20 x 30 the nothing special special

[Jweldie83]

I joined a while back and after living at my current place for almost eight years now, I'm finally able to do some real work to my garage. My house was built in 52 and the garage was added in the late 80's/early 90's. The garage is 20 x 30 with heat (it can get pretty cold in southern Indiana sometimes) I want to keep the garage simple. I guess I want a kind of clean and bright industrial feel, I don't really know how to describe it haha! I'm not much for a garage that looks like a party room with a car parked in (which I would love to have but would be scared to work in) I plan on using the garage to work on motorcycles and my 41 Chevy hot rod project that is currently a basket case (to put it nicely) I'm looking to upgrade the lighting and paint, maybe stain the floor down the road. Here are some pics of the place when we bought it - The PO was nice enough to leave a shelf full of old paint and various chemicals

 

[madison069]

Looks like a good start there, plywood walls, clean slate, and the light don't look bad, if it works. Only thing i can see is that location of the heater, that's got to be moved!!!

 

[runt262]

Thats a nice wide open workspace! It looks like the structure is in good condition. Are you going to have to repair anything or just focus on updating it into a usable workspace?
You'll have to post some pictures of your bikes as well!

 

[Jweldie83]

Thanks! It is a very sound structure the man door and overhead door have seen better days(also not insulated) but it will do for now. The furnace in the first pics took a dump on me a couple years after those pics. The old furnace was a fairly big updraft and I replaced it with a (free and much smaller) updraft unit. We installed it with the original piping and it stuck out a foot or so on to the floor space. I just recently redid the pipes and kicked myself for not doing it sooner to get the floor space back. Ill get some pics of my motorcycle up later. I have a Harley sportster and grew up working with my dad on his Harleys. All of his bikes were forties era pan heads which he still has a couple, ill try to get some pics of those also. Progress will be slow, the wife and I expanded the family and started a remodel on our house as well so... im sure many on here are familiar with the situation. All in all I couldn't be happier , I have one of the ****** shops in my suburb and it beats the hell out of working in my dads gravel drive way (his garage was a one car that the bikes were only allowed in) I included a more recent pic with my grocery getter for a bit of a size reference. Next thing I want to do is fix the sagging insulation a lot of the staples have ripped on the paper causing this, any pointers?

 

[Jweldie83]

Also I love MX, SX and moto GP so I love all motorcycles not just my Milwaukee tractors!

 

[bgarrett]

. All of his bikes were forties era pan heads which he still has a couple, ill try to get some pics of those also.

yes, show pictures of his 1948 or 49 Panheads

 

[Jweldie83]

yes, show pictures of his 1948 or 49 Panheads

Yes the panhead engine that replaced the knuckle in 1948... Ill get some picks - his current running bike is a '49 pan lower / shovel upper powered bike...

 

[Jweldie83]

A pic of the cab of the project truck

 

[Jweldie83]

here is the most recent picture I have of the garage and my motorcycle (crappy phone pics - sorry)