Great garages everyone! My garage has been my project for a while - always adding something to it and it turned out pretty extreme. Kind of my other hobby. I have the video games out there too so I have a blast with my 3 little boys (8,5,3) hanging out. Been thankful to put 2 other of my dream cars in there. Sold them and loving the fun of a classic muscle car.

...Can you guess what my favorite colors are??

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72x32 The floor is being poured on Tuesday, It will have a heated floor and a lift or two.
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amazing garage chad!!!

I am very impressed with everyones shops. You guys Rock and isn't it nice to have wifes that let us live our dreams. Here's a few shots of mine at different agles over the last few years. My shop is still a work in progress since I spend all my spare time working on Camaro's. For the guys that are building- Cabinets, cabinets, Storage, storage, and bolt bens, and counter space is the key plus minumum ten' ceilings. This thread is the COOLEST.

Great garages everyone! My garage has been my project for a while - always adding something to it and it turned out pretty extreme. Kind of my other hobby. I have the video games out there too so I have a blast with my 3 little boys (8,5,3) hanging out. Been thankful to put 2 other of my dream cars in there. Sold them and loving the fun of a classic muscle car.

...Can you guess what my favorite colors are??

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/vetteperry18/DSC_1600.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/vetteperry18/DSC_1601.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/vetteperry18/View1.jpg
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http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k141/vetteperry18/AFTER1-1.jpg
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This is one very nice garage my wife said no you cant have one when I showed it to her.Do you still own the Vette and the Viper I guess its a Viper if so is your name Dr. Chad....

This is one very nice garage my wife said no you cant have one when I showed it to her.Do you still own the Vette and the Viper I guess its a Viper if so is your name Dr. Chad....

No don't have the vette or viper anymore, had the c6 vette while, then went to the 06 viper. Sold the viper a year ago and recently went to the camaro. Those are my 3 lifelong dream cars and I've been blessed to have all 3. No way I could afford all 3 at once - my name should be Dr. "Debt" as it is. ha ha. The viper was awesome but just too much money to be tied up in. Funny cause the vette and camaro cost less than most standard suv's these days but everyone thinks they cost a fortune. I prefer to drive an old beater truck to work and have a fun car in the garage. It's a sad addiction...

Chad,

What kind of flooring is that in your garage?

VERY nice sir.

Ron, I already have my plans done, Im using free span Ibeam floor joists to span the 26' of mine and using real 3/4" plywood flooring for that extra added strength. We dont have the dormers in our plans, but now the Mrs. said 'wouldnt that be cool to have dormers like that guys'... hope I dont have to have plans redrawn again :D

Doug (greenZ), what type of heat in that floor? Elec. or Wirsbo?
My pole barn will have a 32 x 25 area thats insulated and heated with slab Wirsbo tubing with elec. boiler on off peak rates. :)

Jim, i also used floor joists to span 26'.They work like a charm-no bowing or sagging.
Dang-i could probably park one of my cars on the roof.:D

Chad,

What kind of flooring is that in your garage?

VERY nice sir.

Hi Dan,

It is called "racedeck". You can google it. I found a great deal through a corvette forum vendor. Normally runs like $4.5/sf but I got mine for around $3.25. It just snaps together and can be cut with power tools to fit nice against the walls. Don't have to have a new slab that way and you can take it with you if you move. I'm pretty happy with it overall except for when using jack it does leave some impressions if you don't use a piece of wood under your jack.

Jim,

I went back and forth on the dormers, and I am very glad I put them in. I plan on putting in a full bath in one of them, and a mini office in the other. If you look at the pic's, my dormers are 8' wide and have an 8' ceiling adding quite a bit of room. The other pic is the 26' long glue lam beams I used to support the floor right under the dormer walls. Floor joist are 2X12 on 16" centers. Beams are 18" wide. I have three of them, one runs over the garage/entrance door on front all the way across so no sag or bounce upstairs at all. I also went with 3/4" T&G flooring for the upstairs all the way across, not just between the knee walls.

