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Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by BLOCKADE, Feb 22, 2008.

  1. Feb 22, 2008 at 10:25 AM
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    BLOCKADE

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    So I am planing on sinking some money into garage organization as soon as it warms up a little bit. I've been looking for some ideas on how to go about it and thought, who better to ask than a bunch of people who love their trucks (which I assumed would mean they spent a lot of time in their garages)...

    So....

    Lets see your Garage!

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  2. Feb 22, 2008 at 10:39 AM
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    missileman125fw

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    Here is my Garage. You can see a 98 Taurus Engine on the right. My son didn't realize the red oil light meant that there was something WRONG!
    It is usually pretty clean but they made a mess swapping motors. There's buckets of oil and grease everywhere.
     
  3. Feb 22, 2008 at 10:48 AM
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    BLOCKADE

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    Ouch! I bet that engine swap was fun. I just swapped a transmission on an accord, those fwd cars are like working in a coffin.

    Keep the pics coming!
     
  4. Feb 22, 2008 at 11:13 AM
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    mjp2

    mjp2 Living vicariously through myself Moderator

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    I'm taking up space in someone else's garage at the moment.

    Sing it with me now: "One of these things is not like the other..." :D

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  5. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:01 PM
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    Janster

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    That vette yours? NICE! If yes...do you get out to Ridley Creek on Sundays?
    I love that color!!!

    My garage is too small, is stuffed with a vette & a Wrangler and gawd knows it's a mess in there!!
     
  6. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:17 PM
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    Toy4Life

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    My garage is an embarassing mess. I can fit my truck into it, but after that, the only room for me is in the truck or under it. I too need some budget organization.
     
  7. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:28 PM
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    mjp2

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    Nope -- mine is the Tacoma tucked back in the far corner in the last picture. :eek:

    That vette was in for a straight axle conversion. They have some sick cars in that shop. The far car in the first picture left the shop with a 3000hp blown hemi. :cool:
     
  8. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
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    missileman125fw

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    Two weeks of fun and mess. My son did alot of the work, he got very frustrated in the process. The new motor is from a junk yard and the damn thing runs great! I told him the work is not done until you clean up. Well, he left it very messy. Jack stands laying everywhere and tools greasy. He doesn't know it yet but we're scrubbing the garage down on Sunday!
     
  9. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:40 PM
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    mjp2

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    Hell, for help with an engine swap I'll clean your garage!
     
  10. Feb 22, 2008 at 12:58 PM
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    missileman125fw

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    It's something I don't want to do again. And to tell you the truth, I had to have several friends help out. I'll take volunteers to clean the garage though!!
     
  11. Feb 22, 2008 at 1:39 PM
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    Anyone else have pics?
     
  12. Feb 22, 2008 at 1:59 PM
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    Hotdog

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    I don't really have a garage. It's more of a shop. Actually, it's more of a junk depository. There is too much crap in there. Anyway, I just finished building some shelves and I've been organizing a lot lately. This weekend I'll try to get some pictures up of the mess that is my shop.
     
  13. Feb 22, 2008 at 2:07 PM
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    In this picture, my garage is piled with crap from my basement that had been damaged by water.....I'm still in the process of hauling all this sh*t out.
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    This picture is from my phone, so it's not real clear.
     
  14. Feb 22, 2008 at 7:21 PM
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    Thanks for the replies (and the future replies). Toy, that is very close to the state of my garage so don't feel bad. I started this thread in effort to remedy that problem.
     
  15. Feb 22, 2008 at 7:35 PM
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    Toy4Life

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    I have an oversized 1 car garage. Although the perimeter is always stacked with crap, I can usually fit either my truck or the wifes CRV at any given time. The shit pile in the center was just added this week. Even after I clean it, it remains a mess.
     
  16. Feb 23, 2008 at 8:25 AM
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    concrete jedi

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    Broken and scratched tailgate, cracked rear tail light lens, coffee stain in driver seat.
    Don't even have one :( what I would look for in a place I call my own is : concrete floor with hard trowel finish for easy clean up, pitched so I can wash it indoors and water runs to the drain, lots of lights from the ground up, sound deadening walls so when I skin my knuckles and scream some foul words my neighbors don't think I am hacking up my wife, air compressor with no containment for sound, so if I want to hack up my wife my neighbors think I am working on my truck :D, stereo, T.V., internet feed for computer, fridge, exhaust fans b/c I am very "gassy", dog kennel so if someone wants my rig there Shit just gets ripped up :D, uh... I think that's it.
     
  17. Feb 24, 2008 at 11:16 AM
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    sawdust

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    Homelink mirror, tailgate lock, 2ndary air filter removal, Access LE tonneau, Bugflector II, hitch-based bed extender, vent visors, suspension TSB, stall mat
    I don't have pictures handy, but one of the best, and cheapest, things I did for garage organization was when I heard about someone re-doing their kitchen and willing to give away the old cabinets to whoever would haul them away. I had to share the cabinets with my wife who wanted some in the rec room in the house, but I got a couple in the garage. I'm keeping my ears open for another kitchen remodel.
     
  18. Feb 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM
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    BLOCKADE

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    That's a great Idea. Old cabinets would be great in my garage.
     
  19. Jun 12, 2020 at 12:43 PM
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    81shark

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    was looking at some houses.... and stumbled across this one. never seen anything like this outside of jiffy lubes. personally, i would have gone with a 2 or 4 post lift.

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  20. Jun 16, 2020 at 8:38 AM
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    Trying to decide what to do with my garage as we speak. Since all this work-from-home stuff (which is great btw) my wife wants to convert my gaming man-cave into a home office, which i'm cool with. We already bought an adjustable standing desk and will further that room in time. What needs to move out of it is all my gaming setup stuff which is going into the garage. I basically have a recliner chair and a wall mounted TV with a desk holding all my consoles. I already have a TV mounted on the garage wall so I need to figure out how to lay out the new garage man-cave which also needs to store a treadmill and a golf cart... along with everything else we store in there (boxes/bins of stuff, bikes, surf board, laddars, minifridge, tools, etc). It's just a two car garage, one wall has a shelf/workbench running the full length of the wall, the other wall has storage shelves, the door to the house and our washer/dryer/sink. Unfortunately we can't park cars in it due to everything else.

    Just yesterday I ran an Ethernet cable from our modem outside the house into the garage so I can be hardwired into the internet, FINALLY. So over playing online games over WiFi.
     

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