Autoblog

ckm @ Oct 17th 2007 9:47PM

BTDT.

Me and 5 others rent a large warehouse where we not only store cars, but restore them as well. Works out pretty cheap, around $500 month each, everything included.

We've fully equipped the place with hardlines for compressed air, 3-phase power, lots of lighting and workbench space. In addition, we have a LOT of tools, including large industrial tools such as CNC vertical mill, manual lathe, CNC plasma cutter and several different kinds of welders, sand blasters, not to mention hand tools and lifts. It's taken 6 years to get it to this almost fully equipped state.

Right now, we have 4 project cars, two race cars, one weekend sports car, two karts and 3 race bikes. We're storing a further 5 cars awaiting restoration and recently acquired an enclosed trailer for race car transport. We often joke that NOTHING will ever get finished.

BTW, most of these condo places are a joke. You basically can't work on your car there, and they don't stay open that late. Sometimes we're at the warehouse at 3am grinding steel (it's in an industrial area, so no one cares....). Overall, it's pretty fun, we often have BBQ's and our fridge (yes, yes, we also have a pinball machine and a defender console game) is usually stocked with beer (and much more water, gatorade).

Cheaper, more fun, less snooty, more capabilities and we're in control. What more could you want?

Chris.
P.S. Yes, we all have girlfriends or wives. As Jay Leno once said when his wife told him he smelled like a car "at least you know where I've been"...