game over...

[GTK]

Hey congrats Filip! Your original drawing is deadly, and I'm very very envious of the building! Do you work with cars for a living? I just started the design process with an architect friend for my home/place to produce SOUP, and my concept is almost exactly what you drew. Life is simple, priorities are easy  

[Escape]

Thanks George, the drawing is actually something from the web, a layout for the perfect petrolhead mancave or such. But it certainly is appropriate!

I work on cars (mostly Land Rover and classics) as a side job, after my hours in the office. I started on my own cars, then those of friends and family and decided it was worth the investment to be able to work more comfortable with a lift etc. We started with an existing building, and found there was not that much to improve on when starting from scratch. The biggest difference is before everything was at full height (5.8m). But we only need that where the lifts are, so decided to add a first floor where the workbays are, so we have extra storage space.

Curious about your SOUP project!

Filip 

[Bibs]

SOUP...

 

[GTK]

22 minutes ago, Escape said:

I work on cars (mostly Land Rover and classics) .....The biggest difference is before everything was at full height (5.8m). But we only need that where the lifts are, so decided to add a first floor...

Filip

We have lots in common Filip!  

That was smart thinking with the 1st floor, easier to heat everything in winter too. I'll bet you're daydreaming about it all the time. I dream of a space set up exactly the way I want it, but I'm not complaining, I did my first Land Rover outside 6 months through winter. 

Love your passion... doing it after work. I'm trying to make it work full time and I'm not nearly there but haven't sank yet. I'm not saying this on the record because it's so far fetched, but I'm very sheepishly trying to see if it'll be feasible to build my garage [to live in initially] in my series. 

21 minutes ago, Bibs said:

SOUP...

Thanks matey! 

[silverfrost]

Wishing you all the luck in the world George, hope you can make it happen 

[GTK]

Thanks Dan. Don't want to hijack Filip's thread, I just sent him a DM there so that I can eat his brains. Pick his brains, pick his brains!

[swindon_alan]

<mental image of George>

[GTK]

The hairs not a million miles off either!

[Escape]

He must have read I'm coming over to Ireland soon.

@Bibs thanks for the link, I was planning to do a search but this saves me the trouble.

[GTK]

Come say hi!?

[swindon_alan]

1 minute ago, GTK said:

Come say hi!?

Only if you wear one of these Filip...

[GTK]

Shit, too poor for a plasma cutter. No din dins that week, thanks Alan :|

[swindon_alan]

You could always go Boil in the Bag George?

[GTK]

I'd need a pretty big lobster cracker and seafood fork

This thread escalated to cannibalism very quickly. Filip's TLF handle is starting to seem very appropriate. Filip if you could be lazy for the coming days it'd be great, it makes a big difference to the tenderness of the meat lol.

[Escape]

Not a chance of me being lazy before coming to Dublin. I'll be driving the Esprit through UK, with some detours along Wales (evo triangle, Top Gear road, ...).

Meanwhile, despite the roof not being finished, I couldn't resist and stored 2 cars there for the weekend.

[swindon_alan]

On 9/15/2017 at 12:33, GTK said:

The hairs not a million miles off either!

Nah, I've been thinking about this. Filip is Belgian so you need this combination. Beer and appropriate chocolate:

[Escape]

Excellent choice Alan! Kasteelbier ('beer of the castle') is one of my favorites, the dark version is even better.

[GTK]

the screen is already adding ten pounds... but what the hell

[Escape]

I haven't been able to spend as much time finishing and fitting the Workshop, but this week was a major milestone. A few weeks ago we got a second hand 5 ton 4 post lift. A real bargain, if a bit rusty. Other things getting in the way meant I only got 'round to putting it up last Friday. On Tuesday I finished the wiring and hydraulics and immediately put it to use on my Range Rover. A failed pin in the clutch fork meant the gearbox had to come off (seriously, 2 cent roll pins on a car that was at least £50k when new instead of machining a keyway? 😧). I felt SO GOOD to work with the lift again, instead of on my back under the cars (including the Esprit for the recent cambelt change). With some help of a good friend, the job only took about 4 hours. Still have some refitting to do, but the gearbox is back on and clutch working as it should. Got some pictures taken as well, with Lotus content (of course). We will get a 2-poster in a later stage as well. Right now the priority is finishing the electrical wiring.

Filip

 

[GTK]

Love the roof light Fil, really cool.

[silverfrost]

Dream workshop, Four poster lift and look at all that room, with the cars parked under a mesaney floor with all that storage space.  Heaven 👍

[Escape]

Yeah, the roof light is really handy, and gives a bit of an open feeling.

The intermediate floor was something I added during the rebuild, to have workbays underneath and storage above. With the old layout, this wasn't possible. But it does mean we have a little bit less room around the lifts. Amazing how soon you fill all available space, no matter how large. 😉

Filip

[Barrykearley]

That’s a stonker of a garage - I like it very much indeed 👍👍

[Chillidoggy]

Filip - It's official - I now hate you.

[Sparky]

Hmmmm, FlandersFest...