Jim- Yes it will be radiant heat, 1500 feet of tubing in the building. Five different zones.

Chad , your shop is just ridiculous, one of the nicest I've seen here :yes:
I would be afraid to get it dirty. . . . . better build another one to fix cars in ;)

I had too much junk in my garage, so I built this:
http://www.hotrodders.com/journal_photos/00045994/12487594010.jpg

Now I have a little room in my 2-car garage to work on my 67:

Chad , your shop is just ridiculous, one of the nicest I've seen here :yes:
I would be afraid to get it dirty. . . . . better build another one to fix cars in ;)

Thanks! You're right - hate to dirty it up so I end up changing oil out in the driveway how stupid is that! My neighbors REALLY think I'm sick when I'm out there wiping down the floor by hand with a soapy towel. Sick, very sick.

Doug, but what kind of radiant heat? There are either elec. cables or tubing and fluid inside it, both buried in the concrete. Which are you considering? I can give you some good hints regarding either depending on which one you want to go with. :)

I had too much junk in my garage, so I built this:
http://www.hotrodders.com/journal_photos/00045994/12487594010.jpg

Now I have a little room in my 2-car garage to work on my 67:

Love that picture of you guys in the thumbnail. Look worn out and like "oh, crap - what have we done! NOW we have to put it back together... :D

Love that picture of you guys in the thumbnail. Look worn out and like "oh, crap - what have we done! NOW we have to put it back together... :D

That is my dad and his friend (since high school). Funny you should say that because that is EXACTLY what they were thinking. My dad has told me 3 or 4 times, "I hope you know how to get this thing back together!"

H.

That is my dad and his friend (since high school). Funny you should say that because that is EXACTLY what they were thinking. My dad has told me 3 or 4 times, "I hope you know how to get this thing back together!"

H.

That's hilarious. Cool picture to have of them. Seen my dad with the same look. I've often wished I could just snap my fingers and have everything back together like it was. Sure feels good to get it them on the road again. I cleaned up my garage today and swore I would leave the car alone but you know how long that will last....

It is Pex tubing with fluid running through it. When we get the garage finished I'll post up our experience, so far it has been pretty good, we prepped the base and put the rebar/tubing down ourselves to save some money.

The heat system going inplace will be a comercial unit, my Grandfather owns a plumbing company in PA, so he is hooking us up.

Finally got this hung today. My wife had it made for my birthday. Yes, I will stay with her forever! Can't believe she puts up with me. What is cool is that when I met her she already had a red 94 camaro. The way she drove it scared me - it was all I could do not to propose right away. Was it destiny or what?

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That's what I have in my current 3 car garage, pex tubing in the slab with 2" pink foam sheets under the rebar to keep the heat pushing up instead of letting it go down too. I love it. :D warm floors are the best :thumbsup:

Finally got this hung today. My wife had it made for my birthday. Yes, I will stay with her forever! Can't believe she puts up with me. What is cool is that when I met her she already had a red 94 camaro. The way she drove it scared me - it was all I could do not to propose right away. Was it destiny or what?



Now that is a love story any car guy can appreciate , two thumbs up. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
( You had me at " The way she drove it scared me " )

Now that is a love story any car guy can appreciate , two thumbs up. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
( You had me at " The way she drove it scared me " )

I also think of that Colin Rae song "She's my kind of girl". Ah, redneck love.

Here's my shop in the Philippines. And yes I will be painting the spoiler soon. Only just got it and installed it recently.

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Heres mine! Nothing big. But I like it.11921

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Not bad for grubbing the spot from my friend. The Vette is his.

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Here is my 40x80 shop (already to small) I have a 2 post lift and a dyno in it. Got my pull table in it also.

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my dyno sits off to the left in the picture above.

