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Title: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: VileZambonie on June 07, 2007, 12:29:47 pm
Any of you have a nice hanger or does your poor truck sit outside all year round? I just built me a nice garage at my house to keep my toys in. Post pix
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Captkaos on June 07, 2007, 01:44:11 pm
Well, I currently have 5.
My Jimmy is "stored" in my garage/shop/warehouse.
(http://www.captkaoscustoms.com/housegarage1.jpg)
(http://www.captkaoscustoms.com/housegarage3.jpg)

(pic before the project trucks moved to below location)
(http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/projects/ad_truck/cab_remove1.jpg)

My Burb and 87 R10 get to stay outside of the garage.

The 73-87Chevytrucks.com pickup I am building is currently in my oldest brothers shop along with the captkaoscustoms.com '73 Pickup.
(http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/projects/ad_truck/tilt_install/bodymockup_pass.jpg)
(http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com/projects/ad_truck/dismantled.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Lon on June 07, 2007, 03:17:44 pm
I built a 960 square foot shop behind my 990 square foot house. When I was driving my 84 everyday it sat in hte driveway. Now it has a home in the shop, next to my F-100. Hopefully I will driving the 84 on the weekends very soon.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Lon on June 07, 2007, 03:32:54 pm
Chris nice shop. I wish I had built a cinder block shop instead the wood framed shop I built. I'm going to Montgomery in two weeks. Any chance I can stop by and buy a T-shirt in person.

Also this the pic I wanted to post of my truck. Sorry for it being dark.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: xtremjeepn on June 07, 2007, 04:53:35 pm
Right now mine is just parked in front of the Jeep in the garage. That is a Crew Cab and they both fit in that bay.  When we are done working on it it will have the space where the Audi S4 is currently sitting.


(http://a707.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_4651d8af06db6461850dd53ea347138a.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Captkaos on June 07, 2007, 05:08:33 pm
Chris nice shop. I wish I had built a cinder block shop instead the wood framed shop I built. I'm going to Montgomery in two weeks. Any chance I can stop by and buy a T-shirt in person.

Also this the pic I wanted to post of my truck. Sorry for it being dark.

Lon, I didn't build it, but my grandfather did, he used to own a bus line years ago and this is what the serviced the buses in.  I bought the house/garage when they moved him to assisted living.  It is 24 x 42 or something like that, I want to repour the floors to fill the alignment pit in the back and drop the floor for a minimum of 11' ceiling..

Sure, you can drop by and get a shirt, just let me know when.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Lon on June 07, 2007, 07:19:53 pm
Chris, repouring floors sound like fun. If you like torture. I'm leaving the 17th but I dont know what time, and I'm staying in Mont. all week for training.

I took a vacation day today to finish cleaning my shop and put brakes on my 93 Astro. So far all I have done is read and move the Ford around. I took this pic today for this thread since I didnt have any of the outside.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: VileZambonie on June 07, 2007, 09:03:42 pm
nice set ups! Here's a few pix of my mostly completed garage...

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/garage.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/HPIM1079.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/HPIM1107.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/f51eb585.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/HPIM0986.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/k20013.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/k20016.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/Picture206.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Blazin on June 08, 2007, 06:49:43 am
Nice looking shop! Good aesthetics appeal too. Thats what I need.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: ccz145a on June 11, 2007, 09:34:44 pm
speechless. can't top that, man.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 123 pugsy on June 12, 2007, 09:13:31 am
Sweet shop....maybe one day....... :-\
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 77c15 on June 12, 2007, 03:56:39 pm
I right clicked every single one of those. If you don't mind, i'd like to copy that setup when we finally buy some land out in the country. I know I shouldn't complain, because I have gone without a garage for awhile, but this single car setup blows. I have to offset my truck to one side just to be able to get my skinny butt out the door, and then I can't walk around it. I can't wait until after my daughter comes into this work in about a month....then we'll outgrow this house and start hunting land or one of those older brick basement homes with no garage so I can build my own shop.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: VileZambonie on June 12, 2007, 08:22:12 pm
When I bought my house the prerequisite was it had to have enough land to build a garage. Well it did but I had to build it into a hill and I spent a pretty penny smashing ledge and then building the garage was the fun part. I have a program that allows you to design your own garage it's limited but it allowed me to do a rough blue print of what I wanted to do. I spend more time in my garage then I do in my house! lol I put a new furnace in there and hung it from the ceiling so I wouldn't waste floor space. I also hid all the duct work in the rafters and insulated around it. Nice n cool in the summer nice n toasty in the winter. I also added cable, phone, internet, air lines hard piped every 4' there's a coupler. My only regret was not adding plumbing but I had to draw the line somewhere. Here's how I had orignially done it up. I used attic trusses and 10 foot bay doors though. My foundation is also stepped because it's built into the hill

