• The Roadster Factory Recovery Fund - Friends, as you may have heard, The Roadster Factory, a respected British Car Parts business in PA, suffered a total loss in a fire on Christmas Day. Read about it, discuss or ask questions >> HERE. The Triumph Register of America is sponsoring a fund raiser to help TRF get back on their feet. If you can help, vist >> their GoFundMe page.
  • Hey there Guest!
    If you enjoy BCF and find our forum a useful resource, if you appreciate not having ads pop up all over the place and you want to ensure we can stay online - Please consider supporting with an "optional" low-cost annual subscription.
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this UGLY banner)
Tips
Tips

MGB MGB as seen from the sky [or so it feels]

drooartz

Moderator
Staff member
Gold
Country flag
Offline
Was hanging a couple lights out in the shop recently and couldn't resist taking this picture. I'm not afraid of heights, but the bottom of the trusses are 15.5' above the concrete. I'm a big guy, I'd make quite the splat...

mgboverhead-2.jpg


The flexing about half way up was the worst part. Move thoughtfully and not a big deal, nice to have some light out there finally.

mgboverhead-1.jpg
 

DrEntropy

Great Pumpkin
Platinum
Country flag
Offline
Good shot, Drew!
 

DrEntropy

Great Pumpkin
Platinum
Country flag
Offline
:iagree:
 

Rut

Obi Wan
Country flag
Offline
OP
drooartz

drooartz

Moderator
Staff member
Gold
Country flag
Offline
A lift is indeed in the plans, maybe next year if the finances allow. Need to get the loft built first, so I can finish up the electrical and insulation. Then lift (unless I get impatient and just get it first :grin: ).

Going to go 4-post as of right now. All lift types have pluses/minuses, and as I've looked through the options the 4-post works best for me. Mostly I just want to get the cars up a bit so I can work on them without bending over so much, and 4-post is the easiest for that. A bridge jack or similar for when working on suspension. Plus, you can park a car on it if you run out of space...

https://www.bendpak.com/car-lifts/four-post-lifts/hd-9st/

Shop floor is 5" rebar-reenforced concrete, so it's plenty strong enough.

plan_draft1.jpg
 

Stewart

Darth Vader
Country flag
Offline
I'd kill for that ceiling height. Demo starts on my garage/house tomorrow so I can put a storage lift in. Knocking out all the joists in the garage and replacing with steel beams. to support the roof. Going with a single post lift as I have to do a sharp 90 degree turn into my garage and a 4 poster would make things hard. Really need the storage lift now as in the midst of all this I ended up buying a 73 volvo 1800es
 
OP
drooartz

drooartz

Moderator
Staff member
Gold
Country flag
Offline
I'd kill for that ceiling height. Demo starts on my garage/house tomorrow so I can put a storage lift in. Knocking out all the joists in the garage and replacing with steel beams. to support the roof. Going with a single post lift as I have to do a sharp 90 degree turn into my garage and a 4 poster would make things hard. Really need the storage lift now as in the midst of all this I ended up buying a 73 volvo 1800es

Good luck with the construction -- and with the Volvo.

My main goal with this shop was to avoid going too small. My last shop was 12x20 with an 8' ceilling. Didn't want to make that mistake again. It's one advantage of building from scratch. Height is cheap compared to floor space, so we went up.
 

Bob Claffie

Jedi Knight
Country flag
Offline
I'm (British Racing) green with envy. I have a one car garage, a two car driveway and a four car lawn !
 

DrEntropy

Great Pumpkin
Platinum
Country flag
Offline
I'm (British Racing) green with envy. I have a one car garage, a two car driveway and a four car lawn !

Same shade here! And same space limit.
 
OP
drooartz

drooartz

Moderator
Staff member
Gold
Country flag
Offline
I'm (British Racing) green with envy. I have a one car garage, a two car driveway and a four car lawn !

I've worked with those spaces too... my wife's one comment on this shop build when we were looking to move was to not build it too small (as I did with my last one, which was 12x20). So I made sure it was not too small -- I think I did okay. :grin:
 
Offline
Drew I just built an new shop, it beside the house. I am officially now a car nut, my shop is bigger than my house :smile: I wanted to post a pic here, but don't seem to be able to get the file small enough to post here, and when I do it so small it is dot on the post.
 

Attachments

  • newshop-garagedoor-sssssss.jpg
    newshop-garagedoor-sssssss.jpg
    716 bytes · Views: 150

JPSmit

Moderator
Staff member
Silver
Country flag
Offline
Drew I just built an new shop, it beside the house. I am officially now a car nut, my shop is bigger than my house :smile: I wanted to post a pic here, but don't seem to be able to get the file small enough to post here, and when I do it so small it is dot on the post.

Hap. great to hear from you! How are things? (other than the shop :smile: email me the picture at johnpetersmit "at" yahoo.com and I will post it
 

Stewart

Darth Vader
Country flag
Offline
Finally have some ceiling height in mine and the volvo project went totally sideways due to rust. Also I found the absolute cure for heavy steering in an mgb. Go drive an old volvo for an hour and you will never complain about steering in a mgb again.

