I have a small 2-car attatched (20X20) and only my wife parks in it. I have my ATV, snowblower, rolling toolboxes, fuel cans, spare 2nd set of tires for my car, a freezer, and a few other things taking up the rest of the space. We have a 1-yr old girl though, and I like the idea of my wife being able to get her in and out of her Explorer out of the weather.
I'm planning to add another 18' wide X at least 46' deep bay beside it. My plan is to keep the original as hers and keep the storage situation as it is, and park my car and truck, one in front of the other, in the new bay. I would go wider to park them side by side, but I would be right at the 10' "buffer" my town regulations enforce. Once I get the lot lines surveyed I'll know for sure, but to not get my hopes up I'm going on the assumption of only going 18' wide.
Anyhow, the rear part of the new section will be set up as a work area. As it stands now, whenever I want to use the garage to work on anything, I have to move her Explorer outside. She gets "testy" when those projects run more than a day or two, especially in winter. I'll open up a small 4-5 foot walkway between them, but other than that, will try to keep them 2 relatively seperate spaces.
The original poster: Any pics of the progress on the Chevelle? I had a '64 Malibu SS for a time when I was younger. It was originally a 283/powerglide car, but when my father bought it (I later traded a pickup truck to him for it) it had a pretty well-built 350 (4-bolt main block out of a 70s delivery van) and TH-350. It had the uncanny characteristics of not only making very good tire-shredding torque down low, but would also rev to high heaven and still keep the power coming strong at high rpms. I've always said I wish I could have torn that motor down, or goten a list of parts from whoever built it, because it was the perfect recipe. I installed a shift kit, 2800 stall converter, and changed the stock 3.08 rear with 3.73s and an Auburn locker. Did a little body work and painted it myself too, a 1970 Chevelle green...I forget the official name.
The non-power steering and manual 4-wheel drum brakes were sure a lot of fun though....especially hauling it down at the end of the dragstrip. When my first son was born I needed a "grown up" car so the Chevelle got parked at my parents house. 1 kid turned into 2, and before I knew it, the car had been sitting there for 5 years. A coworker offered my father a good deal on the '64 project he was working on, and I threw mine in with the deal. I'll always regret letting it go, but I had to be realistic...I had no time to devote to it and not enough space to work on it. It needed all new interior and trunk floors, new rear 1/4 panels, a new hood, all brake and fuel lines, and I think there was some real rot, not just rust, under the vinyl roof. The first pic was 1994, and the second was 1997.
. I know growing up if my Mom hauled her junk out to the garage it often ended up in the woodstove. She learned pretty quickly.