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/garage-1.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Blazin on June 12, 2007, 10:01:11 pm
When I look at land it has to have a hill so I can build my garage into it. I wouldn't build a garage without being able to do that. Ground level entry into the second floor.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: FlatBlack77 on June 21, 2007, 08:33:49 pm
(http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/2915/s5030620xh3.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/5881/s5030622dn2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Novadiecast on June 21, 2007, 09:37:45 pm
I will be at the local zoning board next month for a variance for this. Only reversed with the man door on the right.

(http://www.cadsmith.com/garage_plans/rv_garages/rv-3254/rv4-frt.gif)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: red4wd on June 21, 2007, 09:48:08 pm
That will be a nice garage....mine just stays inside my shop at the Propane lot.  But right now it is at my buddy's shop because I am painting one of my delivery trucks.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Toolmaster on June 22, 2007, 07:40:58 am
Here is mine  60'x60' 18'evehight 3-12 roof Plumbing for full bath 3phase electrical  Ive got more photos somewhere, I'll post them when I can.
(http://www.tmtoolman.com/shop/blding004.JPG)
(http://www.tmtoolman.com/shop/blding009.JPG)
(http://www.tmtoolman.com/shop/blding009.JPG)
(http://www.tmtoolman.com/shop/blding038.JPG)
(http://www.tmtoolman.com/temp/shop0010.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: VileZambonie on June 22, 2007, 04:04:23 pm
I will be at the local zoning board next month for a variance for this. Only reversed with the man door on the right.

(http://www.cadsmith.com/garage_plans/rv_garages/rv-3254/rv4-frt.gif)

you mean like this?
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/flipd.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: VileZambonie on June 22, 2007, 04:04:55 pm
Nice shops guys!
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Novadiecast on June 22, 2007, 10:06:27 pm
Yes that is it. I made a few changes but that is pretty close. I will post some pictures once we get started. It should be ready by winter. Got set back by the Zoning police today, may not get approval till August now.
Title: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: 80stepsideguy on December 05, 2008, 07:31:12 pm
I dont know if this was here before but lets give it a try.People where do you work on your toys? Show us your shop/garage. Here is a pic of mine landscaped and i`ll get a picture of it on the inside once its cleaned up a bit.Its a mess right now with all the wagon parts scattered all over the place.

(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb112/ramsportguy/garage4.jpg)

thanks
pat
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: VileZambonie on December 05, 2008, 10:55:53 pm
http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=5502.0
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: 80stepsideguy on December 05, 2008, 11:06:12 pm
Yep i tried looking and kept on comming back with a blank. Well i better look bette next time eh?  :)

thanks
pat
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: murraygmc on December 06, 2008, 04:39:30 pm
my playhouse, truck, old lady's car, tools
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: murraygmc on December 06, 2008, 07:44:05 pm
that  trans am  has a chip v8 with a short shift 6 speed she lowerd it 2"  and a slp cold air intake, loudmouth 3" pipes  bbk headers corvet wheels and lots of lil extras  ::) ::) she enjoys being under the hood as much as i do lol      thats her toy and the truck is mine ;D
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: JJSZABO on December 06, 2008, 10:13:32 pm
I am jealous :D

Nice looking shops!

Here is mine - 18x24 detached:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/jjsabol/IM001176.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/jjsabol/IM001453.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/jjsabol/IM001472.jpg)

and my attached 20x20 garage:
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/jjsabol/IM001234.jpg)
(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o317/jjsabol/IM001309.jpg)
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: murraygmc on December 06, 2008, 11:45:58 pm
i might have a nicer shop but it looks like you got more know how im the jelous one :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: blast on December 07, 2008, 02:38:18 pm
30x45, little cramped but not bad, fixing on one end, and jammin on the other  ;D

Just put the truck in garage for the first time, didn't think it would fit, had 3/8 inch to spare, lol
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/blasturd/trucks/bluefit.gif)

The other end of the garage, sealed off by drop down canvas so you can still drive into that room:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd93/blasturd/jamroom/grogjam.jpg)
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: dumbucket1 on December 07, 2008, 04:05:55 pm
I play drums too, got a set of pearl exports. Keep mine in the basement though. Made a room down there insulated with egg cartons stacked several inches thick to seal out the noise.
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: choptop on December 07, 2008, 04:47:06 pm
I play drums too, got a set of pearl exports. Keep mine in the basement though. Made a room down there insulated with egg cartons stacked several inches thick to seal out the noise.

