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gassyman 09-13-2013 11:12 AM

I knew there was a member with his garage walls covered with Cobra paraphrenalia...look up the pics of Edley Rondinone

Luce 09-13-2013 02:19 PM

Wall Hung Urinal !!!

Nothing beats a place to pee on the wall.

I just bought land and will build a house in about 3 years. The plan we're looking at has 3 separate garages. One for dirty grinding, welding and painting. A regular daily driver garage. and a 3rd 3 car connected by a portercachet. (or whatever they're aclled.) I'm adding a loft in the breezway attic space that will look out over the toys, and drink beer.

Skuzzy 09-14-2013 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Bernica (Post 1262634)
Very nice with the carriage doors. At least you won't be crowding up the ceiling area. I read the Historic District Guidelines for Fort Worth and you are right. They are quite conscious on what can be done. Good luck with it all!
Next time I have to fly to DFW, I'll let you know and maybe I can see it.:cool:

You would be welcome, as would any fellow hot rod enthusiasts. I plan on hosting several "open garage" events, once it is all done. We are fortunate to have a well lit parking lot adjacent to our house.

The Fairmont Historic district is a very active distrct with a number of events hosted in our neighborhood each year. I hope to be able to get the local hot rodders to bring their cars to these events to further augment them. Just an opportunity for a lot of good folks to get together.

We should be moving in towards the end of November, this year. I'll post up when it is all done and we are in as I will posting up progress of my build.

aks801 09-14-2013 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Luce (Post 1262675)
...I just bought land and will build a house in about 3 years. The plan we're looking at has 3 separate garages. One for dirty grinding, welding and painting. A regular daily driver garage. and a 3rd 3 car connected by a portercachet. (or whatever they're aclled.) I'm adding a loft in the breezway attic space that will look out over the toys, and drink beer.

Wow, fairly similar to the sketches I've done for the "family compound" I plan on building! Mine will have a 3 wide x 2 deep main garage, a small cottage next to it for guests/elderly family, and then a 2 car garage for the "toys" and the overlooking loft space (with HVAC).

Cheers!

Tommy 10-13-2013 07:06 PM

I'm following up an earlier post when I said I would post photos of my garage when I had them. Here's one to show some of the features I used.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-G...0/S5031065.JPG

The walls are white with an 8" red stripe above a 4" gray stripe at the ceiling. The floor is mostly gray indoor/outdoor carpet with an island of MotorMat tiles where the cars are parked. The cabinets are from Sam's Club with a custom area for the TV. The trash can is a recycled 55 gallon plastic drum. This photo was taken at a Garage Reveal party I held yesterday.

Dwight 10-13-2013 08:43 PM

my shop is simple

http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...m/ramp_22_.JPG



http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...2_8_resize.jpg

sometimes it full
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...8_6_resize.jpg



the other bay
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...80DSCN1291.JPG

mdross1 10-14-2013 04:30 AM

Our shops (2 buildings) have progressed in size as the hobbies became more involved. We now house 2 daily drivers, 1 muscle car,4 motorcycles, 5 tractors with implements,a fully setup machine shop,a lift table in almost 3000 sq ft. The machine shop is fully winterized and heated thinking about setting up a little more floor space to be heated.
These are working shops no painted walls but very nice polished concrete floors.

OnyxRider 10-14-2013 12:00 PM

All you need is one of those custom cobra barber chairs that the restoration show in Vegas made.

Nice and clean.






GT350Mike 10-14-2013 07:35 PM

Dwight's garage is simple but very functional. Is the roll-on lift new or have I walked by it a dozen times and never noticed.

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Originally Posted by Dwight (Post 1267050)


GT350Mike 10-14-2013 08:45 PM

With the exception of a few touch-ups, the steel beam, and the doors, the painting is done.
http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=10863&thumb=1 http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=10864&thumb=1 http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=10865&thumb=1

Dwight 10-14-2013 08:45 PM

I have it stored when not in use.
You probably did not see it when you were there.

Dwight

Dwight 10-14-2013 08:48 PM

Mike I love the red, white and blue scheme.

Tommy 10-15-2013 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Dwight (Post 1267304)
Mike I love the red, white and blue scheme.

Me too.

GT350Mike 10-15-2013 01:37 PM

Me too! I was amazed how much the red changed the interior......credit for the stripe goes to the wife. The darker blue was a little leap of faith because I wanted to avoid the dark cave look but going with the white definitely off-sets the blue.

Now I'm debating on what color to paint the steel beam. Red is out and the blue might make it too busy so I think I'll go with the white to keep it simple.

Tommy 10-15-2013 02:02 PM

Mike,
My garage is not like yours, but it does have several vertical supports protruding from the walls. I also debated whether to accent them or paint them like the walls. In the end, I painted them like the walls and I'm happy with the results. Here's brief video panning around my garage. In it you may notice the vertical supports I mentioned. Click here.

FWB 10-15-2013 06:40 PM

that's nice tom......now all you need is a stripper pole and your complete

GT350Mike 10-22-2013 08:40 PM

Before I give a progress report I wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions, from the beer fridge (can't imagine having a garage w/out one) to the brass poles (still tweaking the sale's pitch on that one to the wife).

Here's the latest - Started installing the laminated flooring upstairs and I'm about a quarter of the way finished. One thing is for sure.....nobody will ever compare my garage pics with an Ansel Adams photo.

Friday Dwight will finish the electrical in time for me to start prepping the garage floor so I'll be able to apply the epoxy paint this weekend.

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=10989&thumb=1

GT350Mike 10-28-2013 07:20 AM

I still have a ton of work remaining (touch up painting, trim, stair threads) but here's a panoramic shot I took with my cell last night.


http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/pict...=11030&thumb=1


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