2019-02-07%2017.15.05a.jpg

2019-02-07%2017.16.06a.jpg


Volvo looked like this
2018-12-09%2016.05.21a.jpg
and now looks like this
2019-02-05%2014.19.12a.jpg
 

JPSmit

Moderator
Staff member
Silver
Country flag
Offline
Love that P1800 though! Through one of the other forums I frequent, I met a guy who is building a Molvo. 1800 wagon on a Miata suspension with a Mustang V8 - He is in London ON and the quality of work is staggering.

molvo.jpg
 

JPSmit

Moderator
Staff member
Silver
Country flag
Offline
Drew I just built an new shop, it beside the house. I am officially now a car nut, my shop is bigger than my house :smile: I wanted to post a pic here, but don't seem to be able to get the file small enough to post here, and when I do it so small it is dot on the post.

Looks great! Do you still have the Speed Shop?

newshop-garagedoor-s.jpg
 
Offline
Yep you are looking at the new digs, very short commute to work now, like 20 feet :smile: I sold the old shop a year ago, the hood got trendy :smile: , and they made me offer I could not refuse. The old shop now is a trendy gourmet coffee shop/bar/bicycle repair shop, yeah I know, a silly business idea, but it's their building now, and I have the new and improved Acme Speed Shop, minus the crackheads, It's good to be out of the hood, LOL :smile:
 
OP
drooartz

drooartz

Moderator
Staff member
Gold
Country flag
Offline
Congrats on the new shop space, Hap. Nothing like having enough space, close at hand. The lack of crackheads is an additional bonus. :smile:
 

DrEntropy

Great Pumpkin
Platinum
Country flag
Offline
Yep you are looking at the new digs, very short commute to work now, like 20 feet :smile: I sold the old shop a year ago, the hood got trendy :smile: , and they made me offer I could not refuse. The old shop now is a trendy gourmet coffee shop/bar/bicycle repair shop, yeah I know, a silly business idea, but it's their building now, and I have the new and improved Acme Speed Shop, minus the crackheads, It's good to be out of the hood, LOL :smile:

:thumbsup:

Nice, Hap! Congrats on the "escape".
 
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
Simmo MGB Re Engined MGB MG 2
Carlbanan56 MGB MGB rear break rebuild MG 6
C Wanted Early MGB soft top and/or tonneaus, condition not very important MG Classifieds 0
Carlbanan56 MGB Mgb turn signals MG 17
J MGB 1970 MGB Steering Lubrication MG 1
C Wanted Wanted: 1977 to 1980 MGB Dashboard MG Classifieds 0
L SOLD!! For Sale MGB Hardtop MG Classifieds 3
EvansClassicCars For Sale 1980 MGB for sale MG Classifieds 0
J MGB Tire pressure for 1980 MGB MG 14
5 Wanted Wanted 1966 mgb banjo type axle rear hub MG Classifieds 0
I MGB Purchase of 1972 MGB Roadster MG 3
C MGB-GT MGB-GT Front Ride Height MG 0
J MGB Advice for new MGB owner? MG 16
D Wanted Wanted: Chicklet Headrests for MGB/C! MG Classifieds 0
Editor_Reid MGB Anders Clausager's "MGB" book MG 4
J MGB 1966 MGB won't start MG 1
Erica General MG Oil Drain Valve -- mine is an MGB, but they have others MG 3
TunaJ Will MGB Upper Seat Runners work with Midget seat rails? Spridgets 1
Erica MGB Carburetion and MGB fuel economy. MG 0
wkilleffer MGB MGB clutch slave bleed driving me nuts MG 38
R MGB side chrome installation MG 4
C MGB MGB MG 5
3798j Off Topic MGB at the Drive in Bank MG 1
wkilleffer MGB 1974 MGB clutch master cylinder questions MG 1
Rut MGB 62-67 upper MGB steering shaft MG 3
VeeCee MGB 1974 MGB Roof Installation MG 0
J MGB Just bought a 1966 MGB MG 50
T MGB MGB hoses MG 6
AngliaGT ANOTHER TR6,& an MGB Spotted 0
G MGB Sorry from the Newbie...Clutch gone on 78 MGB MG 17
Briancole702 MGB-GT 71 Mgb gt no gas in float bowls MG 1
Ranger68 Wanted 1969 MGB Sun Visor Wanted MG Classifieds 0
R MGB MGB Roadster Door Panel Speakers MG 9
DrEntropy MGB Good video on the MGB MG 0
adcronin For Sale MGB Turn Signal (lights, horn, indicator) Switch, New for 62-67, also Sprite MK 3 & 4, MIDGET MK 2-3 thru 67 MG Classifieds 0
J Wanted 1969 MGB Roadster sun visor clip MG Classifieds 4
JohnGone MGB 1980 MGB Spark Plug recommendations MG 6
R MGB 1972 MGB Defroster Hose MG 2
T For Sale MGB Black Label Overdrive For Sale Or Trade For New RB Parts MG Classifieds 2
T MGB-GT cant rails on 1967 MGB GT MG 12
JohnGone Wanted '80 MGB without seat belts? MG Classifieds 3
JohnGone MGB Help getting my 1980 MGB to pass CA smog test MG 19
JohnGone Wanted Spare & Jack for an '80 MGB MG Classifieds 0
B MGB 1977 MGB Battery Box and Shifter knob MG 4
D MGB MGB LE MG 5
P MGB 1974 MGB front spring length. MG 0
S MGB MGB Starter Woes MG 13
G MGB '71 MGB Front End Rebuild MG 2
E MGB MGB heater motor problem MG 3
A MGB 1980 MGB MG 3

Similar threads

Top