Show your truck house! "GARAGE "

[BlueMoose]

Dayum, son that is close!!!

Right? I used to have shelves along the wall of the garage, but had to rip them out... and STILL almost didn't make it!

 

[New1500customram]

Finally decided to clean out the garage to fit my truck. The threat of "possible lime-sized hail" in this evening's forecast was a heck of a motivator!

I still have cleaning and organizing to do, but he fits and the door closes. And can I just say "thank you, back-up camera"?

Good move!

 

[Idahoktm]

Finally decided to clean out the garage to fit my truck. The threat of "possible lime-sized hail" in this evening's forecast was a heck of a motivator!

I still have cleaning and organizing to do, but he fits and the door closes. And can I just say "thank you, back-up camera"?

Umm... that's not cleaning out, that's rearranging. A couple of trips to the dump should free up some more space.

 

[Otisporkchop]

Nice Mustang! I used to have an almost identical color 67 Hardtop 200 6. I had to weld in new torque boxes, floor pans and cowl hats, which was the biggest PITA. Yours looks like a 68?

Thank you yes it is a 68 289, I did a total resto on it 30 years ago.

 

[Otisporkchop]

Nice Mustang! I used to have an almost identical color 67 Hardtop 200 6. I had to weld in new torque boxes, floor pans and cowl hats, which was the biggest PITA. Yours looks like a 68?

I had to do the cowl pans also yes total pita.

 

[jdmartin]

Thank you yes it is a 68 289, I did a total resto on it 30 years ago.

Sweet! I did a partial on that hardtop, then I sold it and did a full driver's on a 67 convertible 289 toploader 4speed that I built from boxes. About 25 years ago. Bought it from this guy that completely disassembled it to do a ground up resto, got the frame done and lost interest. It sat on blocks for 10 years then I bought it for 2 grand. Every bit of wiring was stripped out of it and in big boxes like spaghetti. The guy disassembled the engine and entire car and threw every nut, bolt and screw in one 5 gallon bucket with no labels! The only things not taken apart was the rear axle and the toploader and the convertible top frame, which he left on for some reason. I got boxes of new stuff he had bought for it that had never been opened. It took me about a week to identify all the fasteners; I bought a Ford book of fasteners and an exploded parts manual and dumped the whole bucket on a tarp in my garage and just started IDing and bagging everything - 16 head bolts, 12 valve cover bolts, etc. We had to rig the control arms up in order to winch it onto a flatbed, and the tow guy drove it 100 miles to my house and had to dump it off backwards into my garage.

I wish I had kept it, but I made a bunch of money off it and needed to buy a replacement car after my daughter wrecked one of ours.

 

[Otisporkchop]

Sweet! I did a partial on that hardtop, then I sold it and did a full driver's on a 67 convertible 289 toploader 4speed that I built from boxes. About 25 years ago. Bought it from this guy that completely disassembled it to do a ground up resto, got the frame done and lost interest. It sat on blocks for 10 years then I bought it for 2 grand. Every bit of wiring was stripped out of it and in big boxes like spaghetti. The guy disassembled the engine and entire car and threw every nut, bolt and screw in one 5 gallon bucket with no labels! The only things not taken apart was the rear axle and the toploader and the convertible top frame, which he left on for some reason. I got boxes of new stuff he had bought for it that had never been opened. It took me about a week to identify all the fasteners; I bought a Ford book of fasteners and an exploded parts manual and dumped the whole bucket on a tarp in my garage and just started IDing and bagging everything - 16 head bolts, 12 valve cover bolts, etc. We had to rig the control arms up in order to winch it onto a flatbed, and the tow guy drove it 100 miles to my house and had to dump it off backwards into my garage.

I wish I had kept it, but I made a bunch of money off it and needed to buy a replacement car after my daughter wrecked one of ours.

I know about daughters wrecking cars lol, 30 years ago I did the same to my mustang like you describe what the guy did to the one you had but I bagged and tagged everything. Took me 3 years to get it all back together. You cant really see the ghost flame job in the pic, it’s had that paint on it now for about 27 years obviously it hasn’t seen a wet road in 3 decades. I’ve thought about selling it in the past but can’t bring myself to do it. My 18 y/o daughter and 16 y/o son are both laying claim to it now so I guess I will pass it on to them one day. Thank you for sharing your mustang story with me!!

