Odin
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Nov 14, 2006 20:20:37 GMT
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Has anyone done a resto in a single garage? I built a wooden garage that's about 17'x8' to put my Beetle in last year, but now I'm not sure it'll be big enough to do the resto in.  Even if I take out all the stuff I've stripped off the car (panels, interior, etc), I don't know whether I run the risk of setting the thing on fire with weld splatter/grinder sparks/etc. I'm a bit of a newbie to welding, but I've read that you need 10m of non-flammable stuff around you. Obviously a wooden building is rather flammable. There's a possibility I can clear out and use a concrete double garage for the resto instead - should I plan to do this as a matter of course? Sorry for the slightly OT thread, chaps.  |
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Nov 14, 2006 20:23:12 GMT
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stinkwheel
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Nov 14, 2006 20:27:16 GMT
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you can restore anywhere,
I've done back gardens, single garages, driveways etc. Needs must as they say.
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Odin
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Nov 14, 2006 20:35:38 GMT
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The only downside of wheeling it outside to work on I can think of really is the weather. I don't have a lot of time for fiddling with cars, so when I do I want to crack on and not be rained off. Won't I end up guzzling through gas because of wind blowing it away? Oh, and OP...I'm not surprised you can do this sorta thing in the middle of a car park. Your skillz far exceed mine by the looks of it.  |
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Last Edit: Nov 14, 2006 20:38:01 GMT by Odin
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Nov 14, 2006 20:47:02 GMT
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yes, the wind blows your gas away outside. but I have no other option. the only downside to a garage is work space when the doors are open, tools everywhere, the stuff you need to take out of the car to work on it (seats etc.) and sometimes bad lighting. |
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Nov 14, 2006 21:01:39 GMT
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................... Yep, what they sed.
I did a 1963 Beetle in a single garage that opened onto the pavement years ago, included a colour change and windows out, mudguards off etc.....
It can b done, just be thoroughly meticulous about the bits you take off , and where you keep/store it.
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Nov 14, 2006 21:17:09 GMT
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Oh, and OP...I'm not surprised you can do this sorta thing in the middle of a car park. Your skillz far exceed mine by the looks of it. my skillz were at precisely 0 when I got the van! a vertical learning curve was experienced! just get stuck in chap its easy once you get your head around the system of cut out - replace! |
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sparko
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Nov 14, 2006 21:21:31 GMT
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just get stuck in chap its easy once you get your head around the system of cut out - replace! Indeed it is, i have leart so much since buying my astra that books couldnt teach me. Hands on is the best experience... |
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tux
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Nov 14, 2006 21:21:40 GMT
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Ahh, but in fairness it did only take you an hour and twenty minutes to do your resto! ;D Went through it like a dose of salts as I recall and made a damn fine job of it too if I may say so.  |
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Nov 14, 2006 22:04:46 GMT
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You can do the resto wherever. If you have the chance to do it in a double garage then go for it.
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Nov 14, 2006 22:31:07 GMT
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I'm doing the whole shebam on my drive outside. its not ideal and things tend to grind to a halt over the winter, but its certainly do-able
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Kyle67
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Nov 14, 2006 22:34:49 GMT
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I resprayed a Audi 100 and a Super Mirafiori in a single garage, felt like luxury after years of working in car parks!
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Nov 14, 2006 23:33:40 GMT
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You can do the resto wherever. If you have the chance to do it in a double garage then go for it. Agreed - you will really appreciate the extra workspace around the car, esp if removing halfshafts when the back axle is still fitted! The wood garage will still be ideal for parts storage, esp the interior |
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B-8-D
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Nov 14, 2006 23:47:55 GMT
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my first resto was a mini clubman estate that i got when i was 13.
it was all done in a small single garrage..
i cut away and replaced the sills, the door steps. the rear valence and rear 1/4 panels, lower windscreen pillers. floorpan to sills, wing tops and a panels and rear doors and around headlights, (most with an arc welder!!)
i rebuilt the engine, ported the head, uprated and lowered the suspension made a speedex beam, and resprayed the whole car in a garrage just big enough.!!
i moved the car to a fag paper between it and the wall one side and had enough room to just about slide the welder down the side without touching both car and wall!!
but i managed it and drive it as my first car when i was 17!!
so yes it can be done but it requires determination!!!!
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My mate restored a Lambretta in the bedroom of a 3rd floor flat.  Boy did he have fun getting it out again! |
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Last Edit: Nov 15, 2006 7:08:49 GMT by moggyman
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qwerty
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Resto in a single garage?qwerty
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I'm hopefully ging to be moving my Renault into our single garage once it runs. So I Hope that it can be done LOL
My Uncle restored and rebuilt a Vellocette from a box of parts in his loft!! He had to take iot all to bits again to get it out ROFL
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Nov 15, 2006 13:25:08 GMT
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u could put a gazebo up in front of the single garage, that'l keep some of the weather off and u still have the garage to work in then, its a plan ive thought of many a times whilst working in the rain on my drive
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qwerty
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Resto in a single garage?qwerty
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Nov 15, 2006 13:32:23 GMT
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u could put a gazebo up in front of the single garage, that'l keep some of the weather off and u still have the garage to work in then, its a plan ive thought of many a times whilst working in the rain on my drive Fortunately I've got a car port on the front of the garage so should be ok. |
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Nov 15, 2006 18:02:22 GMT
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and this was after i made the garage bigger...lol  |
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Nov 15, 2006 18:13:43 GMT
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my problem is that the garge is full of house cr*p, otherwise id work in it
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