my "garage" (i use the term loosely)

[brandonwillis]

Well guys, im new to the forum. I found it because of the HAMB, Ive been lurking on here for a few weeks checking out projects and i joined because i think there is a lot of great knowledge. While my current "garage" isnt a garage at all. We have been looking at houses to purchase(currently renting) and building a garage is going to be my first priority (because tucson homes that have garages are normally in a HOA...no thanks, i like my noise and cool **** very much thank you)

I used to have a local shop, but that didnt work out, so untill i save up enough cash to start a new one, or we find a house, this will do. (rather buy a house right now so i can get obamas 8k)

enjoy

first up i have to show off my new baby. matco 4s, 1 year old, blank warranty card. with new locks/liners and a wood top(still waiting on that) for 2k, not to shabby

now my "garage" (aka ez up, porch and tarp)

cheapo husky has lasted me almost 5 years, i think i paid like 250 for it and it still runs like a champ

some of my machines new craftsman drill 17" drill press thanks to the gf for my birthday, miller 251 mig, miller 140 mig.(not pictured are my hypertherm powermax 1000 plasma and my miller syncrowave 200 tig, there at a buddies house while we are building his sand rail)

and heres 2 pictures inside my old shop 1700 sq ft 4 bay

 

[Vernmotor]

Man you need a garage bad !!!

 

[rickey1013]

Great collection of tools and nice toolbox, I feel your pain just got into my own home first time buyer and looking forward to the $8,000 myself good luck on getting your own place.

 

[makgreens]

how does your stuff not get jacked?
and is that a dodge cab?

 

[Diesel-Mech]

Nice stuff, so do you sleep outside with a shotgun in hand or is that dog a lot bigger than he looks in the picture?

 

[arkangel06]

man you need a garage!!!

 

[RCR]

WOW, reminds me of Dan tana, drive in to yer kitchen! Kinda! Make use of what ya got! Good work!

 

[brandonwillis]

haha yeah i need a garage bad. Im working on it. and stuff doesnt get lifted because the dog. all points of entery are locked, then chained and locked again. all the machines get chained together at night. the box gets locked.

and then the signs posted that say trespassers will be shot helps too im sure. Trust me i worry about it all the time. But ive got a 12g at the front door, a .38 snub nose in the kitchen, and a .45 in the bedroom. The only downfall to that is, in the state of arizona it doesnt matter if they are just on your property they have to be in your house to put them down.

i just hope no one tries anything and pay my insurance bill.

 

[awakeinAZ]

HOA's would fear you! Good to see someone else from Tucson on the board!

 

[brandonwillis]

HOA's would fear you! Good to see someone else from Tucson on the board!

haha thanks. and yeah, they would. What can i say, i cant pass up a good deal.

Right now just at my house i have a( i live in a duplex)
65 ford f100
64 chevy flat bed
2000 cadillac deville dhs
1940 chevy coupe
97 volvo 850( dont ever buy one anyone its a peice of ****)
97 kia sportage

then ive got another 89rx7 at my girlfriends house, waiting for me to get the time to take all the worth while **** off it and haul it to the scrapper.

 

[awakeinAZ]

With all those projects you don't have time to work! LOL. Looks like you have a notch cut in the truck chassis and are into the lowered thing - cool!

Recommend you check the laundrey basket for scorpions before bringing inside!

Hope you stick around and post some pics as you complete the truck.

 

[brandonwillis]

i have actually never had a scorpion problem. the only animal problems weve had is we had a black bear in our grapefruit tree one time and a golden eagle ate my cat. Other than that we havent had any problems. Im rather centrally located in Tucson. But ill make sure to check it.

the truck was finished when i was 17(im 21 now) But i got my *** chewed out on the HAMB for poor design work, and i took their advice, cut it into peices, and rebuilt it. The cab is at my house and the chassis is at a freinds(the one who has my tig/plasma)

heres pictures of the truck from like a year or 2 ago

the old chassis before paint, this is my previois 4 link set up the front was bagged on ibeams

this is the only picture i have of the new chassis

and for fun, heres a picture of what that 47 chevy 5 window (its actually a 50 i think, but its registered as a 47 so of well) when the customer brought her over

and heres my chopped 40 chevy coupe still a work in progress, now all the doors are finished, im just waiting on my english wheel anvils so i can finish up designing and building it and wheel out the filler piece for the roof.

 

[awakeinAZ]

Looking good. Be sure to check other peoples projects on a thread called hot rod garages. Some nice stuff there

 

[rickairmedic]

Sweet lookin Slick Brandon and sittin that low on Bagged Ibeams impressive . I have a 63 Unibody that needs to come into the garage someday and get cut up . The sad part is I have a 2&1/2 car garage and so much **** the only vehicles in it at the mpoment are the 98 Blazer and the Pit scooter unless you count the outboard for the Boat I am also restoring in the driveway LOL.


Rick

 

[brandonwillis]

hey trust me. i know all about the lack of garage space. but for right now, i pay 475 a month for a 1400sqft 2 bed 1 bath, duplex, with 4 parking spots up front, and a pretty big back yard. So it works, untill i buy a house, or start another shop up. I love my overhead(split between me and the gf) Keeps the profit high. Which is good when you have a bad tool habit.

 

[OUNATE]

Man I couldn't sleep at night and I'd be bald (more bald) with that many tools outside. Nice projects though

 

[brandonwillis]

locks and guns.... locks and guns.....

all machines are chained and locked, the toolbox is chained to the house, and locked. so if someone wants to walk off with something, they are gonna have to make some noise trying, thus alerting my 12 gauge