NJ: new project
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CrashTestDummy
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abstamaria
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Very interesting building, ersatz2. Could you post clearer pictures if possible? I miss some of the details.
abstamaria
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No need to host remotely, ersatz2. I think just shoot with higher picture quality. Your architecture is unique from the other buildings on GJ and therefore quite interesting. It does look like you can live in it. Congratulations, and many thanks. Andres
more hose reels; organizational progress!
Ongoing quest to be organized: Another ebay find was this small airhose reel, model #P-LP-325
Only 25' of hose, but great for using airtools on/around the benchtop. I also installed a cheapo air filter from Lowes. I'm still using a portable Emglo compressor on long-term loan from a friend; someday I'll get something with more capacity but for now this suffices.
Ongoing quest to be organized: Another ebay find was this small airhose reel, model #P-LP-325
Only 25' of hose, but great for using airtools on/around the benchtop. I also installed a cheapo air filter from Lowes. I'm still using a portable Emglo compressor on long-term loan from a friend; someday I'll get something with more capacity but for now this suffices.
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Not sure if this is what you had in mind but I walked around this afternoon with a camera snapping some details _I_ like!
I got the painting on Ebay. It's some anonymous amateur painter, who I like to think was a car guy, because the car scale and details are pretty good, whereas the landscape and the driver are... not that good. I'm sure it was painted in period, because its a Lancia D24, a really obscure car no one remembers. Furthermore, it looks like one of the early Carrera Panamerica races in Mexico.
The Cabinet clock I mentioned before, its a clock from a 911 with a ammeter from an old quattro.
the Holley Clock was an ebay splurge.
The welding corner I just realized is a direct mimic of the way my dad stored his welding stuff between garage doors.
The TV has Steve McQueen's "LeMans" permanently in the DVD deck. That's my name Saint to the right.
Toilet sign? Ebay, some NOS from the UK
Another cox reel for 120v, another result of my paranoia about not having enough outlets everywhere.
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LithuanianMan
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Where are your tunes? Are you thinking about a sound system?
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More picks of the Willy's Jeep!
digdug18
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If you by trenton, I'm right across the bridge from you, or atleast within 20 minutes.
Can you point me towards some info on the local kart racing scene? Also how old my son needs to be before he can race.
Andrew
Can you point me towards some info on the local kart racing scene? Also how old my son needs to be before he can race.
Andrew
hdv32
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Great garage, I have caught myself coming back several times to check out details. A couple of questions. I noticed a access door and ladder to the loft, do you have any more shots, looks like a nice ladder. Second, I saw your Dekalb corn sign on the loft, any affilitation with the industry?
Thanks,
Thanks,
The ladder is just fine, I like that it is one piece. However I wish we'd made something heavier, and also wider. See mfr in photo.
No affiliation with the Agri business, but my roots are there and I always loved the logo as a kid. Especially today that DeKalb Corn is owned by Monsanto, and with all the concern about genetically-modified food, the idea of an ear of corn with wings is even more freaky and maybe somewhat prescient!
I recently found this plate topper on ebay and added it to the Willys
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I do think about a sound system, but it is any area of ongoing restraint. I would love to have something that would rattle the windows but a) the shop is wedged tightly among other houses in the middle of town, and I get enough glares when I fire up a race car, or use the cutoff wheel; b) you have to draw the line somewhere and I'd rather spend money on tools than the Krell amp I dreamed about in college.
Meanwhile I inherited this glorified boombox from a kid who took it to school, and was throwing it out. Plays my old Dead bootlegs and pulls in WXPN from Phila and thats about all I need.
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dguertler
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Impressive garage all around. Great looking too. Are those "Ridge Doors" out of South Brunswick??
speedracer
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Looks like a great place to spend a lot of time in. Nice p-car too!
We bought them from Jammer Doors http://www.jammerdoors.com/innovations.htm They were actually built by Raynor.
http://www.raynor.com/contractors/AlumaViewOptima.cfm
I also got prices and drawings for something similar from Arm-R-Lite here in NJ. They seemed very good as well, and had built something similar for a firehouse restoration project.
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muibubbles
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this thread makes me happy..
Metal-Marc
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Finally got a single post lift installed. Bend Pak PL-6000X (extra height) The goal here was to be able to get one car out of the way without compromising floorspace flexibility. It is not much of a service lift but actually with the center panels removed there is a lot you can do with the wheels on. I wasn't wowed by the quality for the extraordinary pricetag. As always, planning ahead would be ideal; you'd love to have the lower brackets countersunk in the floor for a smooth floor surface. Also the vertical collumn really moves a lot, so that at full height the outer side sags a far bit, I'd say 2-3 inches. So I'd be tempted maybe to tilt the lift column outwards a bit. Overall I'm happy with the solution, already looks like it was always there...
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Spectacular. An engineering case study!
Rich
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That is an awesome garage. There's so many nice details; the dormers, the doors, the ceiling height, the lights, the benches...etc. You really did it right.
Nice old Jeep too. I used to have a '49 3A.
Nice old Jeep too. I used to have a '49 3A.
Single Post Lift update
the single post parking lift depends on four expansion bolts that fasten the outer beam of the base to the floor. Two of those bolts took a long time to tighten up. I confess to worrying what could happen if those bolts start to pull out. We had an earthquake in NJ this year which, while it wouldn't impress anyone in San Francisco, got _our_ attention.
