Swedish workshop in a old brewery

[hnsy]

awesome!

 

[gtabasso]

Impressive. I made it to Denmark but not Sweden. I did see Sweden across the channel from Helsingor. My Danish friend refused to take me across on the ferry. Sigh.

 

[NTCRS]

Long time since my last update, its been vacation so I completely forgot about gj

But i managed to complete the veranda and a couple other things











Aaaaaand I've bought myself some tire machines, mounting and balancing. Now Im just waiting and saving money so I can afford a bigger & better air compressor, and after that hopefully gonna make some more money [emoji6][emoji383]




Good night from Sweden!


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[1/2 Cup]

Looking fantastic NTCRS.

Well done Sir.

Regards

 

[HCNDM]

Looking great NTCRS!


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[Modern Jess]

The shop looks great, and I always like seeing the way / style things are done around the world.

The picture of your dog caught my eye, though -- is that a xolo?

 

[95riosnake]

That deck and veranda look awesome! I really like the color scheme and all. The garage/shop is also a great transformation. Something about an old building like that getting repurposed really piques my interest so much more than a new construction garage. Not to discount new builds but the character and interesting spaces of an old shop really appeal to me.

 

[NTCRS]

Looking fantastic NTCRS.

Well done Sir.

Regards

Thank you!

Looking great NTCRS!

Thank you!

The shop looks great, and I always like seeing the way / style things are done around the world.

The picture of your dog caught my eye, though -- is that a xolo?

Thx, yes it is very interesting to see how other ppl all over the world is doing

Yes its a xolo, one year old this summer.

That deck and veranda look awesome! I really like the color scheme and all. The garage/shop is also a great transformation. Something about an old building like that getting repurposed really piques my interest so much more than a new construction garage. Not to discount new builds but the character and interesting spaces of an old shop really appeal to me.

Thank you, yeah the porsch/veranda came out very nice
Yeah I hear you, nothing wrong with a new built big shop but its often really nice character in the old ones

 

[Modern Jess]

Yes its a xolo, one year old this summer.

Very handsome!

I was introduced to a pair of Xoloitzcuintli dogs that an acquaintance owned a few years back, and have been really intrigued by them ever since. Really love the breed. Are they common in Sweden? My understanding is that they're pretty rare in the US.

 

[NTCRS]

Very handsome!

I was introduced to a pair of Xoloitzcuintli dogs that an acquaintance owned a few years back, and have been really intrigued by them ever since. Really love the breed. Are they common in Sweden? My understanding is that they're pretty rare in the US.

Yeah they are pretty rare here in Sweden aswell, one or two "breeders" with imported dogs from Mexico..

I'm allergic to fur, but both me and my girlfriend wanted a dog, she said poodle but I refused [emoji12] And now we both are lucky that we found him instead.

Here he is with his white coated dad:




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[Modern Jess]

I'm allergic to fur, but both me and my girlfriend wanted a dog, she said poodle but I refused [emoji12] And now we both are lucky that we found him instead.

Good choice! Actually, I'm sure poodles are just fine. But I would have picked the xolo in your situation.

 

[NTCRS]

Hi all!

Been kinda busy for a while now with the "tire shop". Here in Sweden we change to winter tires during okt/nov-marsh/april so Ive had a lot of evening work during the last couple of weeks

Enough text, here comes some pic updates:


Helped a buddy to put up his new ****** for his 1200 bhp twin turbo corvette in his dads garage, didnt even have any lumber so we had to use some books haha


Smallest customer car so far, she came in and wanted 4 new winter tires, 155/55/14 so it didnt even take 30 mins until I drove the car out again finished [emoji4]


We've been borrowing my mother inlaws car for a few weeks, Ford Mondeo stationwagon -15, pretty neat car I have to say!

Some pictures of the Tire Shop:












Tried some plastic dip on the drifters wheels





And yesterday I finally bought a big air compressor, 5.5 hp, really need it now with all the tire work. Gonna install some air lines etc this weekend.

Cheers!



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[sean Buick 76]

Really nice update you are doing wonderful! Congrats on the GIANT compressor that thing is great!

 

[95riosnake]

I agree, that is a man-sized compressor!

 

[runt262]

Just got all caught up on your thread. Man, your place looks amazing. You have done some amazing work to the garage, and the home, not to mention the Volvo's.
Im digging that you're still keeping the redblocks and making big power! I've got an old 242 GT myself.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Great build thread!! I love how a few relatively small modifications can make such a dramatic visual impact.

