N00b with a garage pic

[28HopUp]

N00b with garage pics

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here but not to cars or forums. I favor the Blue Oval, but respect all cars worthy of being admired. Although I love traditional hot rods (hence my username), my current interests are all-vintage Mustangs. I still have my first car - a 66 Mustang coupe with 289/auto. I am also restoring a 1985 SSP Mustang, which was one of 155 that the California Highway Patrol purchased that year. It's a fun car - 5.0L, 5-speed!

I am still in the process of fixing up our attached 2-car garage. Here's a picture from when I was swapping rear-ends between two of my Mustangs before selling the coupe -

The garage walls were in HORRIBLE condition (builder-quality work). I was able to smooth out the top part of the drywall and ceiling. The lower portion is plastic corrugated roofing, which covers alot of sins. The wall-covering project is about 2/3 completed, as the exterior walls of the garage are still open studs. I will be running wiring and insulating those before finishing the walls out. Overhead lighting was upgraded to two 8' dual-bulb fluorescent light fixtures. Overhead surface-mount plastic conduit also routes to four 110volt outlets on the ceiling for droplights/dropcords.

I really am looking forward to pour over the other threads for ideas on how to finish the space out cosmetically, yet keep the garage functional for my needs.

 

[Z06Joe]

Looks good!!!!

 

[stok2]

From what I can see looks like a good workspace.

 

[Jack Olsen]

More pictures?

 

[28HopUp]

More pictures?

Are you asking for garage pics, or pics of the cars?

I'll get some more of the garage space in the next day or so.

 

[Kevin54]

Are you asking for garage pics, or pics of the cars?

I'll get some more of the garage space in the next day or so.

Yes
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[Brookesy]

Welcome to the forum nice to have a fellow blue oval on board.

 

[jktruck150]

You have a 2 car garage, but you mentioned at least about 3-4 cars you own. Where do you keep the rest? I agree with all above, more pics of both the cars and the shop? Do you have a problems with melting the plastic or breaking it if you were to hit it? Good luck, and looks good!

 

[eborcim]

You know, that plastic corrugated sounds like a good idea. Kinda softens the tin look. If the walls were not already finished, you could easily flush mount lighting, finish around, and then cover it with the plastic corr to protect.

 

[28HopUp]

You have a 2 car garage, but you mentioned at least about 3-4 cars you own. Where do you keep the rest? I agree with all above, more pics of both the cars and the shop? Do you have a problems with melting the plastic or breaking it if you were to hit it? Good luck, and looks good!

Too many toys - not enough space! [a common problem I'm sure]

The garage is used for two cars - the wife's 2005 Mustang vert, and my 66 Mustang coupe (the same car I had in high school). The driveway holds my daily driver 2005 Explorer and the 85 CHP Mustang I'm restoring. And then I sometimes have a company F-150 4x4 at the house.

Here's what the garage looked like when we moved there in 2005 -

The 28 RHD Model A was sold a few years ago, but I'd like to find another one some day.

Here are some current shots of the garage -

The shot shows the surface-mounted conduit on the ceiling, which also serves to hide the drywall joints that are notorious in my neighborhood for popping through (2 layers of drywall on the ceilings) -

Here's a good shot of the unfinished portion of the garage -

This winter I had an insulated door installed (I'd post a picture, but it needs to be painted to match our exterior trim color). I've gotten some great ideas from GJ for my garage. Regarding the plastic corrugated, the material chips if cutting on a table saw or circle saw, but I put those edges at the bottom and will cover them with baseboard. It'll cut with regular scissors or a utility knife. And the stuff is cheap enough that if I damage the wall I can unscrew the panel and replace it in no time.

 

[28HopUp]

Progresss has been made on my attached 2-car garage. All of the walls are now insulated with R-13, along with vapor barrier. I ran two 20-amp electric circuits before hanging the drywall. I alternated their placement along the wall, and used different recepticle colors to identify each circuit. The wall with the overhead door still needs drywall hung over the door itself, but the corners are now finished.

The brother of a good friend was refurbishing his kitchen, so I scored his unwanted cherry-colored overhead cabinets for free. Oil-based Kills Primer was used, then latex trim color was applied (an off-white), with matches the "chair-rail" above the corrugated roofing.

I still need to move the white fridge up from the basement. The cabinets were placed to allow storage of the ladders and ramps in the corner. The workbench came out of my deceased father-in-law's garage.

I will take more pictures in the next day or so.

 

[28HopUp]

Having re-read my thread, I almost wish I deleted it and started over with something that is better organized. Since I don't want to clutter up the forum by starting a new thread, you'll all have to deal with my ADD ramblings in this one!

OK, let's start with the view from the driveway. I ordered a carriage style door from Overhead Door Co, which was installed over the winter. It's an insulated unit, to make things more bearable in the cold. Sadly, the door wasn't exactly as ordered, in that the raised sections were white and the panels were sandstone. So I lived with it over the winter and painted the door once things warmed up.

