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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2287909
04/14/17 10:37 PM
04/14/17 10:37 PM
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Posts: 1,272
Northern Calyfornua
Sxrxrnr
pro stock
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pro stock
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,272
Northern Calyfornua
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A comfortable place to take a snooze and a spray booth to paint your stuff. A pit or in ground lift. A honed concrete floor with an epoxy clear coat finish. All overhead led lighting, no fluorescents. A sufficiently high ceiling for your lifts and vehicles to be raised on them. Automatic roll up doors. Tankless hot water heater. Love paver driveways. Alarm system with video cameras.
Adaquate drainsge to rinse down the floor,,, perhaps a slight grade to the floor to allow water on floor to drain away.
Sheet rock walls and ceiling. What's your budget?
Roof fan,,,,,perhaps skylights for improved lighting with less electrical power.
There are books and publications dedicated to super garages.
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2287956
04/14/17 11:38 PM
04/14/17 11:38 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 452
Monrovia, So-Cal, USA
racerhog
mopar
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mopar
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 452
Monrovia, So-Cal, USA
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I always wanted a big time shop..... Just never made it big time.... Always had to work for someone else.... 
Bob(Cowboy)Hogan
Monrovia So-Cal
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: Stanton]
#2287971
04/15/17 12:10 AM
04/15/17 12:10 AM
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,131
Thigh-Gap Junction
@#$%&*!
New user name, Same old jerk!
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New user name, Same old jerk!
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 1,131
Thigh-Gap Junction
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I don't see how you could call it complete without this:
Flowers and some lacey/frilly stuff? I vote for an engine dyno!
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: D-50]
#2287987
04/15/17 12:40 AM
04/15/17 12:40 AM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,555
Rittman Ohio
fourgearsavoy
I Live Here
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I Live Here
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 10,555
Rittman Ohio
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I wish I had a car shop/garage. I have to work on my stuff outside. I am poor. If I don't have my car directly in the middle of the garage I cant get both axles out of the rear end  Some day I might move  Gus 
64 Plymouth Savoy
493 Indy EZ's by Nick at Compu-Flow
5-Speed Richmond faceplate Liberty box
Dana 60
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: Stanton]
#2287990
04/15/17 12:45 AM
04/15/17 12:45 AM
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 984
San Diego CA
65 Hemi
OP
super stock
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OP
super stock
Joined: May 2008
Posts: 984
San Diego CA
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I don't see how you could call it complete without this:
The shop is being built for me and my friends. It will have a urnial and floor drain for the friends that can't aim! Tile 4' up the wall in the bathroom so I can bleach and hose it out.
Doug
MOPAR or NO CAR!!!
1965 Dodge Coronet soon a 6.1 Hemi with a Magnson blower 810 hp on pump gas
1964 Dodge Polara 582" Indy alum Block 426-1RA heads,
1933 Plymouth PE all Steel, LT1 4L60E
1959 Plymouth Savoy 33,000 mile survivor
Old cars are never done. They are ongoing projects!
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2287992
04/15/17 12:48 AM
04/15/17 12:48 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 20,186
PA.
pittsburghracer
"Little"John
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"Little"John
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 20,186
PA.
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Don't forget the grill, microwave, and beer refrigerator for your Friends. Hi Friend.
1970 Duster
Edelbrock headed 408
5.984@112.52
422 Indy headed small block
5.982@112.56 mph
9.42@138.27
Livin and lovin life one day at a time
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2288111
04/15/17 10:39 AM
04/15/17 10:39 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,244
Canada
Kam*Kuda
master
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master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,244
Canada
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I cleanup area. I need to redo this in my shop. I section where metal and rust can go and be easier to clean up Also a movable welding table that can roll back into its area (like this) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoU5SAyjc-w&ab_channel=DukersGarageGood skid racking for heavy stuff
1970 Barracuda Convertible
1968 Satellite Street Strip car
1654.5 Mustang
1955 Land Rover
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 469runner]
#2288371
04/15/17 07:02 PM
04/15/17 07:02 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,110
Western Md.
skicker
"The Champ"
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"The Champ"
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,110
Western Md.
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Mine will only be 28x40 with no room to ever add on...  The biggest thing I noticed I needed was a place to put parts that were cleaned, painted and ready to be installed that was separate from where I was usually working and making a mess. I set mine up to have a an 18'x28' working bay and a 22'x28' bay with a four post lift for storage of finished cars and parts. I am putting a wall between the two with 2 pocket doors that will leave me a 4' wide opening when opened and no doors to swing out and hit a car. Underneath is an 11x38 basement where the in floor radiant heating system and air compressor plus all extra storage is located. It's not much and sure not very big but I'll make it work... I currently have 4 cars and if I was to get another one has to go... 
...FAFO...
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: Uberpube]
#2288391
04/15/17 07:44 PM
04/15/17 07:44 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
Master
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Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
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I have 30x40, went with 20 foot walls so I could lift my one ton service truck way up on a extra tall bendpack lift. The tall wall also left me with a healthy space for mezzanine, I built an L shaped steel mezzanine that give s me about an extra 600 sq ft of storage area.