Keep it up!

 

[NTCRS]

Really nice update you are doing wonderful! Congrats on the GIANT compressor that thing is great!

Thank you, yes I'll probably not have wait for air when Im pushing the tire beeds in the future

I agree, that is a man-sized compressor!

Yep, and it looks even bigger in real life

Just got all caught up on your thread. Man, your place looks amazing. You have done some amazing work to the garage, and the home, not to mention the Volvo's.
Im digging that you're still keeping the redblocks and making big power! I've got an old 242 GT myself.

Thx, really nice to hear Yeah for now Im keeping the b230fk, but sometime in the future I want a v8, probably bmw because of the price/spare parts here in Sweden

Oh 242 GT, pretty rare car these days. You've got a piece of history right there

Great build thread!! I love how a few relatively small modifications can make such a dramatic visual impact.

Keep it up!

Thank you, yeah some cleaning, colour, lights and keeping the place tidy will do more than you think

Im actually putting away all the tools i use and wiping and cleaning everytime i finish a "project"

 

[Stuart in MN]

A Drift-Air compressor for working on the drift car.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Im actually putting away all the tools i use and wiping and cleaning everytime i finish a "project"

That's the hardest part!! Hahaha! I always struggle with that crucial last step.

 

[Botje]

Great to see this! Super nice workshop and house. One day i'll find such a place too

I visited Sweden a few times, always had a great time there!

Like the volvo-holset, thats a big turbo!
I daily drive a turbo swapped 240 and some more turbo swapped volvo's in the family. And some projects, from amazon to 760 t6 swap.

A nice big Köping lathe would be nice in the shop! Many good older brands to be found, i would look at TOS, Okuma too, not as common and wanted as many German brands and just as good. At least over here. My Okuma can handle 20" rims easily

 

[Bib Overalls]

Common here for people in the snow to have two sets of wheels and tires, one for summer and one for winter. Road departments put out a lot of salt to keep the roads clear and it does not take long for winter driven cars to start rusting underneath. So people with expensive cars will keep a rotted out junker for use in the winter.

 

[NTCRS]

A Drift-Air compressor for working on the drift car.

Hehe yeah what a coincidence

That's the hardest part!! Hahaha! I always struggle with that crucial last step.

Nah thats the best part of a project

Great to see this! Super nice workshop and house. One day i'll find such a place too

I visited Sweden a few times, always had a great time there!

Like the volvo-holset, thats a big turbo!
I daily drive a turbo swapped 240 and some more turbo swapped volvo's in the family. And some projects, from amazon to 760 t6 swap.

A nice big Köping lathe would be nice in the shop! Many good older brands to be found, i would look at TOS, Okuma too, not as common and wanted as many German brands and just as good. At least over here. My Okuma can handle 20" rims easily

Hi Botje.

Thank you very much, yes Im looking for a big old lathe, just too bad that everyone I see on sale is located toooooo far away

Your projects sounds interesting, my favourite volvo is 740/760 and the aluminum engines

Common here for people in the snow to have two sets of wheels and tires, one for summer and one for winter. Road departments put out a lot of salt to keep the roads clear and it does not take long for winter driven cars to start rusting underneath. So people with expensive cars will keep a rotted out junker for use in the winter.

Exactly!

 

[Jocke_D]

Just finished reading from the start. Really impressed with the speed you have done everything. Good job!
It's really funny to see what people from around the world has to say about stuff that for me looks like home (because it is ) and beeing done just like I would do it myself.

I'm a Saab guy myself but do enjoy a good Volvo build. In Sweden you are either a Saab or a Volvo guy. It's something we are raised with. Guess you guys in the states see GM/Ford the same way?

Was funny to see the tire shop setup. Looks pretty similar to mine but my garage is just a big mess right now. I'm still missing the huge compressor. Did you get it from duabhuset or vertygsboden? One of them sell those drift-air ones right?

 

[metalhead140]

Cool place and cars! Not sure how I missed this thread before. My wife and I spent 6 weeks in Vasteras in 2011 (I was there for work) and really enjoyed it, lots of very cool old cars too. But that was in the middle of your summer, not sure I really want to go over there in winter...

 

[NTCRS]

Just finished reading from the start. Really impressed with the speed you have done everything. Good job!
It's really funny to see what people from around the world has to say about stuff that for me looks like home (because it is ) and beeing done just like I would do it myself.

