[Shop-talk] Downsizing tools and maximizing garage space

[Mike Rambour]

 8ft ceilings are no problem for the Healey's :)

http://www.singercars.com/restoration/lift_images/finished.jpg
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*That was BEFORE I grew the garage and yeah, I did make the extension 
with 9ft. walls and used scissor joists for a cathedral ceiling.  If you 
can't grow a lift can come in handy.  With only a 8ft. ceiling, you will 
have to work on the car in a chair I had a old office chair with casters 
that I would sit in and roll around under the car. I also had to be very 
careful where to place the car so the garage door did not hit the car.

 Mike (who has been EXACTLY where you are now but chose to keep the tools)
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*Patton Dickson wrote:
> I don't have enough yard to grow the garage, plus it would be nearly
> impossible to get by our HOA.   As for the lift, I don't have the ceiling
> height for that, just 8 feet with a garage door in the way when raised.
>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM, Eric J Russell <ejrussell at mebtel.net> wrote:
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>> Have you considered up-sizing the garage? Or a four post lift to park two
>> cars in the footprint of one?
>>
>> Eric Russell
>> Mebane, NC
>> http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patton Dickson" <57healey at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>  I have come to the conclusion I want a second "toy" in the garage ( I
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>>> think a Saab 900 Turbo convertible) and one of the wife's biggest
>>> objections is how I am going to fit it and the Healey in my 20x20
>>> garage.