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    building of a dream

    I made a web page of the building of my shop...

    http://polybushings.com/pages/shop.html
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    Re: building of a dream

    very nice!!!
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    Nice shop! Looks like a beautiful piece of land too

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    I like the broken down TM in front of the building. You spared NO expense to make it look like a true Mopar garage.
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    I like the broken down TM in front of the building.
    Yes I bought it not running, we all have that habit don't we?

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    Nice shop Johnny, I'm sure you will put all that space to good use!

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    If I had my time to go over again, I would do a steel structure with framed-out space inside, exactly the same way. I built my shop with a double-insulated closet for my air compressor with lines built into the walls and regulators in recesses. I also have a full bath in my shop. But you are certainly doing it the right way.

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    Very nice Johnny. Brings back memories of when myself and my old roommate built a garage at his place. Thanks for the pics.

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    I also have a full bath in my shop
    That (or a shower) and a bathroom would have been nice. But would have cost "much". As I would have had to put in a separate septic. So I bought a used chemical out house for $200 and put it between the shop and the storage container. I am putting a sink outside the shop that drains into a rock filled catch basin, which is legal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cordes View Post
    Very nice Johnny. Brings back memories of when myself and my old roommate built a garage at his place. Thanks for the pics.
    Given what I know of Cordes and what I know of Cordes' friend, that would NORMALLY scare me. However, after seeing the garage they built, I was very impressed with their work.
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    Re: building of a dream

    Looks good, I like how you documented the whole process

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    Quote Originally Posted by minigts View Post
    Given what I know of Cordes and what I know of Cordes' friend, that would NORMALLY scare me. However, after seeing the garage they built, I was very impressed with their work.
    Why thank you.

    Also Johnny, you are the man for digging that footing by hand. I know first hand how rough that is.

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    Looks fantastic Johnny! You know, if you build it, they (more turbo mopars) will come! Good for you that it's built in the middle of "no where", otherwise, with such a nice place to work, you'd have every TM'r within a 50 mile radius coming over to "do a quick project". Wish I had the space to have a shop like that! it's just about big enough to house all my parts I can't seem to let go (also known as crap).

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    have some of that pizza fed-ex'd out here
    Yes that was the BEST pizza ever!
    Wish I could get that delivered to my shop!

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    Looks good, I like how you documented the whole process
    I even had many more photos but then that would just be too many to show on line.

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    Re: building of a dream

    Like this one of the home made crane that I used to set up the columns.

    http://polybushings.com/images/crane2.jpg
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    And this one showing where I lived for 8 months while developing the property, driveway, house and shop.

    http://polybushings.com/images/camping.jpg
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    Nice job Johnny! I love the loft, great idea. Spray foam is the best, you won't regret that expense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnny View Post
    Yes that was the BEST pizza ever!
    Wish I could get that delivered to my shop!

    Johnny
    Ya know, it occurred to me that I could call them up, order the pizza, have them tell me the weight, etc, and have UPS/Fed Ex to a call tag... Gonna have to look into how much that would be!

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    Make sure the call tag has MY address on it will ya?

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