The security sign is real - the house is alarmed and the two garage windows have sensors on them. With the door open, I'll post inside pics in a clockwise pattern starting with the outside right corner -

The wooden armiore came from my dad's garage, and is used for gardening supplies. During the warmer months, the snow blower stays here. I mounted one bike up high on the wall, and the two bikes for the boys are on the floor for easier access. You can see that I still need to drywall over the door.

Here is the outside left corner -

During the warmer months, the push mower is stored here for easy access. Still need to mount a bracket on the wall for the weedeater. Once the weather gets cold, the snow blower and mower switch positions.

I am NOT thrilled with having the garden hose in the garage, which is where the spigot is located. I had a wall-mounted hose reel on that wall, but the cheap POS broke where the supply line enters the reel and it washed Debbie's convertible (the top was up thankfully). So I went with an old-fashioned loop holder. It's not shown, but the lawn spreader is mounted up high in the dead space between the overhead door and the left wall.

Notice the Schlage keypad lock on the inside door to the house. That keeps unwanted creeps from entering the house if the outer door is open. I highly recommend getting one of these.

More to come...

 

[28HopUp]

Here's a quick pic of the ladder rack I made using black angle iron and threaded rod -

I've tripped over that ladder for years, but I got the idea here to raise it up and outa the way.

I will post a few more pics later tonight...

 

[28HopUp]

Here's a shot of the back left corner -

The wooden box by the steps is for recycling. The two yellow rolling cabinets will eventually be painted green matching the walls. The 15 gallon Exxon grease barrel is used for trash, and will be painted too.

 

[28HopUp]

Here's a shot of the back right corner -

As said before, this workbench belonged to my father-in-law, who passed away in 2005. I would guess that it's about 40-50 years old. You can see where he stuck the old inspection stickers from his car's plates over the years. Rather than stick one over the other, he would meticulously peel the old one off and apply the new one to the plate. Then he would stick the old one to the side of his workbench. I've carried on the tradition.

Here's another shot -

You can see how I identified the new 20-amp circuits by using different receptacles. I used 1x3" to frame out the outlets when next to the corrugated. You can also see the cinder blocks I have set aside for raising the fridge up over the foundation lip so I can set it back closer to the wall.

That's all I have for now. I have many things left on my to-do list, and I add to that list every time I visit this forum. I absolutely LOVE this place!

 

[Leeroy254]

Nice. Love the 4-eyed SSP. I've got an 89 coupe myself.

 

[28HopUp]

Nice. Love the 4-eyed SSP. I've got an 89 coupe myself.

Thanks! Here's some pics of the SSP -

 

[kfainf]

Great looking garage. I really like that corrugated plastic wall covering. Love the Mustangs also.

 

[jktruck150]

That plactic looks a lot better than i expected! How long did it take to you to "finish" a wall? Love the cars too!

 

[28HopUp]

That plactic looks a lot better than i expected! How long did it take to you to "finish" a wall? Love the cars too!

Finishing the drywall mud on a wall takes longer than cutting and installing the plastic corrugated. The pointed black sheetmetal screws press through when tightening with a screwdriver, so there's no pre-drilling. The corrugated is cheap enough and so easy to work with (in comparison to metal). I bought 12' long sheets and cut them in half. Had I only wanted the corrugated to run 4' instead of 6', then it would have cost even less.

I went to Lowes and had them color-match the corrugated for things like trim around the outlets. I also cut-in with the tan behind the top and bottom edges to help hide any mistakes I made while cutting. The wall corners also look better by cutting in the paint, as the sheets simply **** up next to each other in the corner. I also laid the sheets in such a way that the seams are less obvious. By that, if you look at the left side wall, I installed the first sheet in the back corner and overlapped the subsequent sheets as I worked my way forward. When you are in the driveway looking in, you do not see the seams on that wall. But if you are standing by the hanging cabinets the seams are visible (but they're not bad looking).

In redoing my garage, I needed to match the exterior design of the house, which has a farmhouse feel to it (built in '96). When the overhead door is open, everyone driving up the street can see right into the garage. So a modern design would not have flowed well in my garage. That's why I like having the wooden pieces in the garage, and the corrugated ties in well IMO.

EDIT: BTW, thanks for the nice comments about the SSP guys!

 

[simontudor]

looking really good!

 

[28HopUp]

A big day!

Well, I haven't had two cars parked in the garage for a while, but today I was finally able to do it!

This shot shows the fridge has been moved to the garage. I keep the SSP's magnetic police logos on it. The house door is from our 13yo son's room. After he slammed the door shut in a huff, I went upstairs and took the door off its hinges. He'll get it back in a week or two.

 

[28HopUp]

Utilizing Dead Space

Here's a shot of how I got the lawn spreader, weedwacker, and snow shovels outa the way -

The spreader is seldom used, so putting it up high on a large nail in that dead space seemed like a no-brainer. During the winter, the snow blower will sit in place of the lawn mower, so having the shovels handy will be a plus.

EDIT: And I finally finished the drywall over the garage door!

 

[28HopUp]

I found this picture on my camera's memory card, so I thought I'd include it here.

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So far I've been fairly good about keeping the space clean. But it is SO easy to let things get cluttered up. So every weekend I go through and organize things, which now takes minutes instead of hours.