i just thought that some of you would like to see the progress on the shop...it has been slow due to the injury to my hand...but it is healing enough now so that i can use it some...still cant hammer tho... :sad:

i closed at noon yesterday and locked the door and worked on the shop til 6 pm...
i am an early riser...usually around 5 am...but i woke up at 4 this morning...
i know...its sunday...what can i tell ya...my body clock dosnt know what day it is! :lol:

anyway...i went to the shop at around 4:30 and worked on it till about noon...
hung some lights...put a neat sign on the wall...put stuff away etc...
still gotta build some stairs in the corner (where the tires are) they will go up over the office...ive got a pretty big storage area up there...the old ladder that was screwed to the wall wasnt cutting it...

its coming along but its got a ways to go still...the 2 post lift will go where the car is setting in the pix...
the car is up on jack stands cause im gettin ready for the journey to Carlisle in a few weeks...goin thru it pretty good trying to make sure we have no problems on the trip...probably will end up bein about 2500 miles all told...
plus im doin some cosmetic stuff too...i want it lookin as good as it can if you know what i mean... :yesnod:






[Modified by SIGNGUY, 12:38 PM 7/28/2002]

 

Looking good :cool:

What a luxurious setting compared to my 1.5 car garage.

Enjoy!

 

:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

 

I wish I had that kind of room to work with. In my garage, if i want to work on the other side, I have to back the car at and turn it around. :lol: But thats ok, as long as I get to work on it period, I'm happy :D

 

Very COOL! Thanks for sharing the pictures.
I really like your Corvette insignia on the wall. I plan on putting one on my shop wall in the future.
To anybody who doesn't currently have a shop to work in. . . GET ONE! You will enjoy it more than ANY car or performance mod.

Years ago, I had $5000 in hand to go buy a project car. When I showed up, the car had already been sold (lucky me :eek: ). I decided to use the money to have my first shop built next to my first home. It was a 24'x28' with a single 16'x8 roll up door. It turned out to be one of the best moves that I ever made. I thoughly enjoyed it and when I sold that home, the money spent on that building more than came back to me. I hope to never live anywhere without a shop again.

 

Looks great Signguy! :cool: What else are you planning to do besides the lift?

 

thanx guys...i apreciate the positive comments and compliments... :yesnod:
please dont think im tryin to show off...im pretty excited about it and i just wanted to share it with yall... :)

i know its not awesome compared to some but i (like many of you) have worked on my car in driveway too many times to count because i too did not have a garage...as a matter of fact, i dont even have a garage at all at the house!
so im pretty excited about it... :)

 

thanx mike...
when your ready for one let me know...i can make them any size, any color.

 

So how do you get it to Hover like that or is this the next car for Back to the Future V? ;)

Gary

 

Sign, great shop there, now all you need is....

Bridgeport, drill press, grinders, finishers, break, welding bench, MIG and TIG and Stick welders...lift, NOT a 4 poster from texas...;-(((, 20 ton press,
HUGE Snap ON box full of tools, compressor, impacts,

MAN, can I spend ALL your money!!!!


GENE :D :D :D

 

I wish I had a cool place like that! :cool:

 

Too clean to be a garage!!!
J/K :jester

Very nice... As stated above, I wish I had a :cool: place like yours to work on the Corvette.

 

That looks Fantastic

 

Looks great, I can't wait to finish mine.. How much for the sign? :cheers:

 

SIGNGUY, looks sweet! (too clean, tho! :lol: )
Good luck on your drive to Carlisle! Here is a tip. Make a sign (after all, you are SIGNGUY) that says something like, "I DROVE all the way from Florida" and you will be a celebrity pick for sure!! :lol:
MJ

 

I'm jealous. I've scraped up the money to build a shop twice in the past two years and both times something else came up that had to be taken care of.

 

We need a drooling face! I have a nice place in town now, great neighbors, walk to everything, 10 minutes from work, etc..., but I'm dumpin' it for a place outside of town with 40x60 shop with double roll-ups and HVAC. Gotta' have priorities...

Hans

 

That's a nice looking shop. It's so much better when you have room to work and to organize. I can understand your excitement. Are you leasing or did you buy it? I would recommend epoxy painting the floor if you own it (or negotiating with the owner to trade the improvement for rent). It is so much better to work on a painted floor.

 

thats about it other than MORE TOOLS!
you can never have too many tools :)

 

LOL