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Man very nice garage you got there. All the comforts a man needs.

alright i have seen some great man caves on here these are some pics of my cave

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00732.jpg?t=1252938005

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00731.jpg?t=1252938171

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00729.jpg?t=1252938215

the other side




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Great shop !
love that milling machine. :yes:

ya picked it up at a great price (free) i m a toolmaker so a bridgeport is kinda like my right hand lookin for a lathe at the same great price

Just a plain old machinist here, but for the last few years running a giant cylindical grinder ( 200 " travel )
I respect you tool makers, you're like the special forces of machining.
Hope you find your lathe.

i started my appreticeship in 1980 and where i was digital readout was state of the art use to have to count the hand cranks (2-4-6-8-1.00") and put an arrow mark on the table for backlash direction now a days you just hit a button

That's what I have in my current 3 car garage, pex tubing in the slab with 2" pink foam sheets under the rebar to keep the heat pushing up instead of letting it go down too. I love it. :D warm floors are the best :thumbsup:

C'mon down here cold floors arn't an issue , about a month ago I installed a window A/C unit in my garage this ought to help me going out there and getting something done.:yes:
new garage -new house :http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/zman1969/P1010393.jpg
I plan on building a detached garage in the next year or so

zman you had to bring up pex tubing i built this barn about 5 years ago i to put insulation down there is 2000 thousand foot of pex tubing in my floor when the contactor poured concrete (that is the only thing i contacted out)i told him not to cut the floor well he cut it anyway my insureance paid me for materials about 2000.00 bucks but that didn t help with my heat problem so i had to go with a radiant tube heater it works well but not as good as floor heat as for the contractor he went out of bisiness but my insureance company still has a law suit i have pics of my floor before it was poured but not on a digital camera

zman you had to bring up pex tubing i built this barn about 5 years ago i to put insulation down there is 2000 thousand foot of pex tubing in my floor when the contactor poured concrete (that is the only thing i contacted out)i told him not to cut the floor well he cut it anyway my insureance paid me for materials about 2000.00 bucks but that didn t help with my heat problem so i had to go with a radiant tube heater it works well but not as good as floor heat as for the contractor he went out of bisiness but my insureance company still has a law suit i have pics of my floor before it was poured but not on a digital camera
Very clean,I see a shower,lounge chair you probably go in on friday and leave on sunday does your wife miss you at any time.Sorry to hear about the heat problem how can the guy if he poors the concrete not know about the radient heat was it all under the insulation,what an idiot....Anyway nice shop need more cars now....

How do you post a picture? :confused:

How do you post a picture? :confused:

How to Post
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=164920

Not nearly as nice as some of the others, but I will play!

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http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x176/1967rs/IMG_2736x.jpg

Not nearly as nice as some of the others, but I will play!

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x176/1967rs/Picture004x.jpg

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http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x176/1967rs/IMG_2736x.jpg

It may not be as BIG as some, but yours is very nice. I like it! :yes:

H.

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Wait a minute , Brian has a recliner and a fridge AND a pool table next to his Camaro ??
We have a winner ! :beers:
( is that Lambeau up there on the wall ? )

Don't forget the dog bed, :boring:or is that his when the Misses won't let him in?

Wait a minute , Brian has a recliner and a fridge AND a pool table next to his Camaro ??
We have a winner ! :beers:
( is that Lambeau up there on the wall ? )

Yep that is Lambeau up on the wall there good eye:thumbsup:. The place has been known to get a little rowdy after the bar closes, you never know is going to be in the recliner the next morning!l:)

Don't forget the dog bed, :boring:or is that his when the Misses won't let him in?

The dog bed is for the my golden retriever (named Lambeau), but I have been known to sleep on it as well, Lonesome George style!!:beers:

alright i have seen some great man caves on here these are some pics of my cave

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00732.jpg?t=1252938005

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00731.jpg?t=1252938171

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00729.jpg?t=1252938215

the other side




http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/DSC00730.jpg?t=1252938272


How tall is the ceiling in your garage?

