Citrogarage

[lucajack2cv]

Here's the interior of the atelier..

with it's Michelin' "genius loci" Bibendum

An oil can collection..

..with an historical picture of the altitude-guinness for a car, established in Bolivia by Jacques Cornet with his 2cv in 1953:

Some other historical cans and tools..

..and finally the "Agipgas" corner of the "village": Agip is the old italian national petrol company, born durig fascism and after WWII developed during Fifties and Sixties under the direction of an ex-partisan, Enrico Mattei http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Mattei

Lj

 

[cyclopsblown34]

Excellent grasp of the English language and way cool old shop.

 

[lucajack2cv]

My english is approximate I'm glad that is enouth to be clear in what I mean and i'm very glad you find interesting arguments and pictures I post!

Here's a real peculiarity, some can of the Lybian National Oil Company: Nationalube

I've buy them in Lybia last winter during a touristic raid (10 italian 2cv and a libian guide with a toyota pick up) in Hammada desert with our micro-camping-car 2cv-camionette:

Sniff... nice holyday.. gone.. Sigh!!

Some more..

Lybian gas stations..

Last petrol-curiosity, an AGIL gas station in Tunisia, this company is part of italian AGIP..

 

[lucajack2cv]

End of holydays, back to garage:

This old lamp was so sad and often off-duty for rain flowing inside from the rusty cup..

I had a similar one coming from the same renovation of a road enligthment, I've found a more idoneus fixin' element:

Ok, now a look to the electrical parts..

.. I'm not a great saldator but it could works..

And here's the final preview of the artistic touch

Old Pegasus needs a little restauration..

Lamp a little painting..

et voilà

 

[lucajack2cv]

Such a cool lamp enlights now a little but very deplorable roof, the last remaining from the whole "village"..

Me and my father we took decision, in two hours roof is down and the place cleaned..

New morning, new work: we select some idoneus used woods, polish them a little and rise them up (note the home-made carriot )

Time to rise a little the walls, "first brick" cerimony:

Painting of secondary woods..

Up..

Here's the final walls almost ended..

A romantic stone for memory of these happy days..

And here we go with the 3rd wood level: this is an old traditional way to cover roofs, it is a little heavy but very caracteristic of this part of Italy:

This little woods are about 15,5 centimeters each other. Here's the final moments: new (used but machine-made) "shingles" for the not-seen low part, ancient ones (hand-made and steam-train-blacky) for the upper part:

..except for this very old first-machine-made shingles of the area, coming from an old brick-factory of my town called "Martini" from 1909 to 1920 then changed in "Novaretti".. so very rare!

(to be continued..)

 

[Fins/413]

Luca very interesting thread, a craftsman is the same the world round. The cobblestone paving job is beautiful. I look forward to seeing more posts.

 

[lucajack2cv]

From roof there's a beautiful sight..

..even better looking at the ground, where I can control the working woman..

Of course, history teach us "nothing as a guard-dog is better to keep working class at working place" so..

Snell.. woff.. arbeit!!


Sunday.. sunset.. nice result..

 

[73super]

How do you even have time to work on your cars with all the construction and other projects you have going around there? Your workmanship is great! I love the look of your garage/shop. You appreciate what you have and I think that is something we can all learn. Over here in America we always seem to get caught up in what everybody else has rather than truly enjoying and being appreciative of what WE have.

Something that everybody can take away from this is with a little hard work and creativity you can really build something beautiful.

Love reading your posts! Please keep them coming. Fantastic job on all the work you do! Thanks so much! I've re-read these posts several times now.

Butch.

 

[jkrewdotcom]

I love this thread to pieces. Man, no one does this type of craftsmanship anymore

 

[Canadian Charlie]

Great pics, greetings from Malta

 

[kickars]

That is true craftsmanship! What an amazing project.

 

[vectorw8015]

Hi Luca,

Thank you for sharing your wonderful home and garage. It it truly amazing.

 

[vette-kid]

What a great place! I love the Hy Van!

 

[airsanford]

"its not getting what you want......

.....its wanting what you've got."

Sheryl Crow

 

[stricht8]

Beautiful garage. At the end of the day garage setups are pretty much the same regardless of where you live. We all (mostly all) have a workbench with a vise mounted on one end, tools and wrenches hanging from the wall and a toolchest or two or three. I like the photo where you are bundled up and drinking warm tea in the garage. So you have rednecks in Italy too!

 

[Scotchdrnkr]

How do you find enough energy and hours in a day to do everything you do & still have time for a holiday?
Very nice job on the house & garage rebuild. Especially the paving job. Love all your Citros. You could open a little museum.

 

[Gustav_t]

Aircooled grettings from Denmark.

Cool cars, awesomeplace and cute girlfriend.
You got it made!

G.

 

[Mikea57]

Amazing place LucaJack!!!! Kudos from Memphis, TN USA. I too, agree with others cherish what you have and take care of it. It will work well for you. You are a very lucky man!!

(Your thread and pictures have resolved me: One of these days I will go to Italy. My wife is Italian and she wants to go, we just need to get all the kids grown and out - 2 down, ages 20 & 19 and 2 to go, ages 11 & 5)

Please keep posting your progress!!!

Mike

 

[jeff51]

Your farm and garage look great!

