New guy from DC building a micro garage

[DC_Gearhead]

I just became a member and wanted to introduce myself. I've been into old cars for a while, but in the last few years I have not been able to have a shop. Well that is a story of the past. I now have a house and garage in DC and I am ready to build out my shop. I have two old cars. One 1966 Bronco that is stored in Kansas City and I also have a 1970 Challenger that is stored in Albuquerque. Both have been in storage because I didn't have a shop. I have been chomping at the bit to get my shop up and operational. My house has a small 2 story carriage house behind it that has interior dimensions of about 18'x12, so not very big. I decided since the Bronco is smaller, I will bring it out to DC. It needs a complete restoration, so my shop is not just for protection of my pretty car. I'm going to pick up the Bronco in early spring, so I have a timeline for the shop to get done. It will need to be functional and durable, since I am going to spend a lot of time in there. I started a thread for my build in the Garage Gallery named "2-story carriage house to auto hobby shop". Right now the carriage house is just a brick building, with a leaky roof. The structure is basically good, but I want to make a couple of "improvements" to the doors. I will be adding a rollup door to the back alley side of the building, and fabricate/install a hanger style door at the yard side. If you are not familiar with DC row homes, I'll give you the run down. They are in a row......the two sides of my garage **** up to the neighbors, the front opens to my yard, and the back opens to an alley. I came from a place where yards are huge and garages have old cars parked all around them. I will not be blessed with that dream here.



I work for a large general contractor in DC, so I have access to resources that most do not in terms of "friends" willing to help me if needed. HVAC and electrical are probably the main things I will get help on. Other than that, I will be asking a lot of questions and getting ideas from GJ for space saving and organization of my garage.



I'm very excited to finally be building my shop



By the way my name is Ben



Here are a couple of pics of the space from my thread:

 

[Mike.ASC]

Greetings Ben, I'm only a few miles away in Waldorf. Looking forward to seeing what you do.

Mike

 

[drivesitfar]

DC: a lot of us won't click on links especially from new members until we get to know them so if you want to post a few pictures here that would be great. also if you want to cut and paste the garage journal link for your garage gallery and put it in your signature you can do so in your GJ's profile. also while you are in there you can click on avatar and download a picture you like to show up under your name. you can change the picture as often as you like or keep the one you like for a while and some of us will recognize you by it as much as your new handle.

ask questions if you have any or enjoy the reading and welcome to our group.

 

[PhantomEB]

Welcome, Ben.

Guaranteed we will help you with ideas here.....more than you know!

 

[DC_Gearhead]

DC: a lot of us won't click on links especially from new members until we get to know them so if you want to post a few pictures here that would be great. also if you want to cut and paste the garage journal link for your garage gallery and put it in your signature you can do so in your GJ's profile. also while you are in there you can click on avatar and download a picture you like to show up under your name. you can change the picture as often as you like or keep the one you like for a while and some of us will recognize you by it as much as your new handle.

ask questions if you have any or enjoy the reading and welcome to our group.

Dang it. I just learned how to use the link button!! I was so proud......Haha. I'll post some pics and put the actual name of my thread in my original post.

Thanks for the heads up though.

 

[drivesitfar]

DC: i've been told how to do the link with a shorter name too, but since i don't use it often i usually have to ask before doing it again. i usually just cut and paste. glad you learned so i might ask you next time i need to do one on a long link.

anyway i see you found the Avatar button and put it to good use. looks like your furry friend is happy. ask questions if you need to or enjoy reading and posting around the forum. for the first year or 18 months after i joined i just stayed in the vise and old tools threads, but i'm getting around a lot more now and looking at some of the amazing stuff some of the members post.

cheers and again welcome