I'm a Saab guy myself but do enjoy a good Volvo build. In Sweden you are either a Saab or a Volvo guy. It's something we are raised with. Guess you guys in the states see GM/Ford the same way?

Was funny to see the tire shop setup. Looks pretty similar to mine but my garage is just a big mess right now. I'm still missing the huge compressor. Did you get it from duabhuset or vertygsboden? One of them sell those drift-air ones right?

Hi Jocke, nice name btw, we share it

Thank you for your kind words Do you have a thread here?

Yes I bought it from Duabhuset, 7000 kr, cheaper than most of the other stores.

Cool place and cars! Not sure how I missed this thread before. My wife and I spent 6 weeks in Vasteras in 2011 (I was there for work) and really enjoyed it, lots of very cool old cars too. But that was in the middle of your summer, not sure I really want to go over there in winter...

Thank you! Yes if your'e in Västerås in the summer you see many old nice cars because of the summer cruising

Exactly, you do not want to live here in the winter hehe, Australia seems like a much better choice

 

[decaf]

Snyggt jobbat med allt! Vilket drömgarage alltså, skönt att få plats med allt va?

Keep it up!

 

[Scuderia-F1]

Great looking home and shop.
Also great to see another Swede on here.

Anders

 

[Jocke_D]

Hi Jocke, nice name btw, we share it

Thank you for your kind words Do you have a thread here?

Yes I bought it from Duabhuset, 7000 kr, cheaper than most of the other stores.

Tja
No, no thread. "Unfortunately" I bought a fempty garage that came with the new house almost four years ago. The pace with things seem to happen at my place would be the dullest thread ever
I try to improve the garage but there seem to always be such a mess with different projects all over the place. Cars, bikes, motorcycles, stuff broken by the kids or stuff that are beeing modified for various reasons.
Actually I bought a new compressor on blocket yesterday. Will pick it up tomorrow. I think it's from Bauhaus originally. 200l / 4hp will be perfect I think. Got it for about half of what it cost new

 

[Andx0r]

Love the Volvo haven you've got going! I like the surrounding lot as well.

I've had '86 and '89 240 wagons and a '90 740 Turbo wagon in the past. Now I've got a '65 122/Amazon and I wish I had a garage like yours to put it in!

 

[nsula_country]

I am subscribed to this thread! Sweden, beer, Volvos!!!

CT

 

[NTCRS]

Snyggt jobbat med allt! Vilket drömgarage alltså, skönt att få plats med allt va?

Keep it up!

Tack så mycket! Ja det är skönt att kunna planera och använda garaget lite bättre, dock så fylls det ju upp ganska fort

Great looking home and shop.
Also great to see another Swede on here.

Anders

Thank you Anders! Where are you located? MVH

Tja
No, no thread. "Unfortunately" I bought a fempty garage that came with the new house almost four years ago. The pace with things seem to happen at my place would be the dullest thread ever
I try to improve the garage but there seem to always be such a mess with different projects all over the place. Cars, bikes, motorcycles, stuff broken by the kids or stuff that are beeing modified for various reasons.
Actually I bought a new compressor on blocket yesterday. Will pick it up tomorrow. I think it's from Bauhaus originally. 200l / 4hp will be perfect I think. Got it for about half of what it cost new

Fullt upp så att säga
Good luck with your new compressor

Love the Volvo haven you've got going! I like the surrounding lot as well.

I've had '86 and '89 240 wagons and a '90 740 Turbo wagon in the past. Now I've got a '65 122/Amazon and I wish I had a garage like yours to put it in!

Thank you very much for your kind words
Yeah Volvos are nice cars. Got some changes going on for my white 940, engine swap incoming

I am subscribed to this thread! Sweden, beer, Volvos!!!

CT

Thx for the sub! Yeah exactly, what more can a man wish for?



I've taken some photos of my latest "projects", will make a new post tonight!

 

[NTCRS]

Hi guys!

Its been a while since my last update, due to misc stuff.

First of all, my girlfriend since 3 years broke up with me in the beginning of december. The relationship had been cracking for a while, and at last we broke up, I bought out her share of the property, she moved out and I started to think of what I wanna do with "my life". No big changes, just that from now on, I'm only gonna do stuff that I wanna do and what makes me happy

So I threw out all the christmas decorations she left, started with some interior changes/improvements in the house, had some nice partys with good friends, drank lots of beer and just enjoyed the single life

I can now work long hours at work (making some pretty good money now actually), I can do what I want in the shop, and when I want! I've done quite a few maintance and service work on a bunch of cars, changed a lot of tires for customers etc etc. Life is all good!