123 - nice garage! How tall is it? I'm still a few years away from my man cave, but I'm taking notes now.

my barn is 12x40x64 it took me 3 years to build it but i did everything myself except concrete i did do all the grade work and form work prior to crete but i can t finish worth a dam lowest part is the door 11ft so if it makes it in i'm good everything else is 11ft 4" full bath,surround sound,sat. tv,fridge,microwave,lazyboy,intercom,(intercom is oneway i can call the wife and she hears me she calls me and it just ding dongs until i answer if not i can't hear her)airdrops all around every 10ft plunty of outlets nothing less than 20 amp drywalled and insulated, heres a pic of out the back door it opens up to a 10x40 patio and then a pond its a great view

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/ultrachrome2006/tomtoy.jpg?t=1253468827

Here's my workshop. I don't have the space that you guys in the east have, but I make due.
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/Irnmike/IMG_1752.jpg
Ganesh GMV-2 mill, Lagun FTV-2 mill, Victor 16X40 lathe
http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee39/Irnmike/IMG_1701.jpg
Still find room for the 'maro
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ot a little cramped when I was at this stage

Here’s some pics of my 24x32 not the biggest thing but I built it :D

http://www.scaldinghot.com/bbq04/005bbq2004.jpg

http://www.scaldinghotelcamino.com/gallery09/051.jpg

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That's one nice tool box!!

I don't know... that Corona is taking up a lot of valuable space!

how about this tool box?

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t35/zman1969/P3080513.jpg

Mike, 2 mills ?
I know a machinist in Wisconsin that will take one off your hands so you can have more room in your shop. :yes:

Mike, 2 mills ?
I know a machinist in Wisconsin that will take one off your hands so you can have more room in your shop. :yes:

I needed a second one because i found myself changing setups too often. I keep one w/ the head trammed and the vise indicated and the other is for more odd setups. The Lagun is beefier and I use it for heavier milling jobs.

Besides you can never have too many tools.

Here is my 40-60 shop! http://s939.photobucket.com/albums/ad231/jcfcamaro/?action=tags&current=shop

Here's a link to a few pics of my "almost" finished garage. Please excuse the mess. I'm still trying to clean/organize it so I can get back to work on my 67 'Bird. Which is why I built the garage in the first place. It's 30x40x12 with 560 sq/ft of good usable attic space.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/575074902iFpcpV

Here's a link to a few pics of my "almost" finished garage. Please excuse the mess. I'm still trying to clean/organize it so I can get back to work on my 67 'Bird. Which is why I built the garage in the first place. It's 30x40x12 with 560 sq/ft of good usable attic space.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/575074902iFpcpV


With the exception of that blue and orange "Gator" stuff it looks great.

Roll Tide!

I have seen some impressive caves here,but one thing made me stop and stare.123,you have the coolest Camaro ever!Dont change it.If you ever decide you want something different dont redo that car just sell it to me and star over.That car is soooo cool.I would walk past a mile of trailer queens just to stop and admire a car that look like it actually sees some street action.Very cool.

thanks rich but i really want to finish this car like alot of guys they start a project car and just never seem to get it finished this was my first car back in 1977 and i always dreamed of havin the dream 67ss/rs camaro so like alot of young guys with no money you do what you can when you can so much of what you see on the car was done back in the late 70's early 80's the car hasn't been on the street since i think 1982 thats when the familiy thing came along now 25 years later i would just like to finish what i started not so much to have a dream car just have my dream 1967ss camaro

Work in progress ..

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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4011740682_e49cae36be.jpg

Here's a before resto and during resto picture for ya!

'69 Coupe Currently under construction....


BEFORE:

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm298/6781camaro/garageafterclearingitout11-26-2008.jpg



CURRENTLY:



http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm298/6781camaro/1969%20Camaro%20%20SS350/relaxingonthenewbodycartwithasmile.jpg




http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm298/6781camaro/1969%20Camaro%20%20SS350/Framerailspackagetrayfillerpanel-1.jpg

The car looks much happier now!

The car looks much happier now!


