My man cave build - UK edition

[astrochex]

Glad you’re ok, Captain. Confess I enjoy how you share your stories of peril.

[A930Rocket]

The Captain never ceases to amaze me.

Nice job!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Thanks gents

This thread is a real time build blog, covering the good, bad and ugly as it happens

100% not intended to be one of those professional efforts with lots of product placement shots and all the 'bloopers' and 'mistakes' edited out, where the fun be in that

[recycled sixtie]

Happy you hung on and well done on the build Captain!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

As this is a slow reveal build I thought it was time to make a small confession....

Since the beginning of this project my intention has never been to build a conventional double garage, that would be just too easy but to build a 4 car garage

Left hand side of the garage I plan to have parking for one car along with the bargain hydraulic lift table I bought on Ebay, think same style as Jack Olsen's impressive garage (never been too proud to copy a good idea when I see one, thank's Jack)

Right hand side of the garage I've designed/built a large enough space to install a triple stacker 4 post lift. This is the most suitable lift I've found so far.





It's going to cause a hell of a lot of confusion when people walking/driving past see the front of a car peering out of the front upstairs window and the roof line of a different car through the very high gable end window

[javadog]

Interesting…

Never seen one of those before.

[astrochex]

Very nice, Captain!

What is going to be the pecking order for the cars on the lift?

[A930Rocket]

I’ve never seen one of those, but it’s very interesting. Hopefully, you’ve made the slab super thick under the feet of it!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by astrochex

Very nice, Captain!

What is going to be the pecking order for the cars on the lift?

Not sure yet but I think it would have to be 930 on the top deck and 964 in the mid deck as both are down my projects to do list

I need to keep the floor level clear as my 1st project will be full chassis up restoration of my daily driver a 94 Toyota 4Runner. Want another 25yrs of life out of it and the English salty road winters are taking their toll

Also would like to bring my Gen 1 Toyota 4Runner home too

Curses, I need more space

[javadog]

You put the leakiest ones on the bottom.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I’ve never seen one of those, but it’s very interesting. Hopefully, you’ve made the slab super thick under the feet of it!

Has 9" of concrete with two layers of steel reinforcing mesh over the full area on a type 4 compacted hardcore base



Over spec'd it as at the time of pouring I wasn't exactly sure where the lift feet would be and how many feet there would be

[oldE]

Captain, you rascal you!.

You never know what you are going to see in an 'old' stone building in the UK,.
One day, riding in Shropshire, we passed by an outbuilding with what looked like a full on rally car visible through the window.
Later I wondered if it might have a connection with the chaps from Bad Obsession Motorsport.

Great progress on the build. Do you have the access from the upstairs of the house cut through yet?

Best
Les

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Javadog, they all leak

Thanks Les!

Not yet, I'm busy finishing off boarding out a loft storage area above the garage where the triple lift will go

Original 2ft thick stone walls don't leave any internal room for storage hidey holes so I'm quite pleased I've managed to create a decent sized space. Good job too as we're tripping over boxed up stuff

Hoping to start knocking through to the old part of the house next week

[Scott Douglas]

My brother had some sheet metal bent up as 'rails' for his lift. Set them across the existing 'rails' and effectively doubled his storage capacity.
Works well in his case as it got his lift inside and stored more cars too.
I'll see if I can find a pic.

[Scott Douglas]

Here's a pic of his lift.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Scott, the simplicity of your brothers idea is genius!

Now if I can find some lightweight cars I like under 11.5ft long then I could easily fit in 6 cars on the triple stacker lift

[911 Rod]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Scott, the simplicity of your brothers idea is genius!

Now if I can find some lightweight cars I like under 11.5ft long then I could easily fit in 6 cars on the triple stacker lift

Doesn't that describe 1/2 the cars in England?

How are the rotisserie plans coming?

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Scott, the simplicity of your brothers idea is genius!

Yeah, he's a smart cookie and a pretty good engineer too.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

Doesn't that describe 1/2 the cars in England?

How are the rotisserie plans coming?

Cars over here seem to get more super sized with each new generation

Rotisserie and car lift are both on the back burner for now

Container shipping from China to the UK have gone up 11x since the beginning of the pandemic. A container was just over $2k now nearly $25k

Don't need either urgently, not like I've run out of jobs to do so I'll buy later, hopefully shipping cost will calm down as the world gets back to the new normal

[daepp]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Scott, the simplicity of your brothers idea is genius!

Now if I can find some lightweight cars I like under 11.5ft long then I could easily fit in 6 cars on the triple stacker lift

My buddy built a 6 car garage, but it holds about 12 of these. Of course, going fast isn't really a thing for him.

Just sayin Cap'tn...