 

[Jay]

Aloha from Hawaii,

Awesome, awesome work! I can borrow some ideas right off the bat. The stone pavers is looking very nice.

 

[frankinos]

that's great !!
thank's from FRANCE for Citroen !

 

[bunnyknuckles]

Lovin this thread. Can't wait for the next update.

 

[lucajack2cv]

Hi! Greets and tanks everybody for appreciations, is true I'm a lucky man for lot of reasons first of all I have a great girlfriend: she loves me , old Citroen cars, "slow" way of living, our old work-in-progress home, italian countryside and nord-african trips.. what can I ask more!

Here some news from citrogarage.. waterworks!

I'v a lot of hydraulic fitting and 3/4, 1/2 inches pipes coming from old pipelines of our home, I decide to have "artistical" idraulic facilities in my atelier! Here we go:

composed "puzzle" pipeline.. a little knowledge in how to assemble "Mannesmann pipes"..

First results..

.. and an idea :

The general "Nautilus"-look is increased by the air-fitting: is the smaller pipeline next to the water line, coming from compressor:

The water-condensed air filter..

..some small decorative cans appear..

condensed-water finishes into this small Fernet-Branca bottle..

And Here's the new (Model-Year 1951..) sink! only two screws and the exit column keep it up:

Here's that famous wheel..

Et Voilà.. Final touch:

It looks "ancient" quite enough?


Here's, finally, the fire-extinguish palce, with regolamentar graphic pannel!!

Ciao, Lucajack!

 

[yogitech]

^^^ that looks amazing!!! Good job...

 

[Zoobee]

Very creative, thank you for sharing your passion.

 

[mishkaya]

Just came across this thread, it's absolutely excellent! Reminds me of years long past as my first car was a late sixties 2CV... Also enjoyed the pics of the H van; I used to drive one of those around for deliveries in Paris back in the day. We used to call it the "tube" truck.

 

[dreamingmuscle]

Most people would have just torn down the old barn. The fact that you rebuilt it back to as original is impressive. You are a real craftsman The stone work is also beautiful. Tell your girl that I said she does great work.
________
medical marijuana seeds

 

[mrmri]

Thank you Lucajack for sharing your photos. They are so cool. My wife is Italian too. Her dad came to the US when he was 2. Her maiden name was D'Ambrosio. Your English is fine. Don't stop, please continue. Thank you again.

Marty

 

[mgoug]

These are great pictures - cheers from Portland, Oregon. Thank you for posting them.

 

[Enloe]

Wow !!!!!!!!!!

 

[lucajack2cv]

Hallo from Italy my garage friends!!

Nere's some news from the summer event at Citrogarage: a sort of inauguration!! 08/30 CitRaduno, a citroen-friends meeting had place in Cussanio, the small village where our garage is located:

Here's other shots and stories and videos from this small and friendly meeting:

http://www.2cvclubitalia.com/public/smf/index.php?topic=4970.0

 

[lucajack2cv]

Here's some shots of a great photographer and a great friend of mine, Bruno Pelligra, visiting my garage during the meeting:

One day maybe he'll post something in this GarageJournal.. 'couse he's a great Citroenist and had one of the most terrific citro-garages in Italy

PS:

He's the man with the camera on the right!

 

[lucajack2cv]

 

[general gow]

i don't spend much time here. although i will now that i have a garage of my own. but i just wasted an hour at work looking at all your pics. amazing work. great job, beautiful stuff, luca.

thanks for posting.

 

[tatra]

wasted?..........i think not..........

 

[autoist]

I was just wondering about your progress yesterday!

 

[Skyline]

Here's some shots of a great photographer and a great friend of mine, Bruno Pelligra, visiting my garage during the meeting:

Those are some great shots. Bruno has a great eye.

 

[lucajack2cv]

Hi Skyline! here's some shots of Bruno's citrogarage called "Garage Descevò" in the town of Modena, Italy

And Hi Tatra! Great nickname, my second love they are cars of eastern europe, specially the DDR Trabant (I'm restoring one here: http://www.2cvclubitalia.com/public/smf/index.php?topic=1145.420 ).

Here's a Tatra I meet during a trip in Czech Republic with a friend and our Citroen Dyane in 1997! Great and monstrous vehicle

 

[lucajack2cv]

Citrogarages of the past:

This sort of log-cabin was not un in the woods but next to my parent's house in town, rounded by a lot of concrete six-floor buildings..

Very cheap and romantic! The owner vas an old lady, I used it as a shelter for few months for my DS but there came more rain inside than outside and I left it very quicky..

This place instade was the "dacia" of our family, in Alps. During years I used it to stock some old cars and my first restorations, too difficult becouse of distance, snow and cold in wintertime.

This beautiful little home in the woods has been sold to buy Citrogarage in 2002

Last restoration in that charming place a citroen Ami 8 1977

 

[lucajack2cv]

Under the hot sun of August, as 2Cv and Trabant rest toghether in peace in the (junk)yard, me and Roxie are finally finishing the round-stones pavement.. ouff!!

Et Voilà!!

Here's the "factory style" external pavement in wood bricks, the author is my father, Giovanni

Only last small parts have to be completed, as this small canal..

..incorporating some middle-age decorations

And, now, on the other side next to the railroad.. A new round-rocks pavement too! Oh Noooooooo