malibumonte78
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I have been inspired by the long-term "Restored 1930's Autoshop thread" that became a history of all buildings and projects involved with the whole property, that I wanted to record a history of my property and buildings as well and a place to share future plans and projects completed.
I want to start the thread with a little history of my place. I purchased it in the fall of 2016 after first viewing in in January of 2015 and dreaming about it everyday since. I own 11 acres remaining of what was once a 600 acre row crop and livestock farm. On the 11 acres in addition to the house I have four buildings standing all of which have their own history that I want to tell in their own individual posts. There are also four building partially standing on adjoining property that were also part of the original farmstead. I believe at one time there were at least 13 structures on the farmstead including homes, barns, garages, machine shops, etc.
My family does not have any ties to this particular farmstead, but both of my parents were raised on farms in the same county until hard times forced sales in the 70's and 80's. I was raised with my parents sharing fond memories of growing up on farms and I wanted to provide the same for my children as well as the inner child who still lives inside me.
So how does all this talk about farms and farmsteads have anything to do with Garage Journal? Well I am not a farmer, but a gearhead at heart. After being removed from the farm at a young age my Dad grew up to be a mechanic and I was practically raised in his home garage. We now use his garage to restore our personal vehicles as well as the occasional customer project. Although I want to preserve the farm history and all remaining structures, future plans are for a capable working restoration shop to be built on the property and when that happens I will be looking for assistance planning here, as well as sharing the construction progress.
Lastly for the first post, a look into why I call it the "Someday Never Comes" Farmstead. Well in addition to being raised in the garage I was raised on Southern and classic rock and CCR was always my favorite. My father and I have a tendency to name our project cars after CCR songs. For example I have a '57 Chevy 150 Gasser that I race that is called the "Midnight Special" and dad also has a twin 57 Chevy 150 street car called Bad Moon Rising. The "Someday Never Comes" name was actually first given to my shop project that I have been dreaming up my entire adult life, and later applied to the whole farmstead after the complications we faced purchasing it. Short story on the complications: looked at the place in January 2015 instantly decided we wanted it, wrote a contract contingent on the sale of our house in town within 6 mos., listed our home, home never sold, extended the contract three more mos. home still didn't sell, found out we were pregnant with our 2nd child, took home off market, let contract expire, gave birth to our son, listed home again when he was two months old, got multiple offers instantly, cash contract first week, called owner of farmstead, made deal at same price as before, but they needed 60 days at least to move out, moved into a temporary home in a trailer court, and finally on Sept 16, 2016 got to move into our dream place. So many late nights spent laying up dreaming of this place as well as my dream shop that "Someday Never Comes" seemed so fitting.
View media item 103966The first is a view down the drive on September 16, 2016. I borrowed my father-in-laws brush hog and mowed the whole property which other the immediate area around the house hadn't been mowed in years.
View media item 103965My Gasser "Midnight Special"
I want to start the thread with a little history of my place. I purchased it in the fall of 2016 after first viewing in in January of 2015 and dreaming about it everyday since. I own 11 acres remaining of what was once a 600 acre row crop and livestock farm. On the 11 acres in addition to the house I have four buildings standing all of which have their own history that I want to tell in their own individual posts. There are also four building partially standing on adjoining property that were also part of the original farmstead. I believe at one time there were at least 13 structures on the farmstead including homes, barns, garages, machine shops, etc.
My family does not have any ties to this particular farmstead, but both of my parents were raised on farms in the same county until hard times forced sales in the 70's and 80's. I was raised with my parents sharing fond memories of growing up on farms and I wanted to provide the same for my children as well as the inner child who still lives inside me.
So how does all this talk about farms and farmsteads have anything to do with Garage Journal? Well I am not a farmer, but a gearhead at heart. After being removed from the farm at a young age my Dad grew up to be a mechanic and I was practically raised in his home garage. We now use his garage to restore our personal vehicles as well as the occasional customer project. Although I want to preserve the farm history and all remaining structures, future plans are for a capable working restoration shop to be built on the property and when that happens I will be looking for assistance planning here, as well as sharing the construction progress.
Lastly for the first post, a look into why I call it the "Someday Never Comes" Farmstead. Well in addition to being raised in the garage I was raised on Southern and classic rock and CCR was always my favorite. My father and I have a tendency to name our project cars after CCR songs. For example I have a '57 Chevy 150 Gasser that I race that is called the "Midnight Special" and dad also has a twin 57 Chevy 150 street car called Bad Moon Rising. The "Someday Never Comes" name was actually first given to my shop project that I have been dreaming up my entire adult life, and later applied to the whole farmstead after the complications we faced purchasing it. Short story on the complications: looked at the place in January 2015 instantly decided we wanted it, wrote a contract contingent on the sale of our house in town within 6 mos., listed our home, home never sold, extended the contract three more mos. home still didn't sell, found out we were pregnant with our 2nd child, took home off market, let contract expire, gave birth to our son, listed home again when he was two months old, got multiple offers instantly, cash contract first week, called owner of farmstead, made deal at same price as before, but they needed 60 days at least to move out, moved into a temporary home in a trailer court, and finally on Sept 16, 2016 got to move into our dream place. So many late nights spent laying up dreaming of this place as well as my dream shop that "Someday Never Comes" seemed so fitting.
View media item 103966The first is a view down the drive on September 16, 2016. I borrowed my father-in-laws brush hog and mowed the whole property which other the immediate area around the house hadn't been mowed in years.
View media item 103965My Gasser "Midnight Special"
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