Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[stovens]

Jim
What are you going to panel the sides with? I imagine insulation isn't a issue there? 2 and a 1/2 hours wow!

[roadster32]

JR only just found your build thread, keep up the good work, very interesting.

[Whiplash23T]

Now now Don, Jim is happly married with children,there must be another way of getting garage time without the messy divorce!!
Although the extremely romantic idea has some appeal for any guy, but that can also backfire and one ends up too worn out to crawl out to the garage.

[J. Robinson]

Don - I may take your advice next year when she is retired, too. School starts up again in two weeks and she'll be back at work; if I took over the household chores, she'd be thrilled! Of course, when she comes home at the end of a day, she'll expect to see progress on that list... Right now, though, I need to stay on good terms - she is a fabulous seamstress and I am going to need some upholstery work on the roadster soon...

Stovens - I am going to frame in between the steel uprights with 2 x 3 lumber (because it's the same width) set at 24 inches on center. The ends will be framed with 2 x 4 lumber set 16" on center. Then I will clad it with T-111 vertical grooved plywood siding. I am using that because it matches the siding on the entryway and garage front of my house and this garage is visible from the street.

Roadster32 - Welcome. Hopefully I'll have some progress to show here before too much longer. By the way, cool avatar.

Whiplash - Happily married 39 years this month! Our only son is 35. And you're right, even though my wife is only a year younger than me, she can wear me out any time she chooses...

[J. Robinson]

Well, it took me a while in all this heat, but here it is. I still have some work to do on the inside, but the exterior is finished. The funny thing, to me, is that it looks smaller now that you can't see through it... Anyway, it won't be long now and I'll finally be back to work on the roadster... Oh yeah, total cost? About $6400.

[Ken Thurm]

Jim,
That really turned out nice. Is that your work shop or your home for finished projects?
Ken

[Itoldyouso]

Well it's about time! I got all excited when I saw you reposted on your thread, thinking maybe some track t progress, but this is the next best thing.

Nice shop Jim. Now make it all dirty from work.

Don

[stovens]

Nice job Jim, and at an excellent price!

[RestoRod]

Oh yeah, total cost? About $6400.

Is that price including the slab? Up here, it would cost more than that just for the concrete. I priced concrete for a 26 x 36 ft. garage and it was almost $11,000. Of course, we have to worry about freezing which wouldn't be much of a concern to you.

Oh yeah, nice garage.

[J. Robinson]

Thank you all for the compliments. I'll be using this as my main shop. My wife has lived with me tracking metal shavings, bondo dust, and overspray into the house for over 35 years. Now the fumes and dust will hopefully stay outside. I'm going to drywall the inside and then I'll be ready to get back to work on the fun stuff... maybe next week??

RestoRod - Yes, that's everything so far including the steel overhead door and the automatic opener. The 20 x 28 slab (4 inch thick) cost $1400. That was the total price that the concrete mason charged; it included the fiber reinforced concrete and all his labor. You should call for another estimate. I'm sure it's more expensive in your climate, but almost 10 times seems exhorbitant..??

[oldrodder43]

WOW, great job Jim. Looks like it'll be a nice place to work, too. Congrats.

[J. Robinson]

OK, folks, it's way overdue, but I'm finally back to work on the roadster! I haven't hit an honest lick on it since a year ago last October when I finished the intake manifold. That piece of the project is still bolted to the engine and I have never sent it off to be "plumbed" because I forgot to put a vaccuum port on it for the PCV system. I am considering building a different manifold that uses more modern carbs than the 97's we were going to put on it...

Anyway, last July I decided I didn't like the seat back and bottom that I had built. About that time, Speedway Motors reduced the price on their Kirkey aluminum seats if you bought two at a time, so...

I trashed my home-built seat framework and bought a pair of the Kirkey seats. When they arrived, I set them in the roadster and noticed immediately that they didn't quite fit right (1st pic), but I was preoccupied with finishing my new garage... When I got started on it today, I determined that the problem was the seats are slightly wider than the space for them to sit in (2nd pic). I could either remove the wood reinforcement from inside the body (which would complicate the upholstery job later) or put a relief in the driveshaft tunnel. I elected to relieve the tunnel because there is plenty of space underneath it and, when the interior is finished, it won't show.

After marking where the tunnel and seats interfere, I used a hole saw and a miniature power hacksaw to remove the necessary material from the tunnel (3rd pic). I will 'glass in some recesses in these holes after I build mounts for the seats. The good news is they fit fine now (4th pic).

[Itoldyouso]

I'm really happy to see you back on the T, Jim. Funny how fast a year flies by, huh? Those seats look great in there. Turkey Run, maybe??

Don

[Mr Blue]

Glad to see your back too
Seats look right at home there after your modifications, looking forward to more posts on your progress, Don Jr.

[J. Robinson]

Thanks, guys. Turkey Run? I sure hope so; I should have had this thing on the road a year ago!