of it can melt off pretty quickly!

As I stated in my last post, my dad is coming Friday March 3rd, and we are going to start the build on the 4th. I really hope that the weather I’m having passes by then! I’m stuck in the house today due to snow, and I’ve got no power, so I’m sitting here wishing I would have been able to get...

Thanks for the info, that's exactly what I've been doing, planning ahead. My dad is coming into town on March 3rd, and we are getting started on the 4th. We are going to do all the prep work we can do on the ground for the first 2 days. I need an inspection when I drill and set the anchors...

Thank you for your service. The Fire service are true heroes. I have a friend who used to do wild-land fire, and I've grown up in Southern California, so I've always been around wildfires, but never directly effected by one. But, coming to my house during the fire, and seeing what was left...

I'm very excited! This is the longest I've ever gone without a garage, and it feels like it's taken so long to get to this point, so it feels really good to finally see some physical progress. I'm also looking forward to not having to worry about the weather when I'm working on a project...

Sorry for the late reply, I was out of town for Christmas, and then my flight home got cancelled and I was stuck out of town for an additional 5 days, and I've been working since I came back. I didn't run conduit in before the pour, I'm just going to run all the electrical inside the building...

I finally have a real update to this thread. Sadly, my customer was not able to help me with the concrete. I was really hoping to be able to save money there, but it is what it is. So, I pulled the trigger on another concrete guy. They got started last week, and today we had the inspection on...

Well, I finally have a permit. I also have ordered the building. So, I am now looking at concrete for the foundation. It appears that one of our customers from our shop is willing to give me a deal on doing the concrete work which is fantastic. Every penny helps! I'm not sure when he'll be...

For the cabinet, it looks like it is an old Eljer sink/cabinet. I'll get it cleaned up and make it into a bench for the currently theoretical garage.

I'm not quite out of permit hell yet. My last hurdle is a drainage review guy who seems to take his job much too seriously. Hopefully I'll be over that hurdle soon. Really looking forward to feeling like I'm making progress on the property. It feels close!

It looks like it's an old Eljer. I can make it work in my space, but it will be a bench now.

Yesterday, I scored this awesome metal cabinet locally for free. It's unfortunately missing one drawer, so I'll have to make one, but it's cool and the price was right. It looks like it had a tag in the top center that has broken off, so I'm unsure of manufacturer. Does anyone recognize it?

Yesterday, I got the last of the digging done, and today ran the wires and some new conduit to the new location. I need to pick up the plugs I need, and a box, and I can hook it up. Then I can make some more progress on my truck and get that thing back on the road. Yesterday, I also scored...