Average Working Man's Garage

[jamracing]

I've been lurking here for a while and would like to thank the Garage Journal community for some great ideas and inspiration on organizing my garage. With some finds on craigslist and a lot of creative thought, this is where I am at:
Before:

Some craigslist finds:

As it is now:

Every thing should have a place and be in its place:

And this is what I park in my garage:

 

[JPorkins]

Very nice, I like all the cabinets.

 

[Rothaus]

Looks cool, are these all licence place reflecting on that one wall ?

I like the VW bus with the Fuchs wheels. More pics please from the bus

Cheers
Engelbert

 

[vpogv]

Great craigslist find. No idea what you paid but they look great.

 

[don long]

I like your color selection and the metal backplate
is that stainless or aluminum?
I could work in that box!

 

[Tim Doumit]

Very nice! I like your rig too.

 

[jamracing]

Thanks for the coments guys.
Rothhaus, heres a link to more pics of my bus http://s289.beta.photobucket.com/us...New Bus?&_suid=135328271791805509449784340349
Vpogv, I paid 125 for four cabinets, I thought it was a great find and I made the others.
don long, the metal wall is just galvinized sheets from Lowes. 14"X20' rolls.

 

[Daniel Dudley]

You made those cabinets look like Listas. Nice job, great layout and paint work.

 

[Kevin54]

Thanks for the coments guys.
Rothhaus, heres a link to more pics of my bus http://s289.beta.photobucket.com/us...New Bus?&_suid=135328271791805509449784340349
Vpogv, I paid 125 for four cabinets, I thought it was a great find and I made the others.
don long, the metal wall is just galvinized sheets from Lowes. 14"X20' rolls.

Well YOU ****!!!!

That's a great find on the cabinets. I'm also digging the V-Dub Bus. When seeing the older pic before you did anything with it (lowering) it looked almost like a 4wd. Nice work on it. And nice work on the garage!!

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

LOVE the VW bus.
LOVE the spray can cabinet too.

What kind of paint did you use for the cabinets? Rolled or spray applied?

 

[e-tek]

Nice work - classy, like your van.

Me an Mrs E took a 1990 Westfalia on a one year honeymoon around The US, Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. We look cool in the photo's, but in reality it was slow, cramped, and seriously underpowered. We get passed by 1950's trucks chock full of Mexicans....

 

[Scotty72SS]

Gotta love craigslist! Love how organized everything is, did you make the spraypaint holder?

 

[Cougar67]

Your title is all wrong. It should be "Above Average Working Man's Garage." The cabinets look amazing. It looks like you used aluminum flashing as backsplash material. I was planning to use it behind my rakes and shovels. I love the VW Bus. I used to be a VW nut way back but only ever had a '64 Bug. Well done!

 

[ZRX61]

Where the hell did that valve come from???

 

[jeffmoss26]

Very cool shop! Nice work.

 

[UN4GTBL]

Nice transformation!

 

[AeroNautiCal]

Where the hell did that valve come from???

^^^ This!

Sorry, but that valve took all my concentration, lovely workshop and bus though.

 

[kippieland]

Awesome!

 

[hoopsnut]

Love it, that is a great looking work area!

 

[Crusher47]

Very cool

 

[muibubbles]

that looks fantastic. awesome CL find and even more awesome restoration!