Why, are you that bad??? Just kidding, my neighbor has a band, so I get my own personal rock concert everytime I go out to the shop. No complaints here
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: dumbucket1 on December 07, 2008, 05:01:01 pm
I play drums too, got a set of pearl exports. Keep mine in the basement though. Made a room down there insulated with egg cartons stacked several inches thick to seal out the noise.

Why, are you that bad??? Just kidding, my neighbor has a band, so I get my own personal rock concert everytime I go out to the shop. No complaints here

just being considerate of my neighbors is all  ;)
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: choptop on December 07, 2008, 05:47:43 pm
Yeah, I know what you mean. These guys are good, most are, but we have some old folks that complain, and call the cops. The thing is, they only practice during the day mainly, and if it is in the evening, at 9pm it is like they turned a switch off. No noise at all. I live across the street, and cant hear them in the house, and the people complaining are up the street. They have to really be listening closely to hear them. The last time the sheriff came out, he said that if it was 85 decibels or something like that I dont remember, he had to give them a warning. He was cool, we sat at the corner with my decibel meter, and it hardly moved. He looked at me, and said "No problem here", sat and listened to them play for a while, and left. He comes by every once in a while to visit, and that is all. I guarantee the last time I fired up the wifes truck, it made more noise than they do. We figure it is because that isnt their type of music. But like I said, at 9pm, not a sound. We are in the county by the way, so I dont know if city ordinances are different
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: zieg85 on December 07, 2008, 05:49:03 pm
Mine is a 24x24 attached to the existing 24X24 with a 10x20 enclosed carport attached to that.  I can point one in facing west and on facing south at the same time and close everything up.  Here is the back wall facing south. To the left of the compressor is an attached 8x8 tractor shed.
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: VileZambonie on December 07, 2008, 06:50:18 pm
I built the upstairs in my garage to be my band room but since I stoppped jammin with these guys I just made a room downstairs for my geetars here's a few pix

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/guitars011.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/guitars009.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/guitars006.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/guitars003.jpg)

(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y228/Sabaka454/guitars002.jpg)
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: murraygmc on December 07, 2008, 07:35:11 pm
sweeet!!
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: dunedigger on December 07, 2008, 08:15:10 pm
I am so jealous of anyone with a garage, especially a barn.  I have 7 trucks and a one car garage, three of these trucks absolutely can not be outside so I suffer with two tarpsheds.  It kills me to use them.  I have two trucks in storage for the winter this year elsewhere.  As for my garage I make the best of it I can, messy in this pic but normally cleaned up.  I over wired it bigtime, lol.  I have an outlet every other stud, welder recep, 240v compressor, 100amp 20 space panel filled up with breakers, furnace, a/c, new insulation and osb walls and ceiling, phone and cable flatscreen tv.  Managed to squeeze in my toolboxes, a great workbench and sand blast cabinet.  Unfortunately it doesn't leave much room for my truck.  I had to raise the ceiling height and replace the overhead door to a larger one when I moved in and my truck still clears by 1/8 inch so I have to go in and out slow.  I need to move bad!
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: Dragon on December 07, 2008, 10:45:00 pm
Definately Envious of all you Guys, including Dune Digger!!!  I got a couple of parking spaces, none of which am I really supposed to do anything to my car or truck, unless an absolute Emergency :-[....   My Wife thinks I'm Crazy, when I told her I will have my 4 level(not including the Storage Basement) Dream Shop someday ;D
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: murraygmc on December 08, 2008, 03:41:03 pm
dunedigger  i love that truck under the tarp man thats sweet
Title: Re: Your play room/work shop/garage
Post by: blast on December 08, 2008, 07:20:58 pm
I play drums too, got a set of pearl exports. Keep mine in the basement though. Made a room down there insulated with egg cartons stacked several inches thick to seal out the noise.

Those are my drums, but I play guitar, lol.  I got them really cheap, and it saves our drummer from having to haul his drumset over every time we jam.  I dabble with them occasionally, though.  The next time we jam, another drummer is bringing his set, also, so we're going to have two drummers playing at the same time, oh boy, gonna sound like The Melvins.  :o

-------------------------

Nice guitar collection, and guitar room, VileZambonie!

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I couldn't live without my garage/jamroom.  It's like my fortress of solitude, even though it's loud, lol.

