16yr olds one car garage :)

[goodfellow]

Well, for a 16 year old you have an excellent tool and vehicle collection. Good luck -- It's great to have a good Father/Son project to look forward to. You will remember these days with your father as some of the best times in your life.

Enjoy!!!

 

[e-tek]

VERY COOL lesbos!!!
I'm sure I'm not the only old codger that thinks it is Way Cool to see a 16 year old clean up a garage and get into mechanics and tools and stuff.

Interestingly, I bought the EXACT toolbox from a store in Canada not 2 months ago! Can't recall the brand, but for 175 bucks (CND) it was a HELL of a deal!!!

Best of luck in the shop - post pics of your upgrades and projects - there's good thread going on for either topic.

 

[Bull]

I once knew a Jahn Krahn from Mönchengladbach.

 

[Lesbos]

The Brand of the Toolbox is "Wisent"... I paid 180 euros for it... very nice deal for such a big toolbox.. i think

 

[porschedude996TT]

This is Greatest thing! I wish I had a garage at 16YO. I was lucking to get a shelf 18" off the ground in front of my Mom's car... THe work bench was hard to get time on...

 

[Lesbos]

Hey Guys...

Toooo bad !, my father sold the house, that's it with my garage...
I got a small hall 20min from my living place now, the mercedes ist sold, too didn't have the money to finish it.
I started working as a car painter now, (I'm learning, I don't know the right word in english...)

I got an Opel Kadett B Coupe F now, I will finish working on it within the next months, it looked like that, when i bought it:

Didn't look as bad as it was:

Took a little time to look like that:

Right now it stands on its own wheels again, got the pictures on my laptop, which has a broken display.... hopefully i will get the files soon...

The Kadett will be painted in Hondas Belize Blue:

I will post pictures of my new "garage" soon, it doesnt look as good as my old one, but i got a lot more space, so it's worth it !

Have a nice day,

Yours Jan

 

[Lesbos]

i forgot to say: this is the FIRST car i've ever worked on, so it's everything else than perfect... I'm doing my best

Btw.: I'm not 16 anymore, turned to 19... (I'm starting to become old )

 

[Midget74SC]

Awesome job and you rock " Lesbos "..

Willie

 

[Warg]

i forgot to say: this is the FIRST car i've ever worked on, so it's everything else than perfect... I'm doing my best

Btw.: I'm not 16 anymore, turned to 19... (I'm starting to become old )

Na, dann geht's ja gleich ab zum altersheim...
Nice work, just keep it up and you'll soon have a really nice car. I started out at a small bodey and paint shop and learned the trade for a couple of years. Not a bad thing to do, and always remember that knowledge is something that can't be taken away from you!
Best of luck!!

-Paul

 

[e-tek]

Welcome back Lesbo's!! The thread died in 2008, nice to see you update it. Also nice to hear you're working in the trade. I got my painters ticket when I was 18 (1982!). As Paul said above, they can't take knowledge from you. After many (many!) years out of the trade, I got back into it as a hobby and all that long-ago experience made me a sought after restorer. I now charge $50/hour cash to restore classics, plus I do my own.
As I recall, prep work in a shop is d-i-r-t-y work, but painting is cleaner and pays well!

All the best - keep us updated on your projects and maybe some work-pics too!

 

[rickycobra]

It a bummer you don't have a garage anymore but turn this thread into the car update thread.

 

[A_Pmech]

Good you see you here again!

Now, about the motorcycles?

 

[Farma11]

Keep us posted on the Opel.

 

[johnnybentwrench]

You put a lot of hard work into your garage and it shows I think your tools are very nice too!

 

[johnnybentwrench]

Good you see you here again!

Now, about the motorcycles?

how about Zundapp?

 

[Lesbos]

Haha, the Motorcycles are still mine !, i sold none of them, the vespa is a project I'm doing at the moment (when I'm getting tired of the Opel) It's gonna be modified and afterwards painted in Fords Dark Copper (with a little extra gold-red pearls )
It's really fun to me, that i can mix up the colors like i want them

how about Zundapp?

Will be refinished 'till spring, same as the Vespa

The Hercules is the only one, which I can't repair at the moment, because it's too expensive and I need the money for my Opel (Broken gear Stick (don't know how to call that part) and jamming of the pistion... I have put it in to the barn of my stepfather, so it stands dry and in 7 years, I will have a 50Year old rida

 

[sscustom]

wow good job on the garag kid

 

[slowtwitch]

Wonderfull thread !!! Best of luck in your work... btw, I was born about 4-5 hrs from your hometown, in Nurnburg...