My Garage Build

EtchaSketch · Jul 11, 2012

My Garage Rebuild

I've been looking at this site for a while and have been inspired to redo my crummy garage, which has been nothing but a storage area for the Past nine years.

I am a Triumph motorcycle fan and wanted to incorporate the Union Jack flag to show my love for British bikes. So far I have texture the walls and painted. I am going to install some T-8 lighting in the next couple of days and then install cabinets and workbench next week If time permits.

So here it is so far:

Before

Thanks for looking!

Sean

Derrickwade · Jul 12, 2012

Looking good. Ive always had a soft spot for Triumphs as well. Keep us posted!

e-tek · Jul 12, 2012

Oooh - is that an old jeep back there? Lets see more of that!

I like the start with the flag - keep going!

(Not sure if it's the case, but my phone camera lens was dirty and I had the same fuzzy photo's. Might try wiping out real good?)

EtchaSketch · Jul 12, 2012

e-tek said:
Oooh - is that an old jeep back there? Lets see more of that!

I like the start with the flag - keep going!

(Not sure if it's the case, but my phone camera lens was dirty and I had the same fuzzy photo's. Might try wiping out real good?)

Yes that is a 1947 jeep willys that I got from my grandfather. I need to restore her but the garage comes first. And yeah there was definetly some on my phone camera lens :eyecrazy:

I'll take some more photos of the jeep and post them up.

EtchaSketch · Jul 12, 2012

Here is a picture I took when I towed the jeep from Palm Springs to Las Vegas.

EtchaSketch · Jul 14, 2012

Started to install the lighting I was going to go with four 8-foot fixtures but decided six would be better I hope to have them all mounted by tomorrow.

The garage is approximately 500 sf.

EtchaSketch · Jul 15, 2012

Got the light in and installed Phillips 5000k bulbs with an 85 color index. I wired a switch for the two fixtures that will be blocked by the garage when it's open so I can turn them off if I ever wanted.

EtchaSketch · Jul 23, 2012

Put in a workbench, rolling bin organizer an six cabinets(I'm installing 2-more).

Oh yeah and a wall fan boy does it help a lot in the Las Vegas weather!

B964 · Jul 23, 2012

How are those Seville Classic cabinets? They seem like a great unit for the money but I have never seen one in real life.
Nice work on the garage.

EtchaSketch · Jul 23, 2012

B964 said:
How are those Seville Classic cabinets? They seem like a great unit for the money but I have never seen one in real life.
Nice work on the garage.

I Think they are pretty solid and the price at Sams Club is a great buy. It takes some time putting them together but so far I have nothing but good things to say.

whatuusay1 · Jul 23, 2012

B964 said:
How are those Seville Classic cabinets? They seem like a great unit for the money but I have never seen one in real life.
Nice work on the garage.

I have them in my garage as well - I like them, they arent super heavy duty but I think they are 60 bucks a side or something - great value in my opinion. For a ******** garage guy they wouldnt be sturdy enough but for the average guy wanting to organize things, put some tools away etc they are great. I also have a couple of the standing cabinets which are also great ($200 each i think). I finished one out with slatboard inside to hide away all the rakes, shovels, brooms etc.

Here's the photo of mine

EtchaSketch · Jul 25, 2012

whatuusay1 said:
I have them in my garage as well - I like them, they arent super heavy duty but I think they are 60 bucks a side or something - great value in my opinion. For a ******** garage guy they wouldnt be sturdy enough but for the average guy wanting to organize things, put some tools away etc they are great. I also have a couple of the standing cabinets which are also great ($200 each i think). I finished one out with slatboard inside to hide away all the rakes, shovels, brooms etc.

Here's the photo of mine

Your work area looks great!

EtchaSketch · Jul 25, 2012

Update-all eight cabinets are installed an I started organizing and throwing a bunch of junk away.*@#$

I am excited to say I pulled the car in the garage for the first time EVER!*@#$

Derrickwade · Jul 25, 2012

What a difference you made, looks 10 times better. Looks much bigger without the hanging storage racks.

EtchaSketch · Aug 20, 2012

Derrickwade said:
What a difference you made, looks 10 times better. Looks much bigger without the hanging storage racks.

Thanks I am very happy with the progress so far.

Also.... A small update!

I ordered race deck flooring and will be installing it this weekend!

SVE Performance · Aug 20, 2012

Your 1947 jeep is actually an early 1942 seeing as it has an iron grill, that grill was only used on the first 10000 jeeps built for WW2. Bill

EtchaSketch · Aug 26, 2012

So I went with a darker gray on the wall and I'm really happy with the result. I tried orange and it was way too intense.

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SVE Performance said:
Your 1947 jeep is actually an early 1942 seeing as it has an iron grill, that grill was only used on the first 10000 jeeps built for WW2. Bill

Thanks for the info! I could have swore the title said 1947.... I inherited the jeep from my grandfather and all I know is it used to be used on an air force base. My cousin and brother also recieved a willys and my lucky Dad got a fully restored Bantam.

Here is a website my grandfather made to showcase the Bantam years ago:
http://bantamjeep.tripod.com/

EtchaSketch · Nov 1, 2012

It's been a while since I posted an update but I've been busy. I built a powder coat spray booth, large oven, and installed a compressor. If I never pop another rivet in my life ill be happy man.

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CudaChick1968 · Nov 4, 2012

LOL!!! My 7-foot batch oven has over 700 rivets. I can definitely relate to that last comment Etch.

Your shop looks amazing!!

EtchaSketch · Nov 4, 2012

CudaChick1968 said:
LOL!!! My 7-foot batch oven has over 700 rivets. I can definitely relate to that last comment Etch. Your shop looks amazing!!

Thanks for the kind words

I was a ******* and liked the look of rivets every two inches, needless to say I wish I Woul of stuck with every five inches

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