:D:yes: oh yeah:yes:

This is a email a buddy sent me of some nice garages....
http://www.luxury4play.com/automotive/36568-worlds-most-beautiful-garages-exotics-insane-garage-picture-thread-50-pics.html

This is a email a buddy sent me of some nice garages....
http://www.luxury4play.com/automotive/36568-worlds-most-beautiful-garages-exotics-insane-garage-picture-thread-50-pics.html
Dave,

Those garages are the sickest looking ive ever seen:thumbsup:.

Dave,

Those garages are the sickest looking ive ever seen:thumbsup:.
Those people a way above me.I was happy with my finneshed shead.Look at some of there cars that site ie like a rich Team Camaro.

You'd be surprised how many nice barns and garages people have that are full of musclecars. Not high profile people either. They're quiet and humble, don't get involved in typical gearhead activities and rarely go to shows and cruise nights. They just drive.

There are also owners of exotics with large gargages underneath their homes. One would never know they were there. That's the way they want it.

those are the best kind of collections and cars i have always thought....

These were taken at different stages since last year, last November it was an unfinished ,uninsulated , unheated icebox during the winter months and a sweatbox in the summer.
Last winter I threw a ceiling in to have some storage space and a place to put a furnace/ac unit in , added plenty of lighting ,insulated it and finished the walls.
This spring painted, epoxy coated the floor and did all the decorating,
All that's left is to put a compressor in the back left corner, get the satellite hooked up and build my permanent workbench... I had to leave something for this winters project.;)

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Nice progress how do you get all the road signs they add a nice look.

Nice progress how do you get all the road signs they add a nice look.

I rebuild roads...out with the old signs and in with new.:thumbsup:

I rebuild roads...out with the old signs and in with new.:thumbsup:

Sebert

LOVE the Camaro, and the garage is pretty sweet too!~ Nice work!

I was thinking of designing my garage (when my resto is done of course)... with articles from 1969--creating a time-machine effect. :D

Sebert

LOVE the Camaro, and the garage is pretty sweet too!~ Nice work!

I was thinking of designing my garage (when my resto is done of course)... with articles from 1969--creating a time-machine effect. :D

Thanks Todd....where's the love for the Velles :confused: :D , I built the garage when I built the house in 2000, I had no cars at the time...if I only knew, it'd be twice the size and a little taller.:( ;)

Thanks Todd....where's the love for the Velles :confused: :D , I built the garage when I built the house in 2000, I had no cars at the time...if I only knew, it'd be twice the size and a little taller.:( ;)


Sorry about that.... I am partial to Camaros, but yes--- those Chevelles are quite impressive! :yes: Just a guess... '67 and a '69? I do like those too...:thumbsup: Enjoy...:beers:

That 66 is awesome.
I'm glad you got your priorities straight and were careful to make sure your beer is served correctly ( love the tap ) and 36 degrees sounds just right. :beers:

Sebert, great looking shop and cars :thumbsup:

Can you please resize your photos to about 880x660 which is site policy. This will make it easier to see them fully without scrolling side to side and it brings the typed print into full view as well. It also helps the folks with dial up computers who struggle with very large photos. :) thanks for understanding.

I only read the words I can see its fun trying to put it together with out scrolling....

Sebert, great looking shop and cars :thumbsup:

Can you please resize your photos to about 880x660 which is site policy. This will make it easier to see them fully without scrolling side to side and it brings the typed print into full view as well. It also helps the folks with dial up computers who struggle with very large photos. :) thanks for understanding.

is that better ?

I rebuild roads...out with the old signs and in with new.:thumbsup:

Too bad you live so far away, I build new road signs. :D

alot better, thanks. If you keep the width to under 880, you wont see the scroll bar at the bottom at all. When pics are over that size, the text follows it and forces you to scroll to read, thats what really drives folks nuts. Great clear pics too. :)

I still cant see all the words....

I still cant see all the words....

Just look at the pictures :yes: ;)