« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2 3 4   Go Down

Author Topic: Where do you keep your truck?  (Read 23505 times)

Offline VileZambonie

  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19167
Where do you keep your truck?
« 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
Logged
,                           ___ 
                         /  _ _ _\_
              ⌠ŻŻŻŻŻ'   [☼===☼]
              `()_);-;()_)--o--)_)

74 GMC, 75 K5, 84 GMC, 85 K20, 86 k20, 79 K10

Offline Captkaos

  • OWNER and Administrator
  • Administrator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18454
    • http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2007, 01:44:11 pm »
Well, I currently have 5.
My Jimmy is "stored" in my garage/shop/warehouse.



(pic before the project trucks moved to below location)


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.

Logged

Offline Lon

  • Newbie
  • Posts: 39
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #2 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.
Logged
1984 GMC Sierra. Air Bagged but mostly stock.

Offline Lon

  • Newbie
  • Posts: 39
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #3 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.
Logged
1984 GMC Sierra. Air Bagged but mostly stock.

Offline xtremjeepn

  • Registered Users
  • *
  • Posts: 235
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #4 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.


Logged
Cole
Restomod Crew Cab Short box on 37"s

Offline Captkaos

  • OWNER and Administrator
  • Administrator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 18454
    • http://www.73-87chevytrucks.com
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2007, 05:08:33 pm »
Quote from: 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.

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.
Logged

Offline Lon

  • Newbie
  • Posts: 39
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #6 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.
Logged
1984 GMC Sierra. Air Bagged but mostly stock.

Offline VileZambonie

  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19167
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2007, 09:03:42 pm »
nice set ups! Here's a few pix of my mostly completed garage...















Logged
,                           ___ 
                         /  _ _ _\_
              ⌠ŻŻŻŻŻ'   [☼===☼]
              `()_);-;()_)--o--)_)

74 GMC, 75 K5, 84 GMC, 85 K20, 86 k20, 79 K10

Offline Blazin

  • Blazin new trails!
  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 6130
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2007, 06:49:43 am »
Nice looking shop! Good aesthetics appeal too. Thats what I need.
Logged
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs

Offline ccz145a

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1393
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2007, 09:34:44 pm »
speechless. can't top that, man.
Logged
1975 C10 Silverado LWB, 454CID, TH400, 10bolt 3.42
11MPG Downhill w/tailwind (but there ain't no hills here)

Offline 123 pugsy

  • Junior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 925
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2007, 09:13:31 am »
Sweet shop....maybe one day....... :-\
Logged
Pugsy
76 C10 LWB
TPI 350

Offline 77c15

  • Frequent Member
  • **
  • Posts: 416
  • combustion=suck, squeeze, bang, blow
    • My cardomain site...
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #11 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.
Logged
Stomp my flag and I will stomp your @$$!

Offline VileZambonie

  • Global Moderator
  • Senior Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 19167
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #12 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

Logged
,                           ___ 
                         /  _ _ _\_
              ⌠ŻŻŻŻŻ'   [☼===☼]
              `()_);-;()_)--o--)_)

74 GMC, 75 K5, 84 GMC, 85 K20, 86 k20, 79 K10

Offline Blazin

  • Blazin new trails!
  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 6130
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #13 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.
Logged
Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs

Offline FlatBlack77

  • Junior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 894
  • Cheap Fast Reliable - Pick 2
Re: Where do you keep your truck?
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2007, 08:33:49 pm »


Logged
"When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
'77 C/10 - 350/350 mild street motor
Pages: [1] 2 3 4   Go Up
« previous next »