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Ambenz's Mustang Garage

ambenz

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Well, if you can tell by now, my wife and I are nuts for everything Grabber Orange and Mustangs!
That's why I called this Thread my Mustang Garage.
Built in 2005, the garage dimensions are 24X30 or 720 square feet.
The walls and ceiling are 10 foot high and the garage doors are 9X16 foot and 9X7 foot respectively.
It a Steele and Loeber Garage.... http://www.steeleandloeber.com/?gclid=CK717YGq9qUCFYa7Kgod9xabng
It replaced a one car slab garage with a carport patio from the late 40's and the old garage was in ruff shape.
So we tore it down and built my Mustang Garage.
I wish I took pictures of the build, back then $22,000 to build the garage and 3000 square feet of 6" concrete driveway later...Walla!!
The garage has 30 amp service (built before I upgraded the property from 100 to 200 amp service) and has natural gas piped in from the house service.

Today I went out to the garage to start my Mustang stored for the winter and decided to document how it stands today.

Yay, it's good to start my baby up again! Front of garage.... put up a few tin signs outside this summer....

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Side mandoor to the patio straight from the house.

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A pic from 2007 showing the garage and some of the driveway...

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Inside the stall where I keep my pony for the winter, showing the toolbox, furnace (convection) and my rigged fan for circulation. Excuse the mess!!!
The carpet pad is where I park my pony on to keep the rubber happy...Ya, I know, I'm nuts!

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The toolbox bottom is a junker I bought for pennys from my last job,and repainted, and the top is a Craftsman I bought 2 yrs ago...

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The furnace is a Williams natural gas convection...10,000 BTU's and keeps the garage any temp I want with the help of my rigged box fan....

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Some posters on the garage door...

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I hinged them so when the door opens, they hang!

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Mandoor..guess I should fix my juryrig rag curtain...plan to put mirror film on windows...

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...my collection of tin signs on the BIG door....

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Full view of the interior...

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My toy wagon collection I hope to display along the garage walls in the future.... you can see the collection at... http://s2.webstarts.com/Wagonwerx/index.html

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This is my idea of an easy way to grab any detail product easily...hung a wooden closet pole by wire from the ceiling!

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Really is nice to find what I need or see what I need to buy !

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Image shows my clock, pedboard walls (theres foam board behind it) and the sheeting on the ceiling...after seeing all your nice garages, I am rethinking this addition and may upgrade the interior this summer. Note the old school lighting...another Dad hand me down from the 60's!

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My old school drillpress, a hand me down from Dad....

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...and my old school tablesaw I keep behind the Mustang when not in use... another hand me down from Dad!

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Old school kitchen pantry cabinets make for great storage for my combustables...

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Well, that's all for now...I post a few more of the outside later....it off to Menards, a local hardware store to buy some comsumables.
 
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HSpencer

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Your Craftsman Table Saw and Drill Press are pure treasures. Guard them with your life.
These items are getting few and far between. I recommend you clean, polish and shine on them until they look brand new.

Best Regards
Herb Spencer
 
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ambenz

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Holy moley, this is a old thread!
After I posted this, I haven't done much.
Back then, I got a new job and it was all I can do to keep up on learning my new job,

Now that I got a handle on my job, some laziness, on my part and getting rid of some clutter by having garage sales, has me stalled on what I wanna do.
I soon plan to better insulate the walls and the ceiling.
I want to add a lift...once that is in, I can reconfigure the ceiling with a recess to accept a stored car on the top of the rack with plenty of room for one below.
I am looking to retire before I turn 60, so I can have some time to get in there to work.
So, some things are on hold until then....
Either you got the money and no time, or all the time and no money....Soon, I will have both....
 

jon72vega

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...my collection of tin signs on the BIG door....

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ambenz,
I have a question.
What did you use to fasten your tin signs to your garage door?

My door is insulated, and I want to do something similar.
I haven't figured out the best way to fasten the signs to the insulation.
 
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RAYJAY

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NICE MUSTANG ....like the chrome yellow, better than the orange and how do you put the signs on the door ???
 

don long

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Ambenz

1st: nice set up. Now I can't imagine you not improving your stable in 2 years.
The job isn't new any more so how about an update on your spread!!!

Don.
 
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