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MGB MGB dimensions
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Length: 12'10"
Width: 5'
Height: 4'2"
All approximate.
I figure a 24x30 ought to be just about right. :wink:
Width: 5'
Height: 4'2"
All approximate.
I figure a 24x30 ought to be just about right. :wink:
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Thanks guys.
Mickey, I'd love that sort of space, but I'm dealing with an existing 21x20 space, of which I have about half that I can use (if I park my daily driver outside, wife's car stays in). I've got adequate empty space on my property for a second garage, but unfortunately also have adequate empty space in my wallet where the money should to be to afford it. Maybe in a few years...
So I'm trying to reorganize what I have to be more useful, and an MGB is about as big a vehicle as I'll want to own in the next couple of years.
Helps to like small cars.
Mickey, I'd love that sort of space, but I'm dealing with an existing 21x20 space, of which I have about half that I can use (if I park my daily driver outside, wife's car stays in). I've got adequate empty space on my property for a second garage, but unfortunately also have adequate empty space in my wallet where the money should to be to afford it. Maybe in a few years...
So I'm trying to reorganize what I have to be more useful, and an MGB is about as big a vehicle as I'll want to own in the next couple of years.
Helps to like small cars.
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I hear ya. Our garage is standard one-car width, but when we remodeled, I was able to enlarge it to where the MGB and Janet's Mitsubishi Montero <span style="font-style: italic"> just </span> fit, front-to-back. There's just enough room to walk between them! And the shed in the back yard is 12x24 - that's my work space. The GT is in there, up on a Kwik-lift.
When we retire and build, it will include a heated garage big enough to play in!
When we retire and build, it will include a heated garage big enough to play in!
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Here's what I'm dealing with. Trying to remodel the inside of the space (second time in a couple years) to be more efficient. Will require parking my car outside, but at least I'll have working space for the winter.
Current setup (Sprout is my wife's Isuzu Rodeo Sport):
What I'm thinking about:
Not sure about where to put the bench (left side or back wall). Also trying to make sure that if I decide to switch to an MGB some day that I'll have room for it. Trying to be able to get the Tunebug and bike out without having to move anything else.
As a side note, Google SketchUp is a great tool.
Current setup (Sprout is my wife's Isuzu Rodeo Sport):
What I'm thinking about:
Not sure about where to put the bench (left side or back wall). Also trying to make sure that if I decide to switch to an MGB some day that I'll have room for it. Trying to be able to get the Tunebug and bike out without having to move anything else.
As a side note, Google SketchUp is a great tool.
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I was going to start a thread along these lines the other day, We (LBC owners) tend to be real creative on car storage. For years my GT6 lived on a craddle of 4x4's that allowed me to back my Elcamino under it. Now I have the garage, for my dailey driver, the bike, the GT6 project, and the wife gets the carport.
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Dont forget to add a hafer. Over the border in Maine that's half an inch. Almost 3/4'' on a really hot day. 4/8 is really popular over there too. Dont ever let em cut the pizza.You'll go hungry.
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The workbench works well on the back wall because when you need more room, you can back the car away from it. On the side, you have to move the car much farther if not out of the garage to make more space. There's also normally more room between the back wall and a parked car than there is the side wall to the same. I put things I don't need space around, or constant access to, on the side walls.
Here's a photo from when I was still building my garage, but it shows how handy a nice long workspace can be. Notice the car bumpers on the left. More room this way even though the garage is nearly square.
Here's a photo from when I was still building my garage, but it shows how handy a nice long workspace can be. Notice the car bumpers on the left. More room this way even though the garage is nearly square.
Consider putting everything on castors. The second floor of my shop is dedicated as a wood and metal fab shop. Most of the stuff is either light enough to move or it's mounted to a bench on wheels. I can fit twice as much up there and still use all of the machines by pushing things around. I made a couple of giant wooden creapers and store stuff on them that is short enough to push under the two main 4X8 work benches. Before I did this, my metal working stuff would get covered in saw dust. Now I push it over and cover it up before doing any woodworking.
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