80WTI_55_CHEV
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hi everyone, thought i would put some photos up. looks small from the outside but once inside it's not so bad.over the next week i will upload more as the computer is as old as i am.
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My little Aussie shed
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Justanoldguy
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HaHa. Love it.
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the start of my bellytank build. building the skeleton was the easy bit.
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my kids are building this little rocket all wheel work and swage lines done by them 12 years and 15 year old. i hate them playing the playstaion so got them workin instead, i only get them a couple days a month so it will be a long process.
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The shed is 82 x46 and 20 feet high in the peek dropping down to 15. the misses and i built about 8 months ago,took us about two weeks to put it up with the help of my brothers and father. There where no plans as all the steel was from auctions and steel yards(all factory seconds) so we built it to what we could get. Alot of my stuff is not top of the range but it usually gets the job done, i no it's nothing like most of the garages on here but it's my first shed i have ever owned. Hopefully i will rent this place out in the next 2 years so i can move on to bigger and better. after seeing some of the other garages on here it gives me alot of ideas for my next build which will probably be two or three seperate garages.
thanks for looking
lee
thanks for looking
lee
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Another great aussie tin shed, looks like a few projects also.
Regards Bazza
Regards Bazza
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80WTI_55_CHEV
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Some of my engines.
dubber
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Very cool, i laughed at the first pic.
henry29
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That's a great looking shop,
What is the little car behind the Volkswagen?
What is the little car behind the Volkswagen?
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80WTI_55_CHEV
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It's a hillman husky 1955 flathead 4 cyl i was driving everyday for about 5months until it started to have a slight knock in the engine so i want to freshen it up but leave the rest of the car as is
twistedchief
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awesome man just awesome need some more pic's plsHOTFR8
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Great photos, like a few others lost the meaning with what looks to be the Chook shed.
Ben Buck
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WHOO HOO, that is a great garage you have there!! Is there a special entrance you use to get in there? ( From the first photo ) ? Great selection of classics you have, keep those boys busy when they are with you!! Keeps them focused and productive, thanks for posting!
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for the post
Derrickwade
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Looks sure can be deceiving!
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Aussie garage full of American muscle, I love that
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80WTI_55_CHEV
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So i built a storage section over on one side of the shed. It's 31x16 and 10 foot high, i'm enclosing it in just in case "i knock over a tin of paint and it lands over a car"
don't want to get it on any other cars.
(no it's not a spray booth local council member i swear)
A couple more engines i have aswell
thanks for looking and the comments guys.
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This is one of my offsiders she is quality control, usually she is inside helping. i can grind plasma cut or bash metal and she stands there just watching. Don't no if she is trying to learn some skills or laughing at me making a mess of things.
This is my new english wheel i have been building, got ne wheels in from joe hoosier, still need to make the lower adjuster and then grind and paint.
This is my new english wheel i have been building, got ne wheels in from joe hoosier, still need to make the lower adjuster and then grind and paint.
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This is the family shot a couple of years ago, doing i a photo shoot for one of our cars
And me having some fun in a power skid contest. Got a trophy for second place with that effort
And me having some fun in a power skid contest. Got a trophy for second place with that effort
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Another one of our cars but recently sold 1970 oldsmobile
and my 49 chev pickup
and my 49 chev pickup
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henry29
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Was the 49 chevy originally right hand drive?
Is the cowl vent on the right original?
Is the cowl vent on the right original?
ODIS
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Looks like you have been able to collect a variety of very interesting cars, engines and other item to decorate your shed. Lots going on in there too. Great looking English Wheel you are building. I've had a little experience with the wheel many years ago and caught a part of my thumb..... All my buddies thought it was pretty funny, and I eventually laughed too once the tears cleared from my eyes.
Looking forward to reading your future posts on the projects you do.
Keep up the great work.
Ody.
Looking forward to reading your future posts on the projects you do.
Keep up the great work.
Ody.
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hi there henry29, it is a factory right hand drive vehicle and the vents are factory, also the doors where different around the quarter glass and where the window winds up into the frame as an american rubber kit won't work for the windows. thanks for looking
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thanks draider, It's about to get more crowded as i have a 1955 chev panel truck arriving in three weeks from the states, the wife and i went over there last oct for 6 weeks and drove to Amarillo via route 66 and stopped at all the antique shops went to Pomona swap Bakersfield swap and long beach swap so the truck is loaded to the roof with signs coolers early cash registers and what ever else i bought that i can't remember.I can't wait to save up and go again i loved it over there.
