My Cave

[02proxdude]

in my wieldest dreams i have ever fathomed a space that cool, nore ever thought it would already exist on this planet. simply amazing shop, cool classic Chevells, kick *** boats, pool, dyno ,and everything. At least the space is starting to pay for itself it sounds like and the work looks like a good time. keep the pics coming of the other projects as i go get a towel and clean up my drool puddle over here!

 

[2many projects]

Glad to see you mowed the lawn, looks respectable.
NOW, we'll knock on your door and welcome you with a cake.
Can I bring my swim suit along?

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Do I see a surfboard in the corner of the pool room? Surfing in Michigan? On a lake? Insane place by the way.

 

[Brian41]

gonna have any of your builds at the Greenfield Village car show next weekend?

Actually yes there will be a few of my old work at the show. Between 10 and 20 years ago most of what I did was cars for 1910's to 1960's now most are 1970's muscle cars. In fact I use to do the work for Les Henry the curator for the car museum at Greenfield Village on his personal collection before his passing.

 

[Brian41]

Do I see a surfboard in the corner of the pool room? Surfing in Michigan? On a lake? Insane place by the way.

No the surfboard is just a prop the wife bought to decorate the room and thanks for the comments.

 

[sammm]

wow....like the boat says...

 

[matt60j]

Nice Chevelles! Any more info on them? -MATT

 

[xJoey Dubsx]

welcome from Cleveland! come pick me up downtown sometime on that thing n take me to your place and let me drool all over ur garage! haha.

 

[egads74]

Nice... Is the pool room heated (how)? How do you deal w/ humidity in that room?
Issue with your whole house smelling of chlorine?

 

[Rickster55]

Like my old lady use to say............."cripes"..... "thats huge"!!!!

Don't feel special - she used to tell me the same thing! j/k

 

[theroyz71]

Awesome property but why do you have a cover on an indoor pool? It doesn't appear to be one of those covers that you can walk on.

 

[theroyz71]

Don't feel special - she used to tell me the same thing! j/k

LMAO!


That's funny.

 

[Brunow]

Ow my god!

 

[Brian41]

Nice... Is the pool room heated (how)? How do you deal w/ humidity in that room?
Issue with your whole house smelling of chlorine?

Room does not need heat the pool keeps it warm in the winter. We keep it covered when not in use to control humidity and keep the heat in the pool. In the summer we open the windows. No problem with the chlorine smell at all in the house. We keep the chlorine level just below ideal and it does not use much because the sun does not burn it off but we are considering going with salt.

 

[Ord]

Wow, that amazing!

I am going to bookmark this page, and anytime my wife thinks I am going overboard with my garage I'll show her these pictures

 

[Brian41]

Adding a new toy to the cave. I will have to widen the front door because its 12' wide and my opening is only 11' 11"

 

[Brian41]

In for the winter and time to get ready for next summer.

 

[woodbutch]

Great space B. I hope You are having fun at work, cause it sure looks like a blast! Thanks for sharing.

 

[dykstra]

Adding a new toy to the cave. I will have to widen the front door because its 12' wide and my opening is only 11' 11"

Is that Mark Smiths old boat "Chi Town Hustler"?

 

[Brian41]

Is that Mark Smiths old boat "Chi Town Hustler"?

Yes it is. Do you know Mark?

 

[SteelArt]

Wow that is a serioulsy cool shed you have there.

 

[dykstra]

Yes it is. Do you know Mark?

I met him at LOTO shootout, great guy, bad azz boat, congrats and you have a sweet shop.

 

[PaulR]

I saw some of these boats on some show yesterday, history/discovery channel I forget, some girls out of Louisiana own a shop and put together 170 mph boats, dual 1400HP supercharged motors.

I'll stick to hard ground and slow 4x4's thanks.

 

[Brian41]

I met him at LOTO shootout, great guy, bad azz boat, congrats and you have a sweet shop.

I see you are a OSO regular also and thanks.

 

[jaredneck10]

Cave? thats a fricken cavern!!!

 

[KYGTP]

Now that is a CAVE.

Very nice spot and I am sure you scored it at a very good price!! Pretty darn cool.

Now we just need to video clips of that motor on the dyno

 

[bkg]

adopt me... please.

 

[408Chevelle]

I like the man cave, but I really like your choice in cars! Not that I'm biased or anything.

 

[Brian41]

Thanks guys,
As happens when you buy something that somebody else built it is always a work in progress to make it your own. In the spring I am going to put metal roofs on both the building and the house. Being in the open surrounded by farm feilds the wind removes about 200 shingles a year.

Heres a project I finish last month.

 

[4StarCstms]

Sweet Place!! I'd never wanna goto the house, Just have a cot in the back ...

What motor is in the Cobra? Looking at the valve cover, it appears to be the FE bolt pattern.. is it a true 427? Would love to see some video of that baby if it is! Love the ole FE motors

 

[Brian41]

Sweet Place!! I'd never wanna goto the house, Just have a cot in the back ...

What motor is in the Cobra? Looking at the valve cover, it appears to be the FE bolt pattern.. is it a true 427? Would love to see some video of that baby if it is! Love the ole FE motors

Thanks I spend about 16 hours a day in the building during the week and 10 a day on weekends when its not boating season. I have a few buddies that come over after 6 PM on most week nights for pop. Thier wives blame all their problems on me but my wife loves it because she can control the TV remote and she knows where I'm at.

Yes it is a true 427 side oiler with 6 bolt main caps. The car is not mine it belongs to a customer.

 

[MacmanSW20]

That cobra is a beautiful peace of work, your "man cave" is amazing. I am very jealous, you do amazing work!

 

[Brian41]

Its been a while since I have been on the site.I have made some changes and added some man cave must haves.

1st the 39 OE I bought 2 years ago did not work out so well....Mark Smith never paid the boat off and I still do not have a title, so I replaced it with this.

 

[Brian41]

Added this a..... must have for the after hours crowd.

 

[Brian41]

New box and entertainment area.

 

[SoL from Sweden]

wow as everyone has already siad, great place, invite the whole garagejournal forum, i bet you will have the worlds first "drool pool" thats gonna be some kind of a record

 

[m5hor]

dang nice set up! wish i had that mch space

 

[crv]

I'm in SE Michigan as well....do you need any help operating that new Snap-On "tool?"

 

[Mmfh]

I'll jump on here as I just found your thread, I don't have words that describe what I'm feeling about your shop. Its make me believe in something again, something to hope for again, I hope the hell some day I have a place like that

One of the best here on GJ for sure!!

Mm

 

[Brian41]

Getting close to finishing 70X16 spray/glass/prep booth. Doing a cross draft with bifold filter door on close end and filter wall on far end. The trailer is 50' and will be the first project for the booth.