I still want another garage, soon!
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 69byrd on December 12, 2008, 09:48:37 am
I keep my 84 in the garage at my house most of the time I do some work on it here but most of the work is done at my father in laws shop. Heres a picture of my garage its kinda messy it has all of the kids outside toys in it.

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/69byrd/shop003.jpg)

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/69byrd/shop002.jpg)

Heres the shop where I work on it at.  Not much going on in there now except  I am lowering my sons radio flyer wagon and putting a spring over straight axel on it.  If you look to the right you can see my model A pickup.

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/69byrd/shop008.jpg)

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/69byrd/shop004.jpg)

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/69byrd/shop006.jpg)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: JJSZABO on December 12, 2008, 01:01:34 pm
I love the wagon!!

What are the plans for the model A - RAT ROD? 8)

I am looking for a rat rod project ;D
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 69byrd on December 12, 2008, 04:05:44 pm
I still have to put the handle back on the wagon but other than that it is done.  I am going to rat the model A but it is not going to be real ratty.  I dont like them when they are over done mine is going to be more traditional with either a flathead or a 283 sbc.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: bigblue09 on December 12, 2008, 04:42:52 pm
i like all the garages! i wish i had a place to put my truck but i dont  :-\. there is no room in the garage because of the harley so it sits in the driveway.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: ratdawger on February 09, 2009, 05:17:11 pm
Hers is mine, it is 30'x35' with 12' ceilings, 18'x10' door and 10'x8' door. Other one is 27'x30'. My Dad wanted a place to work on is cars and I had the room, so we split the cost on the new one.

(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/RatDawgs/NewGarage0303.jpg?t=1234220880)
(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/RatDawgs/NewGarage1743.jpg?t=1234220954)
(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/RatDawgs/75StepSide0022.jpg?t=1234221008)
(http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/RatDawgs/GarageDecorations015.jpg?t=1234221104)
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 85MudMonster on February 09, 2009, 05:42:39 pm
WOW!!  :o I wish I had your guy's money. I've got a one car driveway, and a carport that is so full of car parts that I can't fit my car or my truck in it. At least I've got a 10 x 12 workshop behind the house for all my tools and machinery.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 4x4orbust on February 09, 2009, 05:59:44 pm
nice garages!!    right now mine lives next to the wood pile,  soon i will be buying a house with garage.    actually,  i am just looking for a garage with a kitchen,  don't need the house.   
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 85MudMonster on February 09, 2009, 06:02:08 pm
nice garages!!    right now mine lives next to the wood pile,  soon i will be buying a house with garage.    actually,  i am just looking for a garage with a kitchen,  don't need the house.   

yeah I'd like the same, but with a bathroom and a small spot for my bed.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 4x4orbust on February 09, 2009, 06:37:26 pm
nice garages!!    right now mine lives next to the wood pile,  soon i will be buying a house with garage.    actually,  i am just looking for a garage with a kitchen,  don't need the house.   

yeah I'd like the same, but with a bathroom and a small spot for my bed.
that's what the back yard is for..... ;D
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: crazedhick3 on February 09, 2009, 07:58:18 pm
I keep my truck in pieces!!! And do a dang good job of it if I should say so myself!!!!....
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: bfofish on February 09, 2009, 08:00:14 pm
LOL..... :D
Title: Re: Workshop garage where do you work on your truck?
Post by: Ghazi67 on March 23, 2009, 06:36:17 am
Here is some pix from my buddy's garage ..

Its really a workshop .. where many customers bring in their rigs to be fixed during the working hours ..

At night ... its a different story ...

we get togather for Gearheads Party where we help each other on our projects .. share the laughs .. share the experiances ... while having the best burgers in the town :)

Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: cadpwrd on March 25, 2009, 07:39:59 pm
 I have just a one bay garage. It ain't much but I make the most of it. Here it is before I got my truck.
(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/mbrooks_photo/garage.jpg)

That's my daily driver (07 impala SS) Here is pretty much what my garage looks like now.
(http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j264/mbrooks_photo/crap-1.jpg)

I have the cab on a mobile cart now, and the box is still on the sawhorses. The chassis is beside the garage on the patio, and the front clip and interior are in my basement.
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: 79K20 on March 26, 2009, 09:15:29 am
Alas, mine sleeps outside in the rain (or snow)...

Not enough $$$ to build a nice garage right now. Still trying to finish my basement, build a new deck, and finish the (insert other honey-do here). ;)

You guys are making me insanely jealous....
Title: Re: Where do you keep your truck?
Post by: Ghazi67 on March 27, 2009, 05:17:33 am
Mine sleeps in my open garage ...

I do have plans to build it someday in near future ...