 

[jdmartin]

I know about daughters wrecking cars lol, 30 years ago I did the same to my mustang like you describe what the guy did to the one you had but I bagged and tagged everything. Took me 3 years to get it all back together. You cant really see the ghost flame job in the pic, it’s had that paint on it now for about 27 years obviously it hasn’t seen a wet road in 3 decades. I’ve thought about selling it in the past but can’t bring myself to do it. My 18 y/o daughter and 16 y/o son are both laying claim to it now so I guess I will pass it on to them one day. Thank you for sharing your mustang story with me!!

 

[BlueMoose]

Umm... that's not cleaning out, that's rearranging. A couple of trips to the dump should free up some more space.

You should have seen it before I spent 9 hours cleaning it out.

 

[mikeru82]

How did this thread "devolve" into a Mustang thread?

Okay, maybe I'm just jealous because I've never owned one.

 

[jdmartin]

How did this thread "devolve" into a Mustang thread?

Okay, maybe I'm just jealous because I've never owned one.

A classic car is one of those things everyone who likes to drive should own at least once in your life. You get to appreciate the artisanship that went into car design, but at the same time you realize how much better vehicles have become. Both of my mustangs were manual steering, 4 wheel manual drum brakes, mechanical clutch on the 289, no ac, no power anything. Fun to cruise in, and easy to work on, but nowhere near as reliable, safe or comfortable as today's vehicles. My 289 was my daily driver for almost 3 years; I used to keep spare motorcraft 2100 carbs on my garage shelf for when the power valves would blow

 

[mikeru82]

A classic car is one of those things everyone who likes to drive should own at least once in your life. You get to appreciate the artisanship that went into car design, but at the same time you realize how much better vehicles have become. Both of my mustangs were manual steering, 4 wheel manual drum brakes, mechanical clutch on the 289, no ac, no power anything. Fun to cruise in, and easy to work on, but nowhere near as reliable, safe or comfortable as today's vehicles. My 289 was my daily driver for almost 3 years; I used to keep spare motorcraft 2100 carbs on my garage shelf for when the power valves would blow

I completely agree. Never said I haven't owned a classic car. I just haven't owned a classic Mustang. I was a die hard Chevy guy until fairly recently.

 

[Gipraw]

A classic car is one of those things everyone who likes to drive should own at least once in your life. You get to appreciate the artisanship that went into car design, but at the same time you realize how much better vehicles have become. Both of my mustangs were manual steering, 4 wheel manual drum brakes, mechanical clutch on the 289, no ac, no power anything. Fun to cruise in, and easy to work on, but nowhere near as reliable, safe or comfortable as today's vehicles. My 289 was my daily driver for almost 3 years; I used to keep spare motorcraft 2100 carbs on my garage shelf for when the power valves would blow

lol. I used to drive around in my ‘62 F100 with a spare Holley one barrel carb and a spare fuel pump behind the seat. I could change the fuel pump in less than 10 minutes in the dark.

 

[BNeal]

We just built, and these new garages are really narrow. I had to sacrifice a bedroom and extend the garage depth on one side in order to get tools, bench, Harley, and 2- vehicles in. It's tight, but they're garaged! Here is a pic right before we moved in, and then now.

 

[HEMIJAKE]

We just built, and these new garages are really narrow. I had to sacrifice a bedroom and extend the garage depth on one side in order to get tools, bench, Harley, and 2- vehicles in. It's tight, but they're garaged! Here is a pic right before we moved in, and then now.

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I told the Mrs. we can build a new house when the kids go away to college, when we won't need so much house. I'm thinking 1,000 feet of house and 5,000 feet of garage

 

[New1500customram]

We just built, and these new garages are really narrow. I had to sacrifice a bedroom and extend the garage depth on one side in order to get tools, bench, Harley, and 2- vehicles in. It's tight, but they're garaged! Here is a pic right before we moved in, and then now.

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Tight is alright with me! hehe That what he said! looks good to me, and better than not having the option!

 

[jdmartin]

I completely agree. Never said I haven't owned a classic car. I just haven't owned a classic Mustang. I was a die hard Chevy guy until fairly recently.

I didn't mean you specifically, I was just speaking out loud My favorite classic car of all time is a Chevrolet. 1967 Corvette Stingray convertible 427.

 

[speedbyu]

30 x 70 garage

 

[HEMIJAKE]

30 x 70 garage
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[Ram-583]

She will not fit in the garage