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My
shop got it's name from a book I read many years ago. It was published by Popular Mechanics and was called Gus's Garage. Gus was the owner of a body and repair shop and
he was smarter than MacGyver. In each chapter he would solve an perplexing automotive problem to educate the reader. Occasionally the phrase "Meanwhile, back at the gofast garage.." was used. I always thought that sounded cool and it stuck in my head until many years later when I chose gofastgarage.com as the name for this web site. |
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a good shop to work in is a must. The shade tree approach is
okay in a pinch but I want a roof over my head, a cement
floor and heat in the winter. I currently have
two of the three requirements. I'm still
working on the heat. I had a natural
gas line installed last fall to the shop and
now I need to insulate the left bay now and
decide on what I want to use to heat it with.
Obviously natural
gas, but there are several choices in that
category. I have a used 100K BTU radiant heat
system stashed in the rafters. It previously
heated a highway maintenance garage and is
overkill for my needs. Another option is using
a standard furnace and locating it on the
floor with a squirrel cage fan mounted on top
to blow warm air around. I had an oil furnace
in another shop I owned that was set up like
that. It worked pretty well. Another choice is
a small ceiling mounted gas furnace, something
in the 40-60K BTU range. |
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need more space!. Who doesn't? For me a lean-to addition on the
back is the most sensible option.
There's lots of room back there and a nice straight
wall to use as the 4th side of a new
structure. I'll
need to haul some sand to build the ground
up though. It drops off quite a bit at the
back of the shop. |
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| This
is the right bay of my shop. It's
used for the messy work. The old Merc
is back at my dad's place and has been
painted now. |
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| Here's
the 50 Ford
sitting in the other bay. |
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