So I thought up this 'safety chain' solution. Inside the wall alongside of the lift runs a huge 8x8 engineered lumber post that is one of the two that carry the big rig beam (see early photos of build)
So I ordered some massive grade 8 U bolts from a truck lift kit. They came with double deep hardened nuts. I connected the two with some hardened chain I use in conjunction with the chain hoist. Eventually I'll get one that's the right size. This is backyard SWAG engineering at it's best, and I suppose what I could've done is now pull down the side of the garage if the lift ever goes. But net net I feel better about the
the single post parking lift depends on four expansion bolts that fasten the outer beam of the base to the floor. Two of those bolts took a long time to tighten up. I confess to worrying what could happen if those bolts start to pull out. We had an earthquake in NJ this year which, while it wouldn't impress anyone in San Francisco, got _our_ attention.
So I thought up this 'safety chain' solution. Inside the wall alongside of the lift runs a huge 8x8 engineered lumber post that is one of the two that carry the big rig beam (see early photos of build)
So I ordered some massive grade 8 U bolts from a truck lift kit. They came with double deep hardened nuts. I connected the two with some hardened chain I use in conjunction with the chain hoist. Eventually I'll get one that's the right size. This is backyard SWAG engineering at it's best, and I suppose what I could've done is now pull down the side of the garage if the lift ever goes. But net net I feel better about the
fergus
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Sweet. Its always good to see a simple take on something like that. If you were worried, you could always tie the outside of that u bolt into a guywire on the outside of the building (going down to some kind of anchor in the ground. It would never go anywhere then. Just a thought. Might or might not be a good one. 
New Garage Art
A friend closed down a multi-decade classic car restoration business. This nose, hand made out of a single piece of aluminum, was a commission started many years ago on an Aston Martin DB-3 nose. Someday I'd like to have the rest of the car but for now a fun artifact!
A friend closed down a multi-decade classic car restoration business. This nose, hand made out of a single piece of aluminum, was a commission started many years ago on an Aston Martin DB-3 nose. Someday I'd like to have the rest of the car but for now a fun artifact!
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hrlychrly1
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Re: New Garage Art
hey ersatzs2
i noticed in one of your earlier posts, you mentioned a
Lista dealer named Curt Hague from Pa. what part of the state is he in, and do you have contact info on him? thanks. looking to purchase a custom cabinet as a tool box.
hey ersatzs2
i noticed in one of your earlier posts, you mentioned a
Lista dealer named Curt Hague from Pa. what part of the state is he in, and do you have contact info on him? thanks. looking to purchase a custom cabinet as a tool box.
bluesman2a
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Re: Single Post Lift update
I see what you are talking about on this one. I'm no engineer either. If it ever "goes" I could see it pulling the wall like a domino (no triangulation on the load to support the extra "pull"). You may be better putting in a guy-wire from the top loop you have there to a wedge-anchor or multiple anchors on a plate in the floor near the base of that wall. Just a thought....
BEAUTIFUL place, and that's a great looking flatty.
This is backyard SWAG engineering at it's best, and I suppose what I could've done is now pull down the side of the garage if the lift ever goes.
I see what you are talking about on this one. I'm no engineer either. If it ever "goes" I could see it pulling the wall like a domino (no triangulation on the load to support the extra "pull"). You may be better putting in a guy-wire from the top loop you have there to a wedge-anchor or multiple anchors on a plate in the floor near the base of that wall. Just a thought....
BEAUTIFUL place, and that's a great looking flatty.
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ersatzs2- I just skimmed through the thread and looked at the pics. Awsome place! Where in NJ are you located? Sorry if the location was mentioned before. PM if you don't wanna say where it is on a public forum.
Dan
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What's the purpose of the pots you installed in the floor? Yours is the second garage I've seen in the last couple days that had them.
I'm pretty confidant with the lift at this point, my homespun engineering solution doesn't have to support the entire load. I did some math and it's about 1000lbs horizontal load max and I'm betting it's got that much strength.
Yeah I love the CJ and am developing a bit of a sideline sourcing them for friends. Just bought a very early '46 CJ 2A with an original metal half cab and column shift from a farm in New Mexico. If it is really as complete as it looks I plan to do a total restoration. The 3A in the photo is too nice to restore but not painted well enough to use in winter. And why have a CJ willys if you can't romp in the snow?
"Greater Trenton"
They were originally used by body shops for chaining a chassis down and tugging it back into shape with a come-along. Today I think they either use sophisticated jigs or more likely total the car. I installed them in order to have something really solid to lash things down, for example you can tweak a go-kart chassis back to spec if you have something solid to winch against. I haven't used them much but still glad they are there.
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I think I know where you're talking about... can I ask how bad your property taxes are??
Dan
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These postwar Willys Jeeps are awesome. They are as simple and tough as an anvil which makes them really fun to work on. Unlike some exotic sportscar, there isn't much damage you can do that isn't easily reversible! I learned to drive on one of these circa '75. I just got this '46 from a farm in NM. Zero rust but a hard hard life banging over rocks and crashing into stumps. A little refresh up front evolved into a total rebuild of undercarriage.
These postwar Willys Jeeps are awesome. They are as simple and tough as an anvil which makes them really fun to work on. Unlike some exotic sportscar, there isn't much damage you can do that isn't easily reversible! I learned to drive on one of these circa '75. I just got this '46 from a farm in NM. Zero rust but a hard hard life banging over rocks and crashing into stumps. A little refresh up front evolved into a total rebuild of undercarriage.
Buckgnarly
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Is that an Orthodox Icon? My wife's Greek, she has them all over the house.
A friend closed down a multi-decade classic car restoration business. This nose, hand made out of a single piece of aluminum, was a commission started many years ago on an Aston Martin DB-3 nose. Someday I'd like to have the rest of the car but for now a fun artifact!
Is that an Orthodox Icon? My wife's Greek, she has them all over the house.