As a long-time reader of GJ, I finally had to register to get rid of the ads and to see pictures. 
But I may contribute as well if I have anything useful to add.
Background: Civil engineer (a specialty area, not necessarily a character trait) who worked through college in part wrenching cars. This was the 70's, and I was the shop's Japanese-car guy. That gig went hand-in-hand with my brief foray into car racing--I built and raced a '76 Corolla in autocross events and then on the roundy-round circuit in Texas, up through about 1983.
My current mechanical project is the long-term reconstruction of an Oldsmobile-powered front-drive 1973 GMC Motorhome. Mine is now just about perfect mechanically, but I need to do some interior repairs and the things needs paint and finish body work. With my new shop, I feel like a can start doing some of that.
I also live in a rural area and own and maintain several small tractors, as well as doing the same for my rural church.
After years of dreaming, I finally undertook the grand-daddy of all Covid projects--a 40x60 shop. Three 20' bays, one for the motorhome project, one for the wood and fab shop (back half) and working on the other cars (front half), and one for my wife to use for stained-glass and parking her car. The shop has a 14-foot ceiling, and an attic that is 16x60x8, currently with a floor, lights, and outlets, but unfinished otherwise. It has a 10-foot back concrete deck that runs the 60' width, with overhang. The motorhome bay has 12x12 doors front a rear, but the rear door and deck is 42" below the main floor. The front of the motorhome sits on level steel ramps that provide rolling-stool access to the entire drivetrain from underneath. I'm still just moving stuff in and figuring out how to organize it.
Rick "happy to be here" Denney
But I may contribute as well if I have anything useful to add.Background: Civil engineer (a specialty area, not necessarily a character trait) who worked through college in part wrenching cars. This was the 70's, and I was the shop's Japanese-car guy. That gig went hand-in-hand with my brief foray into car racing--I built and raced a '76 Corolla in autocross events and then on the roundy-round circuit in Texas, up through about 1983.
My current mechanical project is the long-term reconstruction of an Oldsmobile-powered front-drive 1973 GMC Motorhome. Mine is now just about perfect mechanically, but I need to do some interior repairs and the things needs paint and finish body work. With my new shop, I feel like a can start doing some of that.
I also live in a rural area and own and maintain several small tractors, as well as doing the same for my rural church.
After years of dreaming, I finally undertook the grand-daddy of all Covid projects--a 40x60 shop. Three 20' bays, one for the motorhome project, one for the wood and fab shop (back half) and working on the other cars (front half), and one for my wife to use for stained-glass and parking her car. The shop has a 14-foot ceiling, and an attic that is 16x60x8, currently with a floor, lights, and outlets, but unfinished otherwise. It has a 10-foot back concrete deck that runs the 60' width, with overhang. The motorhome bay has 12x12 doors front a rear, but the rear door and deck is 42" below the main floor. The front of the motorhome sits on level steel ramps that provide rolling-stool access to the entire drivetrain from underneath. I'm still just moving stuff in and figuring out how to organize it.
Rick "happy to be here" Denney
