Getting There

[autoist]

Beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Today, we rearranged the "inventory"...hehehehe

Moved a couple of the Midgets into the finished 'Midget Room' - here's a photo (they both have their factory hardtops in place) even though they're still covered with construction dust...I have lots of work to do but am at least I'm getting closer.

The walls are 4' corrugated tin under 2' of white pegboard with washed white paneling over that.

...& here's the side of the 'Midget Room' that the photo didn't show (yes, I know the work bench is messy - I've been piling stuff on it during construction...but at least now I can get to it!). From right to left is a work bench, parts washer, and sand blast cabinet.

...&, my '69 MGC GT is finally inside (in the main showroom) with the other MG's!

...Now I can start working on the 'Center Room' that's just in front of the 'Midget Room' & that connects the 'Midget Room' to the 'Main Showroom' (you see part of it in the first photo)...it'll eventually hold my '63 Midget, my '53 TD, & my motorcycle!

I might just make my New Year's resolution to finish the MG GarageMahal this year!

You an follow along with my project at http://www.theautoist.com/garage-mahal.htm[/img]. Its not perfect, but I'm doing everything myself!

 

[L84ARACE]

Nice, is the corrugated metal easy to cut or does it come in 4'-0" lengths?
If not, what do you use to trim it, a pair of side cutters?

 

[autoist]

Comes in 8' lengths....I bought a special saw blade at Lowe's designed to cut it & used an old skill saw...pretty easy actually (if you're careful not to cut yourself on the sharp edges of the tin)

 

[cyclopsblown34]

Can you add a link to your site in your signature? I have spent the last couple of hours in amazement at your garage progress. I think it would be great if other members could just punch a button and get right to your site.

 

[PAToyota]

Autoist - Just re-edit the tag after the url to [/url] instead of [/img] and that should get the link working instead of having to cut and paste.

 

[autoist]

Done - the link takes you to my home page...the GarageMahal tour is under the "Garage" section.

 

[Kevin54]

Comes in 8' lengths....I bought a special saw blade at Lowe's designed to cut it & used an old skill saw...pretty easy actually (if you're careful not to cut yourself on the sharp edges of the tin)

when you say a Skil saw, are you talking a circular saw or more like a jigsaw? The reason I ask is that I am building a greenhouse for my wife and we are going to use the same type of material a few feet up on the wall and I was wondering how it was cut. One guy told me all you need is tinsnips, but with artritic hands and the amound to cut I figure that there has to be an easier, faster way.

Thanks,
Kevin

 

[THX_138]

Just throw a metal blade on your skil saw...works just like cutting wood!

 

[benjacobs]

The walls are 4' corrugated tin under 2' of white pegboard with washed white paneling over that.

Nice combination of tin, pegboard, and paneling. If you'd told me what you were going to do, I would've said you couldn't make it look as good as you did. Obviously, I'd of been WAY wrong. The corrugated tin really gives your garage unique character... great job!