Skunk River Restorations

[Duke]

Yesterday a fellow Tiger owner and friend of mine had an open house at his business, Skunk River Restorations. It is located in Ames, Iowa and was a 3.5 hour drive.

He had this building purpose built and it is amazing. The room (arena) with all of the cars is at the far end of the building. Nothing explains better than pics.

I gotta get me one of these....It is a Sunbeam

 

[fringeofinsanity]

Wish this had been there when I worked over in that area every few months!

 

[dladcock]

Holy ****. I'm awestruck.

dla

 

[Boyd]

Wow! How big is his shop? And how many cars does he have in there? Very cool!

 

[Duke]

Wow! How big is his shop? And how many cars does he have in there? Very cool!

Looking at the google earth image of it and taking measurements - 24,000 square feet.

I think he has all of the cars in it.

 

[wornoutoldman]

Looks like a fun place to work!

 

[ilovevocs]

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

 

[trdtaco]

Wow!!! Awesome

 

[Steevo]

That is one incredible shop!
A Sunbeam motorcycle, and a whole "MG department"

Sweet!

 

[SPDMETL]

Where was the Pontiac that motor went to?

 

[Omphaloskeptic]

Amazing, for the number of British cars he has there, the floor is oil free! LOL

Do you happen to have any more pics or history of the Jaguar MkII (?) partially showing at the lower right of pic -

http://i796.photobucket.com/albums/yy249/samouce/Skunk River/003_zps422c54f8.jpg

My own MkII is patiently awaiting my attention and I always enjoy seeing what others look like.

 

[premierplayer]

Thanks for sharing, very cool place.

 

[NUTTSGT]

It looks like he has a nice workshop and a great collection.

 

[bigbubba]

Awesome place!! How does he get the cars up on the pallet racks?Forklift?

 

[ford33]

Nice shop and there is a small airport across the street. I wonder if there are any old airplanes at the airport.

Thanks for sharing.