In a "working shop", I am not a fan of in floor heat, it means you can't pin big equipment down the to the shop floor in the future. I have had floors in the past x'ray'ed and thermographed trying to locate in floor heating tubes and the locators couldn't pin point the tubes exact location or depth. If you do a lot of welding and grinding, I would forget about floor coatings as well, they get marked up pretty quickly.
I am planning a new shop, this time 30x100 with 4 bay doors instead of 2, with the doors on the long side instead of the short side like last time. I grew out of the 30x40 pretty fast once I took on some larger tools, I should have gone twice as big initially and had more windows put in. I also need more separation between my machine tools and my welding area. I made a map of the floor tubing when it was poured and I can be within 1" of any tubing.. well worth the time to do it 
Last edited by MR_P_BODY; 04/15/17 08:18 PM.
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: MR_P_BODY]
#2288399
04/15/17 07:56 PM
04/15/17 07:56 PM
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,110
Western Md.
skicker
"The Champ"
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"The Champ"
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 5,110
Western Md.
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I made a map of the floor tubing when it was poured and I can be with 1" of any tubing.. well worth the time to do it Ditto I generated mine using an OST program and then installed it per design. 4 runs of 300' pex and when it was finished I was within 2' on the length of each run. I should be able to locate them easily if I need too... 
...FAFO...
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2288411
04/15/17 08:55 PM
04/15/17 08:55 PM
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Posts: 712
Southern Alberta
Uberpube
super stock
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super stock
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 712
Southern Alberta
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Most people aren't that organized, and also the lines sometimes move doing the pour.. I have seen some people pre-plan and leave open area's for hoist pads and what not... All ok if you are the person that did it I guess and actually insulated beneath the tubing which most people forget to do... They end up with a system that never shuts down and melts the snow 4' feet out from their shop exterior wall.  .. If you are buying a shop built by someone else, its really something to think about.. I know a couple of people with 4 post hoists that they can't pin down to the floor, every other tool they buy has to be bench mounted. When I had my dyno in one of those shops, we had to try and bolt it through the wall and it moved around with the hoist. I really like overhead radiant heat for shops..
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: Uberpube]
#2288429
04/15/17 09:24 PM
04/15/17 09:24 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
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Master
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Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
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Most people aren't that organized, and also the lines sometimes move doing the pour.. I have seen some people pre-plan and leave open area's for hoist pads and what not... All ok if you are the person that did it I guess and actually insulated beneath the tubing which most people forget to do... They end up with a system that never shuts down and melts the snow 4' feet out from their shop exterior wall. .. If you are buying a shop built by someone else, its really something to think about.. I know a couple of people with 4 post hoists that they can't pin down to the floor, every other tool they buy has to be bench mounted. When I had my dyno in one of those shops, we had to try and bolt it through the wall and it moved around with the hoist. I really like overhead radiant heat for shops.. I insulated where the floor was going and I tie wrapped the tubing to the wire mesh then mapped the tubing so nothing was moving.. and yes I thought out this job... when it comes to concrete you get 1 shot so you have to thin it out
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: 65 Hemi]
#2289320
04/17/17 11:31 AM
04/17/17 11:31 AM
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Posts: 3,923
Richmond, Indiana
19swinger70
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master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,923
Richmond, Indiana
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Looks on Craigslist for used Pallet Racks - they are great heavy duty storage.
Go overboard on lighting - I hate not being able to see in the my shop.
Do you have space for an over head or gantry crane? There are times that would be useful.
Do you have a need for some anchors in the floor for points to pull frames of secure something?
Here's my shop - it is a work in progress transitioning it from a Horse barn to a car fab shop.
1970 340 swinger. sublime
1967 barracuda fastback BB
55 Plymouth Project
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: AndyF]
#2289388
04/17/17 01:19 PM
04/17/17 01:19 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
MR_P_BODY
Master
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Master
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 52,972
Romeo MI
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I have a small crane but I can only move it about 10'.. I can lift a block and slide the crane over in just basically 2 directions(east/ west).. that puts it up on top of my office/build room.. I'm putting a shelve half way around the shop that sticks out 2' for storage.. thats at 7' up.. IF I could get a block up there it will be strong enough to hold it but I'd play hell to get it there.. but that shelve should open up my area a LOT
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Re: Race cars shop/garage???
[Re: JERICOGTX]
#2289401
04/17/17 01:41 PM
04/17/17 01:41 PM
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Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,412
Weatherford, Texas
RapidusMaximus
top fuel
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top fuel
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 2,412
Weatherford, Texas
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Well, I WAS happy with my 30x46 shop until now...  This...same here...went from a 2 car garage to a 24X30 to a 30X30 now I have a 30X50 and its still not big enough due to my inability to throw anything away or sell anything Moved the trailer in yesterday and started loading it up with stuff to take to the Pate swap meet, decided to clean house...where the heck did I get all these 906 heads and cast iron intakes...???? 
1968 Plymouth GTX
1974 Dodge P/U Long Bed Stepside 318
2019 Ram 2500 6.4, auto, 4WD
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