New Guy, few shop pics

[78pimpala]

Sup fellas, been lurking for awaile but have never posted, bought a FL80 last night and was taking pictures of it and the shop, figured id share

 

[82_454_shorty]

Now that's a workin' shop!

Welcome to the board.

 

[78pimpala]

thanks, the old man runs the trucking buisness here but its mostly a big man cave, ill have to get some better quality pics, and some box content pics

 

[tinbender 66]

Looks like you've got lots of cool stuff lurking there in the nooks and crannies! I'd love to have an old safe like that one!

 

[clutch93]

That place is GREAT! So much character and so many cool parts and tools lurking around. Very nice, any plans for changes or upgrades?

 

[78pimpala]

thanks guys, the shop used to be a drive threw car wash that my grandfather opened in the early 60's, after he passed away it was given to my father, and he ran the buisness untill it wasnt turing a profit anymore, it was also my first, and favorite job ( towel drying cars)

my father then went into the trucking buisness and me and him turned the building into a shop for the truck, now he has basically passed it down to me, its my playhouse lol, for the future i wanna build a second story over the office so i can live there, and would really like to get the inside painted

its taken 10 years to get the place the way it is today, i wish i had pics of the before, had strip all the equipment out, have the entire roof done, added the door so the semi would fit, built the office, clean clean clean , and more cleaning, been just organizing for the past year or so, still find things i didnt know i had

since i have gotten to this forum i have become addicted to tools lol, the boxs are almost full, but i had a good start, lots of dads tools, and lots of good old sk and blackhawk tools that where my grandfathers

 

[78pimpala]

the safe came from the post office in newell WV im guessing around the 60's or 70's. grandfather owned townhall and had to buy a safe fro the post office, when they left, he took the safe home, we just got it this year after the miller mansion was sold ( not really a mansion, but it was a big *** 100+ yr old house ) had to have a flatbed come get it, it was lifting the front wheels off the ground while loading it

 

[78pimpala]

pic of the cart, its messy right now, building bike right now.

this is the only pic of the otside of the shop i have right now, i own the yrd beside it, and theres anothr block building beside that that i use for storage

hopfully ill have a some real good pics come next week

 

[jvitez]

Great pics! I too would love to poke around and see what treasures await in the dark undiscovered recesses of the cave.

You're very blessed to have such family history present with you each time you're in the shop. Very cool. Not many people can experience that.

Thanks very much for sharing!.

 

[Scuderia-F1]

Great place you have there with all the family history & all. Looking forward to some more pics.

 

[trbomax]

I want to see the FL!

 

[jktruck150]

A converted car wash? Thats just plain cool!