C.r.e.a.m.
I'm almost ready to start on my project, so I figured if I made a build thread, I'd be forced to.
I purchased my first and only FD in the fall of 2010. I bought it as non-running, with intentions on pulling the rotary and dropping in a 1J. I changed my mind, and decided to keep it rotary as soon as I took possession of the car. Off the bat, I wanted to see if I could get her running before starting to tear her down. https://fototime.com/B0DC9C88EC8E3D2/orig.jpg The car is a 93 R1 with ~82,000 miles on the odometer. I assumed it hadn't been driven in a while since the oil change sticker said to change the oil at 83,000 miles or May of 2003 (whichever came first). So I started off by draining the gas, replacing the fuel filter, replacing plugs, & putting in a new battery. That, combined with a little ATF magic and some patience (*edit: and some fresh gas), and I got it started. I took it around the block, which probably wasn't a great idea, but I had to do it. At this time I had pulled the power steering pump since it was missing the pulley anyway. (which led to a nice trail of ps fluid wherever I had turned the steering wheel) There was a lot of smoke, and some oil leakage as well. My intentions no matter what, were to have the motor rebuilt. But first things first, I needed to do something about my "garage". |
Fast-forward to the winter of 2011.
My garage has always been a pit. I wasn't going to start this project until I had a proper place to work on it. My current car had always been worked on at the last minute, or the weekend before a track event. Things always seemed rushed with that, so I wanted to do it different this time. The idea being to not be in a hurry so I could actually enjoy working on the car as opposed to always fighting time and hating working on cars. so my garage looked like this: http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...24857532_n.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...86201178_n.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...50707317_n.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...41885109_n.jpg then this happened: then it looked like this: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...46524090_n.jpg with all of my junk in a storage pod: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...83570091_n.jpg |
Still not good enough. I really wanted a garage that I enjoyed working in.
So I made a checklist of the necessities: -OSB walls & ceiling -floored attic -lighting, GOOD lighting -heat -220V -cable -epoxy floor? I found the right guys for the job, and the garage project started. http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...61250466_o.jpg new electric: http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...46337826_n.jpg upgraded my windows: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...43984943_o.jpg new service door: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...65205520_n.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...64684797_o.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...86041130_o.jpg and then up went the OSB. http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...04949271_o.jpg we have heat! (well, a heater) http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...38082246_o.jpg |
All of the sudden, my garage seemed huge, and all I wanted to do was build a mini skate park in it. The OSB walls were awesome, and it smelled great, haha.
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...32741466_o.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...89199091_o.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...42559483_o.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...64579470_o.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...15399597_o.jpg http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...12795440_o.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...77081014_o.jpg More to come soon. I'm fighting a hangover right now... |
I love what you did with the garage man. Outstanding job. Nothing like a nice clean place to work on your car.
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test fitted my daily driver in the new garage!
http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...00575916_o.jpg goodbye to the old garage door http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...85586182_n.jpg new door, brought in some shelving I had http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...61852204_n.jpg and this is the part where things get worse. the 3 months I budgeted with the storage pod were up, so back came my junk. http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...49047211_n.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...43281042_n.jpg too add to the chaos, my mom moved out of her house, so I had to bring all of my dad's old stuff (he had a LOT of stuff that you couldn't just throw out) http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...15186249_n.jpg http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...92062639_n.jpg forgot to mention, I put up some tire racks! http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...53852646_n.jpg so for most of 2012, it was half a garage for my track car and my olds http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...74756966_n.jpg then I finally put the olds in storage, and started to go through all of the shit. which almost brings us up to date. it's hard to find time to go through all of this stuff with everything else going on in my life, combined with some back issues i've been having. i'm finally dedicating the time to get it done so I can move the RX-7 in soon. |
Garage build thread > Car build thread :egrin:
I did not see the authentic GTC bumper hiding in any of those pictures... I assume you still have it? Looking forward to more! :nod::icon_tup: |
^ Agreed, Garage looks great:icon_tup:
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thanks guys.
John, don't worry, that bumper's still around here somewhere... spent more time in the garage today. I hope none of you mind me using you all as motivation/inspiration to get this damn garage cleaned out so we can get to the fun stuff. |
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The only thing better then car builds, are car builds with garage builds integrated into them!!!
If you feel like the 7 isnt sucking out enough money from you, and you dare to adventure into deep garage building, modding, and tool whoring, Check out this forum (if you havent already)....... The Garage Journal Board - Powered by vBulletin Fair warning, browsing through that site will cause you to want a 1500+ sq ft garage, machinery, duplicates upon duplicates of the same tools, and to reorganize everything in your garage. I think my tool/garage building addiction has surpassed my 7.... |
Wish my garage look like that. Awesome job
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oh god damnit bubbles why did you post this?!?!
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yeah, garage journal is the shit. definitely what inspired me. some of those garage builds are amazing. i've come to terms with the fact that mine will not look like some of those "showroom" looking garages, simply because i have too much stuff(junk).
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Originally Posted by wutangben
(Post 11389169)
yeah, garage journal is the shit. definitely what inspired me. some of those garage builds are amazing. i've come to terms with the fact that mine will not look like some of those "showroom" looking garages, simply because i have too much stuff(junk).
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^yeah, i've never had that, EVER.
SO looking forward to it! |
haha that part was funny. it's like you wiggled you nose and "POOF! all that stuff was gone! great place to work..I'm jealous.
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Amazing, makes me want to clean up my garage.
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http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...83019803_n.jpg
and two hours later... http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...17543665_n.jpg the garage isn't 100% ready for it, but we're getting a foot of snow tomorrow, and i wanted it in by this weekend. i can't imagine working on an engine bay with all of this lighting! |
Awesome shop, looks great
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That's a great garage heat and everything damn
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Nice garage looks great! Hope the build is as nice :D
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i intend to make my build more exciting than my garage, we'll get there.
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Originally Posted by gmonsen
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You really ought to post up the garage photos on garagejournal.com... Love your dog.
Gordon |
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