Thread: whats your dream garage???

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I picture a shop 40' x 60' with a heated slab with floor drains, 1 stall paint booth, a restroom with a shower, a lounge with a fridge sat tv couches a lazy boy, maybe 2 hot dawg heaters up in the corners across from eachother, 1 car lift (to pick up a body off the frame), just a hotrod car haven ya know what i'm sayin? a home away from home. a place for me and my buddys to hang out and bullshit an play poker or whatever. but when i do build a garage it'll be 40 x60 and have a heated slab, floor drains, and a restroom with a shower to start out with the rest can come later.

I like simple stuff. A 40 x 80 shop with two apartments on top would be perfect. I would dedicate part of it to a paint booth, part to a fabricating section, and part as an assembly/parking area for finished cars. I would put a paved concrete carport across the enire backside, so I could park more projects under roof until their time came.

For equipment, I would add the very biggest air compressor I could find, plus a Bridgeport and a lathe. I would enclose part of the carport for a sandblasting booth and install a commercial grade sandblaster. I would also intall one lift outside and one inside.

I just checked my lottery numbers for tonights drawing, and I won't be building that shop anytime soon.

Don

About 100 x 100' and the money to afford it.

One just like Jay leno`s!! If were dreaming here, im going for at least 30,000 square feet, loaded with every tool known to man!

All the above!
and below

Pat

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I like simple stuff. A 40 x 80 shop with two apartments on top would be perfect. I would dedicate part of it to a paint booth, part to a fabricating section, and part as an assembly/parking area for finished cars. I would put a paved concrete carport across the enire backside, so I could park more projects under roof until their time came.

For equipment, I would add the very biggest air compressor I could find, plus a Bridgeport and a lathe. I would enclose part of the carport for a sandblasting booth and install a commercial grade sandblaster. I would also intall one lift outside and one inside.

I just checked my lottery numbers for tonights drawing, and I won't be building that shop anytime soon.

Don

i gave up on the lottery LOL but you guys have the right idea

Anything big enough for three cars and is no further north than Ocala Florida.

I like Leno's as well. But seriously, I was in a shop of a friend of mine who gets to use it free through the generosity of his cousin. It's in Caanan CT, huge, has a heated slab, multiple bays, a paint booth, and a lounge area with fully stocked fridge, great bulk containers of snack food, big screen TV with couch area, shower and bath, phones, plus killer stereo system. My friend's cousin is a sponsored NASCAR driver, so all the food and boose are free. He did a frame off restoration on a 1972 240 Z there. It was wild because it's sorta in the middle of nowhere, we were there in the winter -5 degrees out side, 70's inside, with no one there! I guess NASCAR people don't worry about their electric and gas bills! Got to check out a couple of his cousin's cars that were there too!

Originally Posted by stovens

I like Leno's as well. But seriously, I was in a shop of a friend of mine who gets to use it free through the generosity of his cousin. It's in Caanan CT, huge, has a heated slab, multiple bays, a paint booth, and a lounge area with fully stocked fridge, great bulk containers of snack food, big screen TV with couch area, shower and bath, phones, plus killer stereo system. My friend's cousin is a sponsored NASCAR driver, so all the food and boose are free. He did a frame off restoration on a 1972 240 Z there. It was wild because it's sorta in the middle of nowhere, we were there in the winter -5 degrees out side, 70's inside, with no one there! I guess NASCAR people don't worry about their electric and gas bills! Got to check out a couple of his cousin's cars that were there too!

thats what i'm talking about a home away from home

i think if i did have a shop like that the old lady would miss me cause i'd always be at the shop instead of at home. but would be even better if she was right there with you.

my little man cave is a 24x24 with heat/ac/cable/phone/fridge built just for my old car hobby. Will get my son to put up some pics.

how about a 30X50 two-story with a wood shop on top

about a 400-400 split up into seperate bays with a giant loft as my bedroom/house and a dragstrip right outside to test and a dyno room. also would have a pit for oil change and a lift.

Let`s not forget the "stripper pole"

Your supposed to call it: The Fireman's Pole !!

Yeah - easy access to overhead storage . . .