Our sister magazine, Classic Motorsports, is having a Show Us Your Shop Contest. It ends on December 31st–is your shop in the running? If not, entering is quick and easy. Full details are on the contest page.
Curious what you'll be up against? The magazine is posting entries on its Facebook page a…
Why can't you post to the mag site too?
In reply to Tom Suddard:
I was about to enter a week or so ago and then I read your contest rules. It said that entries were due by December 5th. So is there really time to enter or what?
Basil Exposition wrote: So is there really time to enter or what?
Yes.
Petrolburner wrote:Basil Exposition wrote: So is there really time to enter or what?Yes.
Cool, thanks. Just looked at the rules again and they say 12/31. Guess I was hallucinating before.
Mine is in there, but if possible, I'd like a revision of the rules to include a 4th class:
"small garages that don't belong to Jack Olsen"
If your man cave is a basement, you're doing it wrong.
In reply to Basil Exposition:
Nope, no hallucinations. It did say December 5 but then we extended the deadline and changed the rules.
I was going to enter, but look how dirty my shop is right now:
Yech! Not submitting that mess for publication. Hopefully I will get some time to sweep and polish it in the new year.
fidelity101 wrote: If your man cave is a basement, you're doing it wrong.
if you have a place that you actually use the words "man cave" to describe, you are doing it wrong..
Awww 
all I have is a basement and a 20 x 15 ft spot of gravel
pinchvalve wrote: Yech! Not submitting that mess for publication. Hopefully I will get some time to sweep and polish it in the new year.
Pinchvalve = Jay Leno!? hahah
Autolex wrote:pinchvalve wrote: Yech! Not submitting that mess for publication. Hopefully I will get some time to sweep and polish it in the new year.Pinchvalve = Jay Leno!? hahah
That was my though initially too lol
So jay Leno really likes KIA rondos?
In reply to fidelity101:
My garage and basement are attached. I am doing it right.
pinchvalve wrote: I was going to enter, but look how dirty my shop is right now:
I cannot spot the Kia Rondo. I call BS.
EvanB wrote: In reply to fidelity101: My garage and basement are attached. I am doing it right.
No, Ohio is just a weird berkeleyin place.
Tomorrow at midnight is the official deadline for the contest. Get yours in quick if you've been procrastinating.
Submitted my entry. With 9 hours to spare!
My entry...
My shop occupies about ¾ of my basement. There are three rooms, the largest of which has a garage door. That is the room where whatever car is under construction lives, and thus chassis, suspension, brake, etc. work all gets done there. It is also where the majority of roll cage fabrication happens. The center stays clear for cars, while the walls are lined with tools. In this room you will find a foot shear, a box brake, a mill, a lathe, and a MIG welder. It’s also where the main roll-away tool box lives.
Adjacent to that main room is a similar size space, though with no car access. That room is mostly used for storage. There is a large tire rack, lots of shelving, and plenty of floor space. This room also has tools – it’s got an old residential oven that is used for powder coating and weld prep and it’s where the tube bender lives when it isn’t rolled outside for cage work. Additionally, the 20 ton press and 60 gallon air compressor live in this room.
Then there is the fabrication room. That houses my main work / welding bench, an assembly bench, the TIG welder, belt sander, drill press, a couple of pedestal grinders, a bead blast cabinet, a parts washer, an ultrasonic cleaner, another roll-away, the paint cabinet, and more heavy duty shelving.
This shop has seen the build of my SMF Civic, in which I got 2nd at the Solo Nationals a few years back. It has housed the construction of two LeChump cars, and two additional national solo cars, and it is where my CP Mustang is being built. For a residential shop that is roughly 900 square feet, I’m pretty proud of the work that I can do here.
So, when do the judges do their thing?
:fingerscrossed:
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