JTurbo's 2 car attached

[JTurbo]

I'm a lurker, and I figured I'd show my 2 car attached garage. It's used mainly for my hobby, fox chassis Mustang resto. We built this house back in 2002-03, I insulated and sheet rocked the garage then painted and added a small work bench and a few cabinets for storage:


Here's the small work bench area in the front corner:


Another shot of my vert when it was WIP:


It's not huge, but adequate for what I've been doing the last several years. I have plans to construct a pole barn elsewhere on the property, mainly for storage, but that's off for a bit.

Enjoy - JT

 

[rightstick]

I always liked the turbos. Had a '90 LX I installed a 357. loud beast.

 

[dubber]

Welcome, looks like you have some fun toys in there.

 

[JTurbo]

Thanks. The black one is my daily driver (3 seasons) with at factory 2.3 4cyl Turbo.
Red one is weekend cruiser.

 

[HSpencer]

Good looking paint work and very nice shop to do it in. I am always very impressed on folks who do this at home. Restoration is a good thing!! Great looking vehicles in the first photo!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

 

[Bob Hall]

Great looking pony cars! Do you do the paint work right there? I ask because the
garage seems pretty clean, no overspray on everything.

 

[JTurbo]

Good looking paint work and very nice shop to do it in. I am always very impressed on folks who do this at home. Restoration is a good thing!! Great looking vehicles in the first photo!!

Best Regards
Herb Spencer

Thanks - the garage is used mainly for body and paint work on my project cars and a few projects on friends cars as well. I also do most of my mechanics on my own vehicles as well.

Great looking pony cars! Do you do the paint work right there? I ask because the garage seems pretty clean, no overspray on everything.

Thanks - there is some over spray but not much. I have a really good exhaust fan on the back of the garage that keeps the air flowing. During a paint session, I use multiple disposable filters to trap the over spray. And I use a HVLP spray guns which seems to cut down on the wasted materials.

 

[JTurbo]

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[Rockuf8]

Impressive! Subscribed.

 

[JTurbo]

Impressive! Subscribed.

Thanks, since I'm a newbie, I'm not exactly sure how much projects vs. garage build should be in this thread...

 

[dubber]

Thanks, since I'm a newbie, I'm not exactly sure how much projects vs. garage build should be in this thread...

Its your thread.... As long as its relevant and non-offensive your good to go! Great work btw on those rides.

 

[JTurbo]

Its your thread.... As long as its relevant and non-offensive your good to go! Great work btw on those rides.

Ok, good deal. Thanks!

 

[JTurbo]

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[handyman_20772]

Nice

 

[nsschwenk]

Few questions about automotive painting at your home garage:

What do you do for ventilation for your garage? (box fans?)

What temperature do you paint at or what do you do? (room temp?)

What kinda equipment do you use? (compressor/gun) (most home garages only have 120 volt outlets)

I know automotive body isn't hard, what works for you when painting in your home garage?

Please pm me.

Thanks

 

[dubber]

Amazing paintwork your able to do in that garage.

 

[JTurbo]

Nice

Thanks!

Few questions about automotive painting at your home garage:
What do you do for ventilation for your garage? (box fans?)
What temperature do you paint at or what do you do? (room temp?)
What kinda equipment do you use? (compressor/gun) (most home garages only have 120 volt outlets)
I know automotive body isn't hard, what works for you when painting in your home garage?
Please pm me.
Thanks

1) I have a large fan mounted on the back wall of the garage near the ceiling. Draw fresh air in through the front window. I'll have to get a pic of it...
2) try to paint when the humidity is low and temp is below 80 degrees
3a) Compressor is Sears 33 Gal single stage (sort of small), 120VAC. Water trap that I drain with each paint cup fill. Also use a disposable water filter at the paint gun air inlet. So far it's worked OK
3b) paint guns are Devilbliss starting line, sourced from Eastwood (3 guns in the kit). They are HVLP and I spray around 20-25 PSI.
4) I have a system that seems to work. After all the prep / body work is complete, I shoot a good coat of laquer primer then block sand. Then I always go over the car with a coat of sealer prior to painting the top coat.

Prep is the key, can't have any contaminants prior to paint. If you have any other questions let me know. I only covered the very basics. There are a ton if little tips and tricks that I've learned...

Amazing paintwork your able to do in that garage.

Thanks

 

[JTurbo]

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[JTurbo]

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[JTurbo]

Just finished work on this 79 Capri, Replaced the front rad support:

Donor:

 

[JTurbo]

Both ends of the frame rails were hacked, needed to be patched:



Nose back on:

Even did a quick patch on the floor:

 

[JTurbo]

Oh, and did a new clutch in my 86 GT vert (prev owner installed a HD clutch. It was killing my lower back, so I went with a stock replacement - pedal fell is so much better):


Scuzzy:

All cleaned up:

 

[Re-Volv]

As I see you are in Massachusetts as well, be VERY careful with spraying paint at home. The state regulates auto body shops and they all need to be registered with the Division of Standards and the Environmental Protection Agency. They can come at you pretty hard with fines if they discover you're running an unlicensed shop out of your house.

Not trying to scare you (or anyone else) just a word to the wise. (Saw it happen to someone here in town.)

On a different note, the cars look great and it's nice to see someone doing things the right way and not the easy way!

 

[Laredo]

Hey J!!! So cool to see you over hear!
I always look forward to seeing your projects on the Mustang sites.

Couple questions: 1) What kind of welder do you have? 2) What do you use for parts cleaning?

 

[JTurbo]

As I see you are in Massachusetts as well, be VERY careful with spraying paint at home. The state regulates auto body shops and they all need to be registered with the Division of Standards and the Environmental Protection Agency. They can come at you pretty hard with fines if they discover you're running an unlicensed shop out of your house.

Not trying to scare you (or anyone else) just a word to the wise. (Saw it happen to someone here in town.)

On a different note, the cars look great and it's nice to see someone doing things the right way and not the easy way!

Thanks. Yeah, not running anything out of my garage (have a full time job in a non-related industry), just doing favors for friends. But your message comes in loud and clear....

Hey J!!! So cool to see you over hear!
I always look forward to seeing your projects on the Mustang sites.

Couple questions: 1) What kind of welder do you have? 2) What do you use for parts cleaning?

Hi Laredo - thanks! Welder is below, Lincoln Electric flux core from Home Depot. Cleaning depends on the job. Pressure washer for big stuff, brake cleaner (non-welding projects) or Lacquer Thinner.

JT