Thread: Cool Garages

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I do not see why people get mad about the guys who work or worked for wall street or in the stock market and make heaps of money and bonuses (I am not saying you are, but I see a lot of people making that comment in a negative way). It's not their fault that they are smart enough to let their money work for them instead of work hard for money and get a pay check that is taxed very high. I believe, if I am not mistaken, the stock market is the second highest taxed income with regular pay check being the highest taxed and of course real-estate being the least taxed.
I'm sure these guys aren't complaining.

Here is my humble shop,..... a 1937 Mobil station

Highboy32 that's a COOL Building but you need to do Lot's of Securing to it No ?

Originally Posted by tango

Highboy32 that's a COOL Building but you need to do Lot's of Securing to it No ?

Almost 4 years and no problem so far, A county official in law enforcement (who is a friend of mine and a fine shot) lives behind it, and on the other side is a old guy who can't sleep at night, that's a bull dog with good hearing and has the cops number on speed dial,....

But yes I do have other security measures,.... and thank you for the kind words.

That's a Good deal then . I have a Great Dane Pit Bull 110 Lbs . And a Few Fire arm's just to Hold down my 3 Car Garage . Like to move out of here to a more quiet part of the U.S.A hope to build a Nice Sized Pole Barn then .

I LOVE your service station! I've always wanted to buy one to turn into a small body/detail shop. There are a few around here that some old guys own and use as service stations for fuel but that's about it. I love how they have the rounded sode of the building with all the glass. One day, one day.

Originally Posted by highboy32

Here is my humble shop,..... a 1937 Mobil station

Man, I like that building way better than any of those high end ,high dollar garages. That building just has tons of character and history. Something those others will never have!

Pretty cool building. We have an old service station up the block that was made into a restaurant for years~! It's great to reuse old structures with character, rather than tear them down and build new blah buildings. My garage is actually a 1850's chicken shed. When we bought the house it was falling down, just a bunch of vertical old growth redwood planks, and a disintegrating roof. We rebuilt it about 5 years ago recycling the old siding for the new framed and insulated structure, but kept the same shape and floor plan of the original barn. It's a bit small for a shop, but has two bays, and some loft storage, modern wiring, etc. The cool thing is that it looks like it belongs there, with the old redwood siding.
Unfortunately it falls short of a dream garage, but compared to the old structure, it is a dream garage!

Man, that is one cool building! There's an old abandon roadside motel and cafe' around here that I always dreamed of fixing up with a Route 66 theme and reopening but with the nice, inexpensive modern motels out there it would probably go broke in a short time. Those were great times when that stuff was open. America is too over franchised nowdays.

Falcon do you remember these old roadside motels?

That's pretty cool, Stovens. I dont remember that one in particular but that's the general idea. The one around here was called Opal's; been sitting there vacant for many years. They had some great food back in the day. Now it's on a seldom used stretch of highway, the new road went around it years ago and that was pretty much the end of Opal's.

Originally Posted by highboy32

Here is my humble shop,..... a 1937 Mobil station

That is a kool old building,I would love to find something like that for a workshop,so long as there is enough room for the toys..

I keep telling my wife we need a vacation house with some property (for a big shop!)

Well moved to N.C. now and built my dream garage after 30 years!

Now there's a nice garage, is that an "office" down at the far end? It looks great!........Bob