garage and frame rack

[Shanew]

Hi i am currently setting up the garage, it is 7mx6m, anybody got any tips about bench space and storage space, secondly can you get a space frame stand that can rotate the frame into the verticle position and if not if i think one up i will post the drawings for every one. Last question iv'e tried to join the GT40 Enth club but don't get a reply. Thanks and i love reading all the questions in the forum its the best idea since GT40,s were invented

[ChrisL]

Welcome aboard Shanew. Its good to see another fellow Melbournian on the forum.

My gararge is 6m X 6m and I had the same dillema about where to place the workbench - especially given that I also had to store another smallish car.

I finally decided to mount my work benck on heavy-duty castors and it has worked really well for me. The castors have braking devices so that I can lock it down into its new location (away from where the space is needed). It also had the added benefit of raising the bench a little, making it much easier on the back.

The concept also works well when you have a large item, such as an aluminium sheet that doesn't quite fit on the bench. I then simply move the bench away from the wall.

Combine that with a chassis frame that was also mounted on castors and there was more than enough work space.

[John Schneider]

Shanew,
Try this link http://www.gt40s.com/cgi-bin/ultimat...c&f=5&t=000001
Hope it works. It's just the idea you were looking for. Courtesy of one Hershal Byrd.
If you'd like I willl e-mail photos I have from awhile back with my car on the stands. It works EVERY well.
Good luck and enjoy the build.
John

[John Lind]

Hi Shanew

Yur garage is also larger than mine so you should be OK for space although I did cheat by storing a lot of extra parts waiting for fitment elsewhere. A lot of the stuff can be stored in the boxes you get it in, but you need to be careful with things like seats. I stored things like that in the house.

you didn't say how you tried to contact the GT40 enthusiasts club. I have an address for the secretary

Chris Edwards
Glenwood house
1 Glenwood Court
Fair Oak
Hants SO50 7LP

Telephone is 0238 069 6015
EMail musmce@hants.gov.au


Regards and good luck with it all.

John