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thanks Odis, i haven't got a big collection but it's a work in progress, i also have a pullmax p9 and a smaller similar to pullmax machine in there as well, everything seems to way a ton and then some. Also twice this year i have had to take everything out and move to higher ground as i live on the river and we have had some major flooding over the last couple of years, So it's taking it's toll on us a bit.
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here is a photo looking out my door on the top level of my house
and this is normal
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You have a nice assortment of stuff. What year is the VW single cab? You have lots of old pig iron on those shelves, even a few huffers (blowers) for U.S. slang. Oh also the power skid, we call those burn outs. Its cool to hear other lingo from down under.
Not to be nosey, well yeah, I'll ask if you don't mind telling what you do for a living? I would guess maybe own a body shop?
Love all the odd vehicles you have, its good to see unique, and the wild range of tranportation. Do you have much in old motorcycles? OK back to work, mate.
Not to be nosey, well yeah, I'll ask if you don't mind telling what you do for a living? I would guess maybe own a body shop?
Love all the odd vehicles you have, its good to see unique, and the wild range of tranportation. Do you have much in old motorcycles? OK back to work, mate.
Justanoldguy
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here is a photo looking out my door on the top level of my houseand this is normal
Seems your pond overflowed just a wee bit.
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You have a nice assortment of stuff. What year is the VW single cab? You have lots of old pig iron on those shelves, even a few huffers (blowers) for U.S. slang. Oh also the power skid, we call those burn outs. Its cool to hear other lingo from down under.
Not to be nosey, well yeah, I'll ask if you don't mind telling what you do for a living? I would guess maybe own a body shop?
Love all the odd vehicles you have, its good to see unique, and the wild range of tranportation. Do you have much in old motorcycles? OK back to work, mate.
howdy Bugthug, the vw is a 1956 model mate, i have never heard of pig iron before, we have burnout competitions over hear but the powerskid comp is a no brake pedal go as long as you can in a straight line and they judge you on smoke and the lenght of the skid. As for work i concrete part time and a bit of vehicle resto work as well and sometimes help a mate who runs a sheetmetal shop for shop fitouts, in regards to motorbikes i have recently sold my 2008 zx10r, i would love an old indian or bsa harley or anything old but thats probably still 5 years away before i get one, i still have a list of cars i want to purchase before they are all gone. I have a few other cars outside waiting for another shed to be built for them. in total i have 20+ cars but most require a freshen up and some a total rebuild. but that can come in time once i have finished purchasing the others on my list.
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Here's my pullmax p9 i was told it came off a us navel ship
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I would say the pullmax might of came off a sub or ship tender. Do you live close to a ship yard?
I think the term pig iron, probably came from a OLD TIME, when they used a lot of coke and other stuff when making the metal. It is extreamly heavy metal, and was cheap to make. They used it in the casting of the blocks and heads, intake, and probably 90% of the motor. I think it refers to old flat heads and most motors before the early 60's.
You have some cool license plates, have any you like to trade, for some USA's? Herb
I think the term pig iron, probably came from a OLD TIME, when they used a lot of coke and other stuff when making the metal. It is extreamly heavy metal, and was cheap to make. They used it in the casting of the blocks and heads, intake, and probably 90% of the motor. I think it refers to old flat heads and most motors before the early 60's.
You have some cool license plates, have any you like to trade, for some USA's? Herb
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here is a photo looking out my door on the top level of my houseand this is normal
Forgot to turn the fountain off before you went to bed?
Not bad for a shed made out of the bits of steel you could get your hands on.
Good to see a Holden ute in there as well. Wouldn't be an Aussie shed without one of those. Is it the first to accidentally have a tin of paint spilled over it?
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I always wanted water front views but that was a bit over the top. I just have to finish making a rotisserie for it and finish fitting out the room with ducting filters and lighting, I have a little 350 sbc toploader and 9 inch to go in, hopefully it will be finished by christmas so i can sell it, and get another shed built to get some of the other cars out of the weather.
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Hi there herb, we don't have any ship yards around that i know of. The number plates above my engines are all still active and to replace them costs acouple of hundred dollars but if you are after just normal australian states plates leave it with me and i will round a couple up over the next month or so and get some info off of you to send them over. I have a lot of us plates already as the cars i have imported all have had plates on them plus we always get a lot turn up at our local swapmeets. So if you can pm me your address and i will start the hunting for some.
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Found a couple of the build of the shed
There's me little helper checkin on quality control
thanks for looking lee
There's me little helper checkin on quality control
thanks for looking lee
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way to go