O.T. Sort of... Garage Probs

Man that could *NOT* have been easy! Thanks for the update!

Glad I'm not reading about divorce proceedings

 

I'm glad my neighbors don't have any jurisdiction over my shrine to the devil.

As far as "Fight ignorance with intelligence!" I've seen intelligence get it's**** whooped to many times to night fight ignorance with cold, merciless vengeance.

 

Well, vengeance and revenge are my normal way's to operate, but he did buy a new house, so, I didn't want to suggest that. The whole "shrine to the devil" thing at my buddy's house was the funniest***** I've ever heard. But this was dead**** serious. I guess this woman is a STRICT STRICT religious nutcase. He left the blinds up one night he was in there, and he was on the computer. I guess this woman across the street saw the room glowing red from the light of the computer and damn near***** bricks! He called me when he got his notice from the Nazi's about how maybe that room could be deemed offensive, I just about pissed myself. But, while it was funny, they were dead serious. He invited anyone who wanted to go into his house to see that this room wasn't a shrine to the devil, so when the****ociation showed up to check it out, this religious nut went with them. Everything was fine while they were looking at his collection of die cast cars, trophys and old hot rod photos, then they spotted his collection of Coop art. There were a few of Coop devil girls, some Coop bobbleheads, a Coop book, a few McPhail shift knobs with the devil heads. Its not like they were in a shrine, but they were*****tered around the room. I guess when this woman saw these, she was positive now that it was in fact a shrine to the devil and she started praying right there in his den! Shortly after this, the Nazis sent him a letter saying that his "choice of decorations" might be considered offensive since at times it can be seen from the street and from other neighborhood homes, and children might also see it. They pretty much gave him a choice, repaint it or be fined. I guess somewhere in the ordinance book there was a paragraph about how you can decorate and paint the inside of your home since it MIGHT MAYBE be visible to other neighbors!

He sent a response back to the****ociation asking if it would be okay if he repainted the room desert camoflage and made it a shrine to Osama Bin Laden instead. He was then going to tell them he was muslim and according to the Bill Of Rights it was within his freedom of religion to do that. There was no response to that letter, and that room is still red, but now he has huge Coop posters on the walls facing the street and the lights always stay on at night and the blinds are always open!

 

I had relation that lived in a housing****ociation. They called it little Havana. Someone was there to tell them that there hedges were too tall and needed trimmed while they were unloading the uhaul.

I know this only hurts, but my garage is 56 feet deep.
CHAZ

 

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Yep.....You're a "happy camper".......today.

Look...I'm just an FNG, and maybe I'm stepping out on a limb, but those "neighborhood****ociations" are NOT a place for guys "like us" to live. They are far too populated with people who want, but aren't willing to make things happen for themselves. When they see somebody who does, and is making something happen for themselves, they can't stand it, and won't allow others to have those nice things.

In a couple weeks, one of your "neighbors" are going to decide he's just a bit too jealous of your ride, and turn you in. "it's the wrong color", "it's too big", "it's too old", "it doesn't fit in with the "atmosphere" of the neighborhood". It might not be that, it might be a housewarming party, and one of your friend is going to show up in his rod. Whoops!....there goes the neighborhood, and suddenly there's too many cars on your property, parked in the street, etc.

How's this for a scenario; You a firearms enthusiast? Hope not. One day your gonna carry a rifle or shotgun out to your daily and it'll be all tucked away in the hardcase, but that nosey****** across the street will know what it is, and call 911 claiming the crazy guy across the street has a gun. The only problem is, she's close friends with someone on the board, and now there's a ruling for no guns in the 'hood. Doesn't matter that you keep them in a vault, doesn't matter that you are completely legal, (both state and fed laws), the new rule says no guns, get rid of them or get out.

Sorry.....it's really none of my damn business. I just get rather steamed about "associations" like that that are really nothing more than jealous people trying to exercise control over others because they have no control over themselves.

Roger

 

The Caddy fits, but man if you have to work on it that looks like its going to be absolutely frustrating as hell. My garage here is 11x30 @ my house (attatched) and its a pain in the balls. I have had cars off the chassis/noseless/motor/trans swaps, and full on bodywork here, but its so frustrating I want to set fire to the car at some point and roll it out in the street.

It looks like a decent size, just not for that. If worst comes to worst, you can get a shoebox or something and live happily ever after.

 

Wow! I remember this from last winter. After seeing the picture of the Caddy I wonder if maybe you should get 4 of those "skates". If you jack it up and put one under each tire it might be easier to spin it around rather than going back & forth all the time. Just my 2 cents worth. Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy

 

My garage already had this "tool shed" installed and it was a perfect fit for the '65 Wildcat.

 

After all this***** you now say the*****in Caddy fits in the shed!!! End of story man! Have A NICE LIFE!!!

 

Yes dadseh... you said it. that's exactly how I feel. As for the suggestion about using some sort of rollers..... where do I find such things... and how easy is it for one guy to push a 3 ton car on them? I think some investigatin is in order.

 

Looks like you need to get a floor jack and four of those car caddy gizmos you put under the wheels.

When I lived in Albuquerque all of the houses in my neighborhood had three foot set backs from the property line. No way to get anything sizable in the back yard. And all had a single car garage with a utility room in the back.

One of my neighbors moved his water heater and washing machine/dryer inside the house, took down the wall between the garage and utility room and put a garage door in the back wall. Then he built a shop in the back yard. And simply drove his project cars through the house to get them out back.

 

You can get those dollies out of Harbor Freight. I think they're about $80 a pair. I built my own, but the price ended up being about the same, once you spend the bucks on the casters.
Word of warning....Get steel wheels, not hard rubber or synthetics. It's a cast-iron****** to get the vehicle to start moving on softer casters. Either way, you'll want an extra set of hands around when you do move it, as you have to have swivelling casters at all four corners, and when you try to move one end, the other end wants to move in the opposite direction.

Roger