tompat3463
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 06:24 PM |
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The smallest build garage ??
Im very close placing an order for an mint vortx. The only thing putting me off is the size of my garage. It's attached to my house and has a
good door. End to end it's 150mm longer than a finished vortx and is about 500mm wider than a garage door so obviously the car will fit. But is
this too small to build a car ?
How small was your build garage ?
Pictures would be handy.
Cheers Alan
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bi22le
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 06:40 PM |
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I have not built but do maintain my car in a single garage. So it's bigger than yours as I can fit a work bench and a motorbike in mine
I think it will be tight. Can you consider buying a large shed to put all of the parts until you need them, it may also give you somewhere else to
work on stuff and pre-assemble.
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steve m
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 06:53 PM |
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17 X 8 feet, built from scratch as per "the book"
NEVER AGAIN !!
Thats was probably spelt wrong, or had some grammer, that the "grammer police have to have a moan at
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killerferret666
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 07:01 PM |
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a photo from back when I was building.
Anything is possible
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big_wasa
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 07:13 PM |
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As Steve, I scratch built mine in a single garage. But I just can't get around to starting another.
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 07:38 PM |
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My garage was only a few inches wider than the door (I have since widened it by 3 feet). It was fine with a rolling chassis - I just did most of the
work outside and then rolled it in at the end of the day or when it rained. I also did some of the work from inside the garage, with half of the car
in and a tarpaulin over the exposed half if it rained.
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tompat3463
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 08:00 PM |
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Thanks for the replies. It certainly makes me feel better about it.
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Daf
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| posted on 17/9/17 at 08:47 PM |
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I have a single garage - slightly bigger but with a motorbike, the kit car, 2 mountain bikes, workbench, kids bikes, lathe, compressor, pillar drill,
all my tools and a lot of other crap! Anything is possible!
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jps
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| posted on 18/9/17 at 10:59 AM |
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I have a handy source of random scrap - which I know is not the case for everyone - but i got my hands on some heavy duty castors and a pallet and
effectively have made a massive dolly which my bare chassis sits on. Although I have a decent size garage - i usually wheel it all out onto the
driveway in front of the garage to work on it anyway.
Less of an issue once you get to the 'rolling' stage - but a way to make the best of little space if you have to.
The problem is weather - if it were not typically dry a lot of the time where I live I'd be looking at getting some sort of heavy duty gazebo to
pop on the front of the garage. The sort of things people use for trade stands or the like - or even use some box section and tarp to make my own.
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Irony
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| posted on 19/9/17 at 12:28 PM |
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Doable but it's a bit rubbish. My garage is 300mm wider than my car and 1000 longer. And a boiler and tumble dryer. You need to be clever with
storage etc. So I had shelves above head height all round. A small overhang/porch outside the door so I could push the car out a few feet and still
work undercover. Fold down workbench etc. Wall storage for tools. A shed for lesser used stuff.
Small garages take far far less to heat so there is a upside
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ian locostzx9rc2
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| posted on 19/9/17 at 02:02 PM |
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As said once the cars rolling it easy plus you can use the inside of the car for storage .
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 19/9/17 at 02:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ian locostzx9rc2
As said once the cars rolling it easy plus you can use the inside of the car for storage .
Similar method to me in our single garage, the donor car (Sierra estate) car also made a good temporary "shed" (on axle stands!)...
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 19/9/17 at 08:03 PM |
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Looking outside the box as some would say, count yourself lucky I believe many on here have built their cars outside.
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ianhurley20
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| posted on 19/9/17 at 09:37 PM |
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I have a roll out caravan awning on the front of my garage - it adds several feet of dry space and helps tremendously with a build.
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