Building a garage...

[Jay]

Wow havent seen one of those for ages, Ive had 3 squares and 4 fastbacks of various discriptions... cool

Jay

[PeteRR]

Uber cool!, I seriously want a squareback. My grandad bought a new one in '71 that unfortunately eventually succumbed to the dreaded rustbug in about '88.

Seen one recently for £500 that needs a bit of a restore.....tempted!

Anyway, sorry ctolladay, back to garages. A pit would be a godsend for me too!

[topsparky]

There is something missing in those footings (other than 20 tons of concrete)...oh yes, a big hole in the middle for a pit. I used to have one at my old place and it was great.

Cheers n

Si

digging a pit in a residential garage is against building regs
don't know why if its done properly

[raymor]

Sorry to go off topic but is that an alloy block mi16 engine on the stand i see !

It is indeed and it's getting mated to the Renault 25 gearbox you can't see and into the Imp - (mid engine).

I'm finallly getting into the garage I built a year ago and although it's been hard work, it's been fun getting the lathe and millling machine in to complement the kit I already had it's just getting the time to get it all together now! Definitely worth all the hassle though!

Hillclimbs here I come

[Puglife]

awesome, catcams and jenveys please
Mines in my 205 1.6gti at the moment, fully rebuilt with 82k on it

look forward to that pics by email please...

[raymor]

it'll be DIY 42mm Honda Fireblade 1000RR throttle bodies n megasquirt/catcams cos I'm skint I'll change the link on my signature to the project thread on the Impclub..... I don't want to pollute the thread.

but the 1.9 alloy 16v is indeed a brilliant powerplant

cheers
Raymond

[ctolladay]

I'm currently looking at two post lifts rather than a pit... one day I will have one.

[Dpicariello]

I don't know what sort of height restrictions you'll have in the new garage/man cave but I looked at some scissor lifts that raise the car up about 4 feet. My garage is only about 9ft high so these are perfect.
They were also much cheaper than post lifts.
There were a couple on eBay, 2nd hand for a couple of hundred quid a few months back.