1980 242 GT. A reasonable project.

[wisturbo]

Let me know when my upstairs bedroom is finished. I have paint colors and linens chosen already.

 

[Stiggy Pop]

I like you so I'm happy for you.

But I have no flat spots on my property to build a castle like this and deep down I'm bitterly envious

 

[blkaplan]

Where did you get the model of that 242? Did you do that yourself?

 

[Harlard]

That's pretty damn snazzy.

 

[StanleyR]

Thanks! I really appreciate that.

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Quick update: New Garage

For the past 10 months, I've been trying to have a garage built at our new house. We're finally just about to break ground, with excavation starting next Wednesday. Now it's becoming all the more real and I'm starting to think a bit more about how I might lay out the inside of it.

It's a 40'x30' garage set way back in my yard with plenty of privacy for making noise, despite us being just a block away from the center of the little town we now live in. 12' 6" ceiling on the first floor, with a full size staircase up to the second floor with 8' ceiling. It'll be properly insulated, have a 2-zone furnace with A/C, and generally looking to make it a properly nice place to be without getting completely ridiculous.

I'm now working on figuring out what I'm going to do with the space, so I translated the base drawings from the architect into a 3d model and have been playing around.

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That's a very impressive build.
We (partner and I) were looking at a house with the same layout. I was really on the same page as you, but I ended up not liking it.
My main reason was imagining a year or so down the road and my BMW project is in pieces. Every time I came home and parked in one of the remaining spots (to take advantage of the garage parking) I'd be reminded by the general disarray of parts everywhere and half-completed projects. I could just imagine the stress of that combined with other "honey-do" jobs that would consume my time.

At least with a separate garage, I can close the door and walk away and work on something/anything else and not be reminded by it every time I came home.

But hey, if it works for you, so be it! It's really an ingenious way of making the most of a small lot and not having to build additional buildings....thereby saving money on maintenance, heating, running water lines etc

 

[Stiggy Pop]

That's a very impressive build.
We (partner and I) were looking at a house with the same layout. I was really on the same page as you, but I ended up not liking it.
My main reason was imagining a year or so down the road and my BMW project is in pieces. Every time I came home and parked in one of the remaining spots (to take advantage of the garage parking) I'd be reminded by the general disarray of parts everywhere and half-completed projects. I could just imagine the stress of that combined with other "honey-do" jobs that would consume my time.

At least with a separate garage, I can close the door and walk away and work on something/anything else and not be reminded by it every time I came home.

But hey, if it works for you, so be it! It's really an ingenious way of making the most of a small lot and not having to build additional buildings....thereby saving money on maintenance, heating, running water lines etc

pretty sure this is just his car hole.

 

[The Full Banana]

I like you so I'm happy for you.

But I have no flat spots on my property to build a castle like this and deep down I'm bitterly envious

Earth can be moved!

That deck tho

Where did you get the model of that 242? Did you do that yourself?

I modeled this in SketchUp. They have a free “3d warehouse” full of models. The 242 came from there as did all of the other things.

That's a very impressive build.
We (partner and I) were looking at a house with the same layout. I was really on the same page as you, but I ended up not liking it.
My main reason was imagining a year or so down the road and my BMW project is in pieces. Every time I came home and parked in one of the remaining spots (to take advantage of the garage parking) I'd be reminded by the general disarray of parts everywhere and half-completed projects. I could just imagine the stress of that combined with other "honey-do" jobs that would consume my time.

At least with a separate garage, I can close the door and walk away and work on something/anything else and not be reminded by it every time I came home.

But hey, if it works for you, so be it! It's really an ingenious way of making the most of a small lot and not having to build additional buildings....thereby saving money on maintenance, heating, running water lines etc

I must not have explained it clearly, but this is a detached garage specifically for projects. We already have a house here. The garage is tucked in the back yard so I only need to look at my broken piles when I want to.

 

[The Full Banana]

Let me know when my upstairs bedroom is finished. I have paint colors and linens chosen already.

We?ve been talking about a garage warming party this summer?

 

[c1800]

Despite the wavering comments, looks great, enjoy!

Good for you!

 

[940 16 valve]

And I thought your old garage looked nice.... Very cool! There's a few impressive garage builds going on on this site now.

 

[The Full Banana]

It's been a while. The garage has come a long way, but not much going on with the 242. It's sitting waiting for me to pull the engine to replace bearings after an oil starvation incident a year ago. There are a few other large upgrades on the backburner--we'll see when those happen. Now I can actually take on projects again with the garage being functional at long last.

Had an asphalt driveway poured which was a major upgrade from the gravel. (Burgundy 242 belongs to elpress)

The two post lift has been great; have had a few different cars on here lately (my brother's e28 pictured)

Early in the year I picked up an e36 from a friend after it had been sitting for a while. The idea is that this will be the fun, simple driver that will see lots of backroads and some track time while I'm perpetually working on the 242 (that's just its fate at this point).

And suddenly it was time to make more room with a 4 post lift

Fast forward a bit, and I had some workbenches and cabinets moved in. Things are starting to settle in nicely. It's crazy comparing this to the 3d model I posted here a couple years ago. Ended up being pretty close.

https://imgur.com/WShl8d9

Next up: the 'fab corner' needs to be finished off. Biggest thing is building a nice big project table, but also have aspirations for a mural if I can get my hands on a high-enough quality image.

 

[DET17]

Nice garage! Lighting is so important, overlooked and misunderstood by most. The vertical storage makes good use of that volume.

 

[cosbySweater]

Damn that garage is nice

 

[dl242gt]

Looks great! That's a very pleasant place to work on your fine automobiles.