Well here comes a few pictures, feel free to ask questions if it interests you


Bought a new daily, Volvo V70N T5 '05 with black interior, automatic gearbox etc etc. Very pleased with it.. $2600 (Y)
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Here's the tv couch and the doggo posing
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Here's the other side of the room. My ex girlfriend had some shelfes and stuff there, and it looked so empty when she took it with her. So I cut some trim, cut some alu tin I had from the garage remodel and put it up on the wall, bought a used brown leather couch, a black fluffy carpet and a old looking table. Perfect with another beer spot
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We're having a rather mild weather here in Sweden this winter
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I removed the old tin boxes that were used to store the garbage cans in the past. Gonna remodel this little garage soon. New outside walls, roof and new doors.
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Installed some LED lights on my buddys excavator
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Very hard to get a good picture that shows how it really brights up, but here is a night shot
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Also another friend of mine is keeping his Cadillac deville '61 in my garage during the winter. Low on bags, 20" wheels, patina paint etc etc
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The shop looks really crowded atm, but that's mostly because of the caddy, and my white volvo is pushed forward as much as possible due to so I can use the space over my oil pit so I can do oil changes and service on other peoples cars

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This weekend Im gonna sell my ECU in the white 940, and then take out the engine and gearbox and try to sell it. Next project with this car will probably be a BMW M60B40 or maybe a LS-engine if I can find a good one for a fair price. Later on Im gonna turbo the **** out of it!

Later!

 

[rixtrix1]

Nice thread, cars , shop and home. You've done and accomplished a lot in a short time. Thanks for sharing!

 

[HCNDM]

You've been busy!

Love the V70 they are great daily drivers and lots of space for hauling stuff around (friends, beer, a small house [emoji6]).

Keep the updates coming! Especially looking forward to the engine swap!


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[NTCRS]

Sold the ecu system and the entire drive train last weekend

The money I got should probably be almost enough for the bmw engine build.

Hooked up a trailer and went a bit south last friday and bought an engine and a gearbox with missing second gear for cheap money.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Love engine builds!!!

 

[NTCRS]

Hi guys, hope your'e all well. I keep on grinding on with work and the various projects. Here's a little quick update:


View media item 69472Bought new cheap summer wheels for the V70n, 19" Volvo R alu and I put on some new tires, 215/35 from china.

Here is a setup of wheels that I mounted for a customer, brand new shiny 19" with 215/35 tires. This was my first "brand new set" for customer.
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Mounted on the car, worth pretty much the same money as the car it self
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Another set of brand new wheels, 18" all black with 225/45 for a Kia Cee'd
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And some 20" for an Audi A6 avant, also brand new. Nemas problemas
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Back to my own projects..

I tared out the old garage door in the small garage (that I use for storing lumber and woodwork/tire storing
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Got this garage door from a friend om mine, 200$, looks and works fine.
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Built a new straight frame and installed the over head door, here its up
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And here its down and locked up
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After that I pre cut and started to paint some siding for the front of the garage. Next up is to wash the old siding and then install the new and paint everything once again.

Tomorrow I have several customer cars to change from winter tires to summer tires so I'll just have to see how much time I get over

 

[sean Buick 76]

Look at you moving up in the world with NEW tires! nice work as usual it is nice to see you doing well!

Could you please take a pic of the new garage door from the inside with it open? With that style is there no overhead hardware and it is all held up by the frame on the sides?

 

[NTCRS]

Look at you moving up in the world with NEW tires! nice work as usual it is nice to see you doing well!

Could you please take a pic of the new garage door from the inside with it open? With that style is there no overhead hardware and it is all held up by the frame on the sides?

Hi! Hehe yes, you gotta love new fresch stuff rather than crappy old winter setups..

Exactly, no overhead hardware, only held up by some thin springs and a bended pipe on the sides.
Here are some pictures for you:

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Also managed to finish the front wall on the garage, will paint everything in a couple of weeks or so when the temperature is a lil bit warmer

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Next on the to do list is to remove the two crappy doors on the side wall and fill the remaining door holes with new bricks etc..

 

[nsula_country]

Interesting. Bi-fold garage door. I like that design.

Also, awesome work on the siding. Cleans up well!

CT