What is your FJ40 Restoration Shop Garage Set-up?

[Rainman]

Garage envy of the month... (not mine, the other one.)

I share mine with way to much other crap i don't want in there. I've let it get out of hand a bit for sure. But soon, it'll all have to be cleaned out to make way for the rebuild of GRNMCHN. Right now it looks like a Land Cruiser threw up its guts all over the place. Two car garage with about 10 extra feet front to back. Heated and cooled.The wooden rack is what I built to hold the frame while I roll the axles under it and install the springs. Allows installation all the way to the tires just about a half inch off the floor. Built it before a tear down and it worlked like a charm. (It's on its butt right now. Spends it's down time as a "Hold it" table.

 

[OKMike]

The biggest luxury is to have shop space separate from the house/garage, so that you don't have to move or put away project pieces, parts, and tools in between times when you can work on them. Expensive but way worth it.

Here is my current setup, after construction was finished. Right now, it is filled with our household goods so I can't use it as a shop until we finish building the house next to it.

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Oh, Daddy.

 

[Jdc1]

I usually work out of my 2 stall garage at home. Our painters have generously let me work out of their shop to finish the ‘72. Their heated floors and AC are great.

 

[kevos37]

I thought @kevos37 workshop was pretty badass. Destroyed in the Paradise fire.

I bet he builds a nicer one at the new place.

BTW, there‘s a forum just for this topic. @woody has some pics of his spread there.

I'm working on it Mark , the shop that came with new house had two sides that were open. I finally finished one side, still need to plumb in new electricity. But the nice thing is I don't have to worry about installing a water feature. I did pick up a bitchin anvil from World War II, it belonged to the Marine Corps.

KevO

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[Helipilot]

Nice anvil, obsivously it has been in storage since the war, nice clean edges. It's a keeper.

 

[kevos37]

Nice anvil, obsivously it has been in storage since the war, nice clean edges. It's a keeper.

It's always sad when you see the edges rounded over on an anvil. Remember kids, never hammer anything thick over on the edge of the anvil unless you heat it up first, just like the blacksmith.

 

[OldRocDoc]

You asked for it

The Fargher Lake FrankenCruiser Laboratory

 

[cruiserkev]

The garage/junk room/man-cave/cruiser maintenance facility/smokers lounge/treasure hunting museum. I really need more room...

 

[Ackcruisers]

You asked for it

The Fargher Lake FrankenCruiser Laboratory

You win! What a shop. Thanks for posting video.

 

[Disasterman]

Just finishing up the new shop. 56 x 26 with radiant floor heat. Just completed the floor in the mezzanine, it will house an office, work out area ans small armory. Much more work area than the old shop.

 

[Helipilot]

Nice cruiser and shop @cruiserkev
See you are a treasure hunter and I share that hobby. My best find ever w as a Sharps Model 1874 in 45-90 and a two $5 gold pieces and a couple of large cent pieces. Found in the attic of an abandoned homestead in the panhandle of Oklahoma known as "No Mans Land" on a ranch that had six sections while pheasant hunting with permission.

 

[franklin40]

Well this is embarrassing...

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at least you can tell there a landcruiser in there.

 

[Dizzy]

You asked for it

The Fargher Lake FrankenCruiser Laboratory

Nice lab.
Are you the Jack Rice from all these Ih8mud tech write-ups?

 

[RWBeringer4x4]

at least you can tell there a landcruiser in there.

That’s only because I drove it recently, otherwise it’d get buried too...

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to pick my welding coat or mask up off the driveway because they were hanging off the tow hooks...

It’s shameful but it’s the only space I have for every home project and I have about a dozen running concurrently. Hoping to wrap a bunch up while quarantined and get some semblance order restored.

 

[cruiserkev]

Nice cruiser and shop @cruiserkev
See you are a treasure hunter and I share that hobby. My best find ever w as a Sharps Model 1874 in 45-90 and a two $5 gold pieces and a couple of large cent pieces. Found in the attic of an abandoned homestead in the panhandle of Oklahoma known as "No Mans Land" on a ranch that had six sections while pheasant hunting with permission.

I know this is slightly off topic, my apologies. Treasure hunting is a ton of fun and I use my FJ40 to access many places most modern vehicles can't go. There are quite a few ghost towns and old settlements in my area. I found all these using a metal detector recently. It's amazing how much gold and silver has been lost or forgotten over the years. I'm more than happy to pick a few keepers out of the dirt.

 

[OldRocDoc]

Nice lab.
Are you the Jack Rice from all these Ih8mud tech write-ups?

I thought those disappeared years ago, but yes, I am the guilty perp.

 

[tstepp920]

I thought those disappeared years ago, but yes, I am the guilty perp.

The very first article I read about making half doors you wrote years ago.

 

[germaneighter]

30' X 46' Pole Barn shop. Built by my son, wife & myself about 10 years ago.

 

[archie73]

Here is a pic after the corona clean up

it won’t last long. Theres another bench to the left I just put in place. It actually the pallet Aqualu sent my tub on, very stout.holds all my tool boxes. Not as spacious as some of the other shops around, but it’s enough to do one cruiser at a time.
I have question for the group though: I found a cove heater during the clean up and I’m tempted to add it on top of the 4K heater hanging from the ceiling. The cove is 900 watts/120volts. I have the space in the circuit box, but would it be worth it?

 

[Living in the Past]

And "How" exactly is too many cruisers a problem?

Guess if your a business or have unlimited garage space it's not a problem. The garage in the pictures is also the parking for our DD. Those are garaged every night. Have tools and materials for home projects mixed in there. Power use to be spotty in the area so have a couple of generators as well. Just moving between the 40s is hard enough much less working on them.


What I have noticed many of these shops are not insulated. Are these in warm climates or have a heating source that coat doesn't matter. While this is in Arizona it does gets cold. April 15th and this mornings low was 22°. I have a thermometer that records the high and low temperature. I have never recorded a temperature below the mid thirties.