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The Garage Begins!
Created on 2007-07-26 16:19:56
They broke ground today! I've spent the last week or so cutting down overgrown crap that needed to go, and what seems like forever before that planning. The grading people started hauling off the brush today. By the end of next week they tell me they'll be pouring....
The plan is to add a bay off the back of the existing building as big as I can -- I'm limited by an overhead easement for a powerline, so I can only go back 18'. But it will be the full width of the existing building. Once that's built, I'll convert the existing building into a garage as well (which is what it started as, before the previous owners made it into a house!)
The plan is to add a bay off the back of the existing building as big as I can -- I'm limited by an overhead easement for a powerline, so I can only go back 18'. But it will be the full width of the existing building. Once that's built, I'll convert the existing building into a garage as well (which is what it started as, before the previous owners made it into a house!)
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A before shot
Another before shot
One more before shot
Progress!
A before shot
Another before shot
One more before shot
Progress!
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Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 9 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| It's Painted! | 2006-06-07 | 5 | Not the best job -- I'm glad I didn't pay someone to do this! I'd be screaming for my money back right now. But the clock's ticking and I'm tired of fooling with it. It's in pai... | |
| We Be Jambin' | 2006-06-04 | 3 | Just sprayed the jambs and slam panel with color. Still having some fisheye problem, even with all new air plumbing (I had oil in the line) and fisheye eliminator in the paint. I... | |
| Replacing A Dogleg | 2006-04-20 | 6 | Had a heck of a day. I knew I needed to replace the right dogleg, so I cut away enough to see what's what. I found, not unexpectedly, that the sill was shot. So, I spent the mor... | |
| Replacing A Dogleg | 2006-04-20 | Had a heck of a day. I knew I needed to replace the right dogleg, so I cut away enough to see what's what. I found, not unexpectedly, that the sill was shot. So, I spent the mor... | ||
| Why I Like Silicone Brake Fluid | 2005-11-14 | 2 | Here's what happens when the DPO lets your C brake booster leak and doesn't do anything about it. One of these shots is looking through an access hole I cut to see what the inside ... | |
| Cargo Floor | 2005-11-14 | 4 | I've made some progress on the cargo floor. Here are some before-and-during shots. I haven't taken any afters yet, but the current status is that the new piece is welded in and the... | |
| Mgc Progress | 2005-10-28 | 4 | There's been minor progress on the MGC GT -- I dragged it up from the shed to the house! The plan is to start working on it (assuming I ever have time away from work again) in prep... | |
| Vir Driving Day | 2005-07-29 | 1 | Here's a shot of my car taken whilst I was driving at VIR on Sunday, 24 Jul 2005. The hands you see on the passenger side belong to Rob Orander. He was my host at the event and was... | |
| First Post! | 2005-07-28 | Put in a left floorpan not too long ago. Check it out here: http://www.mgcarz.com |
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