Making it all fit (garage pics)

[PrivatePilot]

I'm not kidding myself, it'll probably sit in the garage collecting cobwebs like I said. And then in another 20 years or whenever the time comes that it NEEDS to go because the house is being sold or whatever I'll have to make what may be a different decision at that point, but by then the thing will be 50+ years old and who knows, there may be someone out there who jumps on it regardless of the amount of work it needs.

In the short term, like I said....if someone even close to the right person is out there right now I'd be willing to work with them on it from a time and $$ standpoint to do the job right versus quick.

 

[PrivatePilot]

and some 'art' that is allowed indoors:

Next time don't blur the porn on the screen. Pretty bored right now. ?

 

[FLSTC]

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[Hardwrkr13]

I'm not kidding myself, it'll probably sit in the garage collecting cobwebs like I said. And then in another 20 years or whenever the time comes that it NEEDS to go because the house is being sold or whatever I'll have to make what may be a different decision at that point, but by then the thing will be 50+ years old and who knows, there may be someone out there who jumps on it regardless of the amount of work it needs.

In the short term, like I said....if someone even close to the right person is out there right now I'd be willing to work with them on it from a time and $$ standpoint to do the job right versus quick.

Have room to hang it on display? Spit and polish may be a cheap alternative to actually doing expensive parts to make it a runner especially if you have to do a track and full engine rebuild.
There's a large amount of people btw who do vintage sled get togethers and they ride'em. Should be able to find a FB group with them local that you may be able to sell to one member (and you can vet them by their photos of other vintage sleds they take pride in). Maybe that could be an option.

 

[mimico_polak]

Don't judge me...I swear I'll work on it this summer. Apparently 2 cars will fit in here...

 

[oioioi]

I admire the people that use their garages for their intended purpose, park their cars in there.

My 2 car garage has been converted to permanent storage on one half and a winter only parking spot for the family car. And that seems to be only when a snow fall is coming. ?‍

 

[mimico_polak]

I admire the people that use their garages for their intended purpose, park their cars in there.

My 2 car garage has been converted to permanent storage on one half and a winter only parking spot for the family car. And that seems to be only when a snow fall is coming. ?‍

That’s the plan....reality may be different.

1. remove ceiling
2. Install new insulation and drywall
3. Drywall on walls
4. Get a nice set of cabinets
5. The back storage shelf is going to the shed
6. Park cars

 

[miggs]

I wish i had a garage...

I have a 7x12 shed that is storage / workshop that makes due.

 

[GreyGhost]

I admire the people that use their garages for their intended purpose, park their cars in there.

My 2 car garage has been converted to permanent storage on one half and a winter only parking spot for the family car. And that seems to be only when a snow fall is coming. ?‍

Until the snow got bad this winter, we have never parked a car in the garage. I will say, it is quite a nice experience. Now I am itching to kick them out again to get some space back. The lift is down and my car is in the middle until I get some time to do my wifes snows. She was grumpy with her cold snowy car this morning.

Almost any garage capacity needs to be minus one for stuff. A two car garage is one at best for the vast majority of people. A one car garage (especially a modern one car garage that barely fits a car with nothing else in it), forget it, it's not for cars. That being said, my wife bought a cheap bike trailer/stroller (costco chariot knockoff) from a guy that was super upset about how cluttered his garage was. He opened the door and that stroller was literally the only thing in the double garage. Amazing.

Where I located the lift, I need to back up, close the garage door, then roll forward to park and open the door. There is ~1" from my license plate to the door and the beam won't let the door come down in its final resting spot. Sometimes less than an inch if the car isn't dead nuts straight. If I was building my own house, definitely wider garage doors and probably segmented area (eg. two car garage for the daily drivers, a separate space for the toys/tools). Oh well, not likely to happen.

Still working out a toy shed design that can pass architectural control, by-law and maximize volume. Also need to add a driveway and culvert unless I access it from my neighbours so that is probably the biggest obstacle. Accessing it from my side has a 4' wide choke point in stone.

 

[PrivatePilot]

Have room to hang it on display?

I'll post some pictures of the rafters tomorrow.

Short answer in the meantime: Not a hope in hell.

 

[SVeezy]

Ugh, I was spoiled initially with a large shop and many tools, a couple residences later and I have no garage. I love/hate all the garage pics.


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[PrivatePilot]

As for actually parking cars in our garage....it had 2 cars in it a grand total of...once...back when we owned a Grand Prix GTP and an Astrovan.

Reality is...it's just too tight. With 2 cars in there you have to be careful opening the doors on either to avoid dinging the one parked beside it. The one on the far wall barely had any room to get in and out of it without dinging the door on the wall. Since there's a support pole in the middle of the garage and 2 small (vs one large) door, pulling into the middle and using it as a one car garage isn't possible.

When I had my 1 ton diesel dually pickup it barely fit in the driveway much less the garage. Only part that could fit in the doors was the hood up to the mirrors.

My wife's old Chrysler 300 would have made squeaky balloon noises going in and out because of it's "classic full size sedan" size.

In short...it was far more of a pain then ever a benefit.

The motorcycles fit well though.

 

[GreyGhost]

Ugh, I was spoiled initially with a large shop and many tools, a couple residences later and I have no garage. I love/hate all the garage pics.


