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Post by enthuzed »

Nice setup there Mamun & pretty tidy.
I have a 6.2 by 8.2m brick but I'm :oops: post pics up of the mess!
Not really...but it's a bloody mess in my eyes!
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Post by thrash »

haha it's no longer that tidy after I used it yesterday :P

Post a pic anyway!! messy just means you're making good use of it!!
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WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Since you asked so nicely, I quickly took some pics.

Here's just a straight shot:
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Here is a series of shots using Photosynth (thanks to Mitsumadness for telling me about this app). The application pieces together the shots and as you can see gives a far wider view of the inside of the garage.

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The things you cannot see or see clearly:
There's a 1.5 tonne block and tackle running along an "I" beam along the ceiling. It's been very handy! :D
There's an engine stand behind the black car with a 63 block on it. On the RHS of the garage there's another 63 engine in pieces, a Starion gearbox and a complete JB engine as well. Throw in a set of 4 Staz wheels and about 4 cylinder heads. Just for good measure there's a VQ25 donk and gearbox, some Nissan 4pot donk from Mexico :wtf: and two Civic gearboxes that came my way and are just taking up space right now. I want to see the back of the non Mitsu items so if you ask me more about them I'll get rid of them cheap...

On the LHS amongst other items there's 10 Staz wheels, 2 sets of Staz seats, half the interior from the black car (see below) and a complete DOHC Galant motor for another project in the future. There's not as much room on the left, between the access doors, the washtrough/sink and the pool table that cannot get used without massive rearrangement there's no more space to really store anything substantial.

A bit about the cars:
The black car's interior is half stripped out and is on the LHS of the garage. It is a rally car with almost full trim including carpet and a cage. I'm getting the cage re-welded to satisfy the 2012 CAMS rules, because when the cage was put in in about 1995 the guy did a bodgy job of welding. The car also currently has the head and the sump off, the L300 head has been drilled for oil relief and ARP stud relief after it blew a HG. A big 16G will go back on it.

The silver car is a genuine two owner JB (me being the second). It's essentially stock except for the exhaust and the hydraulic handbrake.

Did I mention that this is only about half of my car stuff?
There's also a rolling shell (Starion of course) and a shipload of other bits!
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From quite a while ago...

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Filled with way too many car(Starion) parts, haha.

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Komeuppance wrote:From quite a while ago...

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Filled with way too many car(Starion) parts, haha.

-Robert
... wow

So jealous. Thats awesome..
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robert26t wrote:
Komeuppance wrote:From quite a while ago...

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Filled with way too many car(Starion) parts, haha.

-Robert
... wow

So jealous. Thats awesome..
Me too! Looks like all the cars in his shed run :roll: Nothing like mine :(
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Haha, only the black and the silver one ran at that time in the pic. All 86's (well, the white one is an 85.5) with twin 850cc injectors.

The grey widebody was my first, sold it back and forth many times, in the pic it was getting a MegaSquirt installed for the owner. He blew it up shortly after it was running, and now it's mine again... currently stripped and ready for race car mode.

The silver flatty was the second one, good friend bought it for $700 from a shady car lot after I convinced him how cool it was. The engine rod knocked two weeks later, and it sat forever in my driveway. He suggested I give it to the scrap yard, but I couldn't do it because it was in such good condition. Gave it to another good friend for free for his promise of bringing it back to life, and I helped him keep his word by showing him how to wrench and maintain a Starion. He's put 20k miles on it since.

The black widebody I bought 6 years ago, threw a new engine in it and have been driving and modding it ever since. I think I've got 40k on it by now, it's my daily.

The white flatty is a special car for us in the States. It's factory intercooled with factory 5 stud and LSD. Very few were made to be imported and I had to have it, even though it'd been rear ended and has a huge dent on the other side. Convinced the wife it was for her. Currently waiting for my lazy arse to finish it, I just put a good cylinder head on it a year ago and haven't tried firing it up since, haha.

I had to build that big shelf, 16ft long x 3 ft deep x 8 feet tall, to hold/organize all my spare parts (Yep it's full, and there's parts out back too LOL). That checkered banner that covers the shelf is something I found on the side of the interstate highway, driving in my black widebody, haha.

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Post by thrash »

the things you find on the side of the road... doesn't happen much in Aus hey? we only ever find rubbish and more rubbish
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WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Think i'll just knock down the house and build this:
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He wins.
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Post by thrash »

missing a bedroom, but otherwise perfect!
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Post by WidebodyWoody »

Nope having no bedroom is fine. You shouldn't have time to sleep with a garage like that.
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Post by starionc »

The tool storage looks good, I have enough trouble with mine and it only has 16 draws!!!

Looks too clean to do any grinding/ welding/ Sanding / painting :drool:
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