Casuallywreckless
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Hello! I've been a long time lurker gathering info and just browsing the incredible amount knowledge and generosity this forum seems to offer! I've been renting garages for years and finally found myself in a position where I could finally build my own and not have to travel to work on projects! 
After browsing through here I always read that people wish the would have went bigger. So my plans quickly changed once I began measuring things. I'm a big oldschool water cooled vw fan. My intension was to build a 20x36 space in my yard but after measuring the scirocco and the touareg I decided that just wasn't goin to be a space I'd be happy with. I finally measured everything length of the cars width doors open ect. I then bought drafting paper and layed each one out to scale to determine a final size of 36x36x14'4" The height measurement came from looking up future lift plans. I am quite happy with how it worked out and am beyond stoked to finally have a place to call mine! Constructive critism is welcomed! Its a work in progress but I have a lifetime to make it my own! I couldn't believe how many hoops my township made me jump through to erect this thing though!
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Built a nice 8x10 workbench
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Pulled my daily sh*tbox in to get an idea of the space.
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As the summer progressed and the concrete cured 90 days as recomended I epoxied the floor let it dry and brought the projects home outa storage. 86 scirocco with a 6cyl swap and a 88 rabbit convertable for the wife with a 1.8t swap
don't mind the big stupid wheels on the scirocco they were for transporting purposes.
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I have insulated it since the fall and will begin to drywall soon! Its just been so damn cold in pa to do much of anything! The wife's summer daily for those of you curious about the vw hoard
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My 1984 scirocco I dailyd throughout hs and hope to restore
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A parts car
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Andddd my touareg
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There mayyyyyy be 1 or 2 more lol
My future plans are to terminate a 100amp service this summer along with retop coating my driveway to accommodate the transition into the workspace. T5 lighting and just enjoy it!
After browsing through here I always read that people wish the would have went bigger. So my plans quickly changed once I began measuring things. I'm a big oldschool water cooled vw fan. My intension was to build a 20x36 space in my yard but after measuring the scirocco and the touareg I decided that just wasn't goin to be a space I'd be happy with. I finally measured everything length of the cars width doors open ect. I then bought drafting paper and layed each one out to scale to determine a final size of 36x36x14'4" The height measurement came from looking up future lift plans. I am quite happy with how it worked out and am beyond stoked to finally have a place to call mine! Constructive critism is welcomed! Its a work in progress but I have a lifetime to make it my own! I couldn't believe how many hoops my township made me jump through to erect this thing though!
<a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/image_zpscdabde96.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/image_zpscdabde96.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image_zpscdabde96.jpg"/></a>
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Built a nice 8x10 workbench
<a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/image_zpsabd0315e.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/image_zpsabd0315e.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image_zpsabd0315e.jpg"/></a>
Pulled my daily sh*tbox in to get an idea of the space.
<a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/image_zps15b25762.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/image_zps15b25762.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image_zps15b25762.jpg"/></a>
As the summer progressed and the concrete cured 90 days as recomended I epoxied the floor let it dry and brought the projects home outa storage. 86 scirocco with a 6cyl swap and a 88 rabbit convertable for the wife with a 1.8t swap
don't mind the big stupid wheels on the scirocco they were for transporting purposes. <a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/image_zps1db28f81.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/image_zps1db28f81.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image_zps1db28f81.jpg"/></a>
I have insulated it since the fall and will begin to drywall soon! Its just been so damn cold in pa to do much of anything! The wife's summer daily for those of you curious about the vw hoard
<a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/image_zps41037b4b.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/image_zps41037b4b.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo image_zps41037b4b.jpg"/></a>
My 1984 scirocco I dailyd throughout hs and hope to restore
<a href="http://s1236.photobucket.com/user/Sweetrocco420/media/77ADB9CA-55EB-4321-A114-94C095AFBEB7_zpsoniftzey.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff456/Sweetrocco420/77ADB9CA-55EB-4321-A114-94C095AFBEB7_zpsoniftzey.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 77ADB9CA-55EB-4321-A114-94C095AFBEB7_zpsoniftzey.jpg"/></a>
A parts car
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Andddd my touareg
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There mayyyyyy be 1 or 2 more lol
My future plans are to terminate a 100amp service this summer along with retop coating my driveway to accommodate the transition into the workspace. T5 lighting and just enjoy it!
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