My first garage

[James21]

Well Im 22 years old and my fiancee and I just purchased are first home. I've spent some time working on the garage but I still have lots to do. Heres some pics of what it looks like right now.

House

Garage its about 550sqft
What it stared as. (I painted the Grey)

Paint going up

I want to lay down an epoxy floor coating, but I think its still to cold out to do it.

Ill be parking this in the garage

 

[chrislehr]

Nice car and nice start. The woman looks less than thrilled in that one pic though.

 

[cyclopsblown34]

I think she'd rather be parked in the house. parking a woman in the garage can cause loads of grief for the man of the house. No matter how nice the Nova she shares the space with.

 

[TAMPAGT07]

Nice garage. Keep us posted, and yes the fiancee does look a little frustrated. You might want to check out this thread:

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30498

 

[TAMPAGT07]

I think she'd rather be parked in the house. parking a woman in the garage can cause loads of grief for the man of the house. No matter how nice the Nova she shares the space with.

I think he meant just the nova will be in the garage . Of course, he might be spending a few nights out there in the future. Let's just hope that he is there because he is working on a project, and that he is not in "the doghouse."

 

[Griot's Garage]

Welcome James! Congrats on the new place. Looks like it's coming along well.

You will want to wait until the temperature is consistently above 50° when you apply the epoxy floor paint.



-Derek

 

[RaceDeck1]

Congrats on your first new home and I like your ride - I had one of those in high shcool...though not as nice as yours

 

[HAMAR]

Nice house, Chevy Nova AND a beautiful girlfriend, you are one lucky man

 

[Crow11]

Nova? Saw no Nova.....

...Opps nevermind there it is, missed it the first time. ; )

 

[Crow11]

Also very nice first house and the garage is comming along real well, welcome and congrats!

 

[Fatbrosracing]

Congrats, nothing like having your first house, your own space to mess with as you please. Love the Nova, most people I know had to sell their pride and joy to get into their first place, I did it tough for a while, but I kept my toys. Love the color scheme.

 

[James21]

LOL Thanks for all the comments guys! She was really tired, it was 12PM on a work night and she kept saying "lets go home" I had to get some garage pics though.

I've had the nova since high school, I did a full restore on it with my dad back in 2003.

Fatbrosracing: Ya I know what you mean about having to sell your car to get in you first place. I did think about selling it but I sold my 07 rabbit instead. Now I have a 95 civic as a DD. And ya I like your colors too LOL!

Heres a few updated pics. I Still have lots to do but I wanted to get one of my cars in the garage. I'm going to try to restore the snap on box a bit too. I might try to wax it LOL. Ill be bringing over the nova as soon as I get the garage done.

 

[thetastelingers]

Lookin good man!
Good job keeping the Nova.

 

[goodfellow]

There is something about a pretty young lady sitting on the hood of muscle car -- you never get tired of that.

Great job!!! you're doin' just fine

 

[Richard Givan]

Looking good. And your girl seems to be a good sport even if less than thrilled to be spending time rehabbing the garage.

Good luck with the rest of your work.

 

[dmw56]

Congrats it must be quite thrilling to have your first home and garage to call your own. I know I was. Have fun and nice Nova.

 

[Kevin54]

Congrats on your first new home and I like your ride - I had one of those in high shcool...though not as nice as yours

What did you think of the Nova though

j/k!!

Nice starter garage James. Way better looking now that you added your touch to it. Hope to see more pics as you progress on it.

BTW...Welcome to the site!!!

 

[James21]

Okay I did a bit more decorating. I also Replaced my stereo after looking in the "garage stereo" thread. I saw people using car CD players for stereos in the garage. It just so happend I had a kenwood deck lying around. So I wired it up and it sounds awesome.

JBL speakers. I may add two more on each side of the main garage door. I'm not sure yet though.

I'm going to move the TV over the back door in my garage. I need to build a nice corner shelf first though.

Just picked up this nice low profile jack at costco

I installed a full stereo system for my buddy in his new Samurai

My cars

I still have lots to do but its coming along nicely. I picked up my epoxy floor coating but I'm waiting till it warms up a bit. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[73super]

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One of my FAVORITE cars.. and in RED! Wow! That brings back memories of high school big time! Love it! Would like to see more pics!

 

[Red'n'WhiteRebel]

Nice work James. The place looks great. Buying a house at your age will pay off down the road big time.

 

[James21]

So I finally got around to building my laundry room and the false wall around the furnace. I still need to mud, tape and paint but here are some pics. Next up is flooring.

 

[c5golfguy]

What a difference the walls made in your space. Looks good. Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

 

[James21]

What a difference the walls made in your space. Looks good. Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

Thanks allot!

 

[James21]

So I'm really on the fence about what I should do on flooring. I already bought two epoxy floor kits, The weather-beater sears kits. I'm just afraid the floor will lift. As you can see my floors already had paint on them. I was planning on renting a sander to sand the floors clean then use the acid etching kits. I'm not sure what I want to do. Any thoughts?

 

[trent_44]

Nice work on the garage!! How did you power your stereo? Thanks

Trent

 

[James21]

Nice work on the garage!! How did you power your stereo? Thanks

Trent

Thanks! I used a 12 volt 2amp power adapter. You can buy them at radio shack or other electronic stores.

 

[c5golfguy]

James... I went to Home Depot and rented a concrete grinder with diamond tipped studs on the bottom to give a good rough sanding on the floor. Then acid etched and seemed to have been good until moisture coming up from under my footings in my basement/garage and caused the epoxy to start peeling. RaceDeck will be going in once I get the water issue figured out. It also doesn't help that my county here in GA had record flooding the last month.

 

[SSFOS]

James,

What kind of attachment device did you use for the stereo? I myself have an older Alpine head unit, a set of Polk mid's and a sub that I would like to put in my garage. I have already picked up a dedicated power supply from RadioShack.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[63falconconvert]

congrates on your new home, great garage and car. Question how did you power your car stereo for the garage?

 

[James21]

James,

What kind of attachment device did you use for the stereo? I myself have an older Alpine head unit, a set of Polk mid's and a sub that I would like to put in my garage. I have already picked up a dedicated power supply from RadioShack.

Thanks,

Scott

Scott,

I just bout a universal under dash radio kit. from a local stereo shop. Here is a link to one on e-bay. Not bad for 12 dollars shipped. Good luck

http://cgi.ebay.com/Universal-Under...nting-Kit_W0QQitemZ390095261009QQcmdZViewItem

congrates on your new home, great garage and car. Question how did you power your car stereo for the garage?

Thanks! I used a 12 volt 2 amp power supply adapter you can buy at most small electronic stores. I bought mine at Radio shack.

 

[James21]

I painted my garage this weekend. I only got the walls done. I still need to paint the trim and ceiling. I'm going to paint the ceiling red. I need to get some more shop lights in too.

Here are some crappy Iphone pics

 

[James21]

I'm going for this look.

 

[trb97]

I think its cool to see a tuner car and a muscle car in the same driveway.

 

[Motown 454]

Nice job on the garage. I have a picture something like the except it has 69 Z28's . Now all I need is a garage to put it in. Nice job..

 

[Yellowmann]

Congrats on the new house n garage looks good.