Monday, September 28, 2009

Welcome to the Man Cave

Finally my garage is transforming from just a garage into a nice place to hang out. I have way too much crap so it was hard to get things cleaned up. I just finished a Mopar 318 for my 1966 Plymouth Barracuda and the car is down town getting the engine installed and converted to a 5 speed stick, so I have room to do some cleaning now. I've got built in shelving installed by the previous owner along one side wall, a built in work bench along the other side wall, and another work bench and shelving along the back wall. The shelving that was installed by the previous owner is poorly designed so I hope to redo it while the Barracuda is away from home, and I hope to rearrange some of the other stuff to make room for a parts washer.
When I finish I'll have plenty of room to relax, work on my cars (besides the Barracuda, I have a 1964 Plymouth Valiant station wagon powered by a Slant Six), build model airplanes, work on my electronics projects, drink beer, and relax. There are different styles of man caves, and mine definitely falls into the workshop category. I don't even have a TV in my man cave, but I do hope to have a computer pretty soon, hopefully with a decent sound card and some loud speakers. I've got lots of ideas for fixing it up and hope to document them here.