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I couldn't go back. Prior to my wife being in the picture, my plan was to buy an industrial building with a ramp in. Build a "house" in part of the space (yeah, not legal but who cares). Add rooms in the size and shape desired as needed. The remainder of the space would be the garage. My wife would not go along with the idea.

 

[GreyGhost]

As for actually parking cars in our garage....it had 2 cars in it a grand total of...once...back when we owned a Grand Prix GTP and an Astrovan.

Reality is...it's just too tight. With 2 cars in there you have to be careful opening the doors on either to avoid dinging the one parked beside it. The one on the far wall barely had any room to get in and out of it without dinging the door on the wall. Since there's a support pole in the middle of the garage and 2 small (vs one large) door, pulling into the middle and using it as a one car garage isn't possible.

When I had my 1 ton diesel dually pickup it barely fit in the driveway much less the garage. Only part that could fit in the doors was the hood up to the mirrors.

My wife's old Chrysler 300 would have made squeaky balloon noises going in and out because of it's "classic full size sedan" size.

In short...it was far more of a pain then ever a benefit.

The motorcycles fit well though.

My wife lost a mirror to the garage this winter She only has 3" total to clear the stupid door. Once she didn't make it.

 

[PrivatePilot]

my plan was to buy an industrial building with a ramp in. Build a "house" in part of the space (yeah, not legal but who cares). Add rooms in the size and shape desired as needed. The remainder of the space would be the garage

Sounds positively heavenly.

Although I can see how 95% of wife's would not see it the same way however.

 

[oioioi]

Until the snow got bad this winter, we have never parked a car in the garage. I will say, it is quite a nice experience. Now I am itching to kick them out again to get some space back. The lift is down and my car is in the middle until I get some time to do my wifes snows. She was grumpy with her cold snowy car this morning.

Almost any garage capacity needs to be minus one for stuff. A two car garage is one at best for the vast majority of people. A one car garage (especially a modern one car garage that barely fits a car with nothing else in it), forget it, it's not for cars. That being said, my wife bought a cheap bike trailer/stroller (costco chariot knockoff) from a guy that was super upset about how cluttered his garage was. He opened the door and that stroller was literally the only thing in the double garage. Amazing.

Where I located the lift, I need to back up, close the garage door, then roll forward to park and open the door. There is ~1" from my license plate to the door and the beam won't let the door come down in its final resting spot. Sometimes less than an inch if the car isn't dead nuts straight. If I was building my own house, definitely wider garage doors and probably segmented area (eg. two car garage for the daily drivers, a separate space for the toys/tools). Oh well, not likely to happen.

Still working out a toy shed design that can pass architectural control, by-law and maximize volume. Also need to add a driveway and culvert unless I access it from my neighbours so that is probably the biggest obstacle. Accessing it from my side has a 4' wide choke point in stone.

Once of the houses we looked at during our house hunt had a double garage with one side being a tandem garage. Layout of the house wasn't the greatest but I couldn't buy the house just because of the garage.

In a newer subdivision around my place, there are houses that have a "staggered" garage/driveway. Left side is normal with a driveway of a regular car length. The ride side is closer to the front property line and only has a driveway for smart car parallel parked. To add insult to injury, they put in a sidewalk a few months after people moved in.
I would have been #@$#$%^&*()(*&^%$#!!#$%^&*( mad if that happened to me.

 

[PrivatePilot]

The typical "fit more on a tiny postage stamp piece of property" BS. "But 2 car garage!" Wooohoo.

We looked at some houses 20 years ago when the cookie-cutter era was in full force where the garage doors themselves were so ridiculously small that you'd struggle to get anything bigger than a Smart Car through them.

 

[Clutt-225]

I lucked out when I found my house 12 years ago. It was at the absolute top of our budget. But I fell in love with the 2 car garage and double wide double deep driveway with no sidewalk. It featured a pie shape lot with front yard being large. It was a new build inventory house just about completed when we bought. A 4 bedroom seemed way overkill for two people but I’ve made some changes to make it fit our lives.
First was converting one bedroom into a large second floor laundry room.
The existing laundry became pantry and a beater sink for me.
Finished the garage as seen in previous post.
The formal dining room became the home office, because we are not formal dinners.
Had two kids so the basement got finished and trashed. It will get a freshen up some day.
But one change that has proven to be the cheapest and best thing I’ve done was to take advantage of the lot and widen my driveway. I can now park up to 7 cars in the driveway of a new ish subdivision house. So I park truck and trailer in the left side with wife’s car to the right leaving me clear access to the Bike or the Cobra without juggling parking. I had no idea how valuable that ability was going to be when I bought the house.

 

[GateKeeper]

Posted this in the past, but it’s still nice, added a tv to the white wall, still have to drywall, one day....

https://imgur.com/ZnuKljq

 

[backmarkerducati]

Parking your daily driver in the garage in winter speeds up corrosion. Corrosion rate increases with temperature, the car gets covered in salt slush and then parked in a warmish garage the corrosion rate is much faster than parked outside. Even though the garage is not heated it will always be much warmer than outside, commonly above 0°. If you only keep the vehicle for a few years and buy a new one it is not going to impact you but if you intend to keep it a long time it will.

One more reason to keep the garage reserved for toys....