John - Thanks much for conversation and tour of your garage today...

[6 Shooter]

 

[Chas]

Nice Digs

 

[XLR8]

I don't know which is making me drool more... that garage or the '67 blue Vette.

 

[gmjunkie]

I don't know which is making me drool more... that garage or the '67 blue Vette.

That Dark Green 1969 Z/28 302 Camaro is not anything to Sneeze at either!!!!!!!!! :J :J :J :J :J :J :J :J

 

[bossvette]

That Dark Green 1969 Z/28 302 Camaro is not anything to Sneeze at either!!!!!!!!! :J :J :J :J :J :J :J :J

Yup, thats one I wish I hadn't let go, Yes John's place is a Palace!!!

 

[6 Shooter]

YEP - It has kept some nice company also...

That Dark Green 1969 Z/28 302 Camaro is not anything to Sneeze at either!!

 

[00fxd]

Now thats my idea of a good way to spend an afternoon

 

[GerryLP]

Sweet Mother of Jesus!

Now that's a garage!

The gentleman in the blue polo literally reminds me of my father-in-law by the way of his looks. Is that you JohnZ?

Congratulations on a fine garage.

 

[BarryK]

yep, that is John in the blue shirt.
A true gentleman in the hobby and besides freely sharing his knowledge I guess he is now giving garage tours!

Both cars are GREAT!. BTW, I understand that John's Z/28 is actually a show quality condition ORIGINAL, UNMOLESTED, UNRESTORED car!

 

[firstgear]

I guess he is now giving garage tours!

were there any free donuts and coffee as well? Any samples for visitors to take? How about the gift shop?........looks GREAT!!!

 

[JohnZ]

were there any free donuts and coffee as well? Any samples for visitors to take? How about the gift shop?........looks GREAT!!!

My "gift shop" goodies went to our annual NCRS Chapter Swap Meet today - made a few bucks, didn't have to handle credit cards .

Dwayne, enjoyed meeting you - we share some professional Manufacturing Engineering background; good luck on your upcoming project.

 

[BLACK MOON]

My "gift shop" goodies went to our annual NCRS Chapter Swap Meet today - made a few bucks, didn't have to handle credit cards .

Dwayne, enjoyed meeting you - we share some professional Manufacturing Engineering background; good luck on your upcoming project.

Beautiful John. Question. I have a detached 2 car garage that I am connecting to the house. The new added garage will be 36' wide. How deep is your garage and how tall are the ceilings? I want to put a lift in mine as well and wondered on the minimum needed.

Thanks John. Beautiful!

Best regards,
Sal

 

[JohnZ]

Beautiful John. Question. I have a detached 2 car garage that I am connecting to the house. The new added garage will be 36' wide. How deep is your garage and how tall are the ceilings? I want to put a lift in mine as well and wondered on the minimum needed.

Thanks John. Beautiful!

Best regards,
Sal

It's 58' wide x 44' deep, with a 12' ceiling; I did the ceiling at 12' so I could fully open the garage door over the lift with a car up at full working height. The insulated sectional doors are oversize in both dimensions (18' x 8'), and the one in the lift bay is set up as a "high-lift" with the horizontal tracks only 8" from the ceiling and an extra top panel (not visible from outside) to get the proper geometry to lift the door vertically with a horizontal puller.

 

[BLACK MOON]

It's 58' wide x 44' deep, with a 12' ceiling; I did the ceiling at 12' so I could fully open the garage door over the lift with a car up at full working height. The insulated sectional doors are oversize in both dimensions (18' x 8'), and the one in the lift bay is set up as a "high-lift" with the horizontal tracks only 8" from the ceiling and an extra top panel (not visible from outside) to get the proper geometry to lift the door vertically with a horizontal puller.

I'm not sure that I can manage 12' but may be able to build a 12 high tray into the trusses. Thanks John.

 

[00fxd]

Here's a solution a friend of mine chose. A Camaro sized 'Relief' in his ceiling.

 

[Scott Winebarger]

Sweet Garage!
I love the lift but unfortunately with the subdivision rules here and the design of my garage, I will only be able to have a 9 ft finished ceiling. The part that really gets under my skin is that 3 of us own the whole subdivision and theres nothing I can do to get a variance. We went a little lot buying crazy . Hopefully mine will be under construction this summer so I can have it for the cold weather months that I know are coming.

 

[studiog]

Beautiful in and out. From the outside you would never think so much heavy duty wrenching could be going on inside. But I guess that's the idea.

Thanks for sharing your wealth of Corvette knowledge with us all.