My Vette den
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Instructor
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From: Midland Texas
My Vette den
This has been long time comming I bought a bolt together building a year ago and this year I have enough money to get concreate slab I thought I would post my progress
Corvette project on hold until shop is complete
Corvette waiting for the new Den
Corvette project on hold until shop is complete
Corvette waiting for the new Den
Le Mans Master
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From: Pendleton IN
Getting the Den started, is the first step. Good job on making that step a big one.
I have been having my shop added onto this past month too. I desperately needed the room. It's a 27x30 expansion with a 12Wx30Lx8H upstairs for parts.
Here's a picture so far.
http://tinypic.com/r/i4iubo/3
http://tinypic.com/r/2i8g8r6/3
http://tinypic.com/r/2aa0s1w/3
I have been having my shop added onto this past month too. I desperately needed the room. It's a 27x30 expansion with a 12Wx30Lx8H upstairs for parts.
Here's a picture so far.
http://tinypic.com/r/i4iubo/3
http://tinypic.com/r/2i8g8r6/3
http://tinypic.com/r/2aa0s1w/3
Last edited by Vette Daddy; Aug 13, 2009 at 02:36 PM.
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From: Midland Texas
Thank you for your all of the support the shop is 40'x60' with 16' walls and the walls are that hi for a lift. I have found a company that is in Dallas that has a good price on them as well. I am not going to miss the days of rolling in the dirt to change a starter. I work alot out of town so the foundation work is comming along very slow but I will update the Post when I get more progress done.
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From: Midland Texas
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From: Midland Texas
Update to my corvette den
this is me getting concrete
getting main structure up
the end of the first day putting up the main structure up
the second day putting up main structure
this was start of the forth day I forgot to get a pic on the end of the third day
this is what I got done this weekend
Racer
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From: San Antonio Texas
this is me getting concrete
getting main structure up
the end of the first day putting up the main structure up
the second day putting up main structure
this was start of the forth day I forgot to get a pic on the end of the third day
this is what I got done this weekend
Drifting
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From: Supreme Soviet Peace-Loving Pipple's Kollektive of Seattle Wa
You said "I am not going to miss the days of rolling in the dirt to change a starter."
Half my ailments go back to that stuff!!!
You're coming along like gangbusters! This will be a sweet shop! Keep the updates coming!
Half my ailments go back to that stuff!!!
You're coming along like gangbusters! This will be a sweet shop! Keep the updates coming!
That's one huge motherphukin den 
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From: Midland Texas
Thank you guys for all the encouragement I was told you can never build to big of a shop so I took that to heart 40x60x16 is the dimensions any bigger and the price would have been over 20K for the shop alone this is the mueller bolt together it was $14,500.00 delivered to my back yard, then it set for 5 years waiting for the cash to poor the concrete now the fund is to buy 14x14 garage doors then lights then lift and then get the vette running.
