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JRP462

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Hey Guys & Gals-

Justin here. Been lurking for a long time, since 2009 in fact when I made a username, but this is my first post.

My wife and I recently moved from Philadelphia, PA to Tampa, FL and the house we moved into has an attached one car garage. Up in Philly I did not have a garage (or even a dedicated parking space for that matter) so I would work on my vehicles at my father-in-law's house which was about 40 miles from where I lived. His garage was awesome - 2400 square feet - but alas, we moved so I can move easily get into the office, since it's actually located in central Florida (would previously travel down as necessary).

The current vehicles include a 2006 VW GTI and a 1986 Porsche 944. I pulled the motor from the 944 almost a year ago at this point to perform a complete tear down, rebuild and refresh. We decided to move while the engine was still in pieces, so I had to pack everything up for the moving truck and ship the rolling chassis down to Tampa via an auto hauler.

After moving about 6 weeks ago, I finally was able to get the garage organization completed so it is now functional. Figured I'd share some pictures with you folks. To start with below, what the garage first looked like before we moved in - nice and clean, without all my **** in it.
 

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Next up is the garage after moving in and purchasing some supplies to clean it up and make some shelving, etc. In the foreground is the 944 engine on the pallet, and off to the left behind that is a prototype high pressure portable pump I'm working on (part of my day job).

Unfortunately I had to live with the garage like this for a few weeks. Priorities dictated the house be completely organized before any time could be spent out in paradise.
 

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I didn't take a ton of photos along the way as I was building things since I figured what I was building wasn't that exciting. My woodworking skills are not nearly as impressive as some others on here, but the work bench and the shelves for above the work bench turned out solid and were cost effective.

*Edit* I swear the shelves are level - it's just the perspective of the picture! :bounce:
 

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Built some shelves on the other side of the garage as well. Made a nice 18" deep one at the top and a 12" one below it. One more shelf on this side might have been nice, but I don't want it to be in the way once I'm actually able to get a car in here again.

Built a shelf on the back wall as well above the hot water heater. Unfortunately I do have to share this single car garage with the HVAC unit, the hot water heater and the washer/dryer. Credit goes to my wife for suggesting we stack the washer/dryer to save some extra floor space.
 

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And finally, a completed shot with the engine on the stand and everything put away in its home. :rocker:

Plans are to eventually get a compressor so I can use my blast cabinet again (I took it for granted using my father-in-law's to clean all my aluminum parts) and to purchase a matching top box to better organize my tools. I've had the old Craftsman one since I worked at Firestone back in high school so it's certainly seen better days.
 

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For reference, below are some shots of what the engine looked like when I started tearing it apart versus where I left off before packing everything up and moving. Should be getting back to it very soon here.

Thanks for looking.

Justin
 

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congratulations on your new home. After today's north east storm i know your glad to be there
 

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Welcome, well to your first post and thread at least :) What are the dimensions of your single? Good luck with the rest, feel free to check my single thread out. I had a great time optimizing that space.
 
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What are the dimensions of your single?

It's a standard 10 x 20, with that little bump out in the back for the hot water heater. Obviously I don't get all 10 x 20 because of the HVAC unit and the washer dryer.

Dubber, your single car garage was definitely an inspiration for what can be done with smaller spaces. I've checked out your double as well!

-Justin
 
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