My new resto shop is officially complete.

[hotrod98]

It has taken a year of nights and weekends to get to this point. I still need to finish building the office and there are several small things that need to be done, but I can finally work out of this shop. The old shop has become too crowded to work in. We have to move stuff around just to use it. We'll keep the new firebird racecar in it along with a few of the nicer hotrods. Unfortunatey, we still have to keep a few outside. We also keep our completed engines and engine blocks, etc in the old shop.
I have a third building that I keep parts in and my basement is completely full of hoods, fenders, etc.
At this point, I have enough work to keep me going for quite a while.

First two pics are of the new shop and the second two pics are of the old shop.

[Charger-Bodie]

   Congratulations!!  looks like you have a nice set up!

[Blown70]

Looks like a great shop to work in.  CONGRATS

[BigBlockSam]

 

congrats hotrod. it looks great and there's my blue superbee. i dig that car.when are ya gonna break your new paint booths cherry?

[BigBlockSam]

you could give me the blue bee for a while i'll take care of it for you and you would have more space for your stuff .   

[daytonalo]

Nice !! is that a semi downdraft or crossflow ?? How much was it ??


Larry

[hotrod98]

Nice !! is that a semi downdraft or crossflow ?? How much was it ??


Larry

It's one of the new hybrids. Part crossdraft, part downdraft. I ordered it with the tr-fold entry doors with windows. The small door has a window as well. I added extra lights, 12 total.

I appreciate the kind words from everyone. This is part of my master plan to be able to work at home and spend more time with my  wife. Since her retirement due to bad health, she has been extremely bored here at home. She's looking forward to spending the day helping me. I've even put her to work on my 70 Camaro. I'm calling it her project and she seems glad to have something to focus on. She's really quite talented when it comes to working on these hotrods.

[CornDogsCharger]

SWEET shop ya got there hotrod!  This summer I wll build my shop..... I already have a long line of people waiting for me to build a shop so I can do work of them.  I love that 69 Bee.  I can't wait to get started on mine.  Mine is a '69 383 4spd B3 post that has been in this area since day one.  Can you post some pictures of it?  Keep up the great work

Justin
"CornDog"

[694spdRT]

Excellent setup! 

Your "old" shop don't look too shabby either.

[Magnumcharger]

Nice looking facility!! What do you have for heat?

[hemi68charger]

Congrad's !!!!

[MoParMetal]

 

[justin1987]

That is one nice looking shop.

[69bronzeT5]

SWEET SHOP! It beats my single car garage by a mile!!

[hotrod98]

Nice looking facility!! What do you have for heat?

Look at the second pic. The chrome looking thing running down the center of the shop hanging a couple of feet from the ceiling is the radiant heating system. We ran it several nights and days last month and my gas bill was an additional $40. Of course, a really cold night down here in the south is around 40 degrees. The front shop had a forced air system which was kind of loud and not very effecient at keeping the entire building continuously warm. The radiant heat warms up everything in the shop. That way you can open the roll up doors without losing all of your heat.

[Ghoste]

Very nice.  The radiant heat works surprisingly well.  A buddy of mine runs a radiant heat system in his body shop but it uses the hot water lines embedded in the floor.  That warm concrete is sure nice in the Canadian winters.

[The70RT]

Nice man 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Im impressed!  More quality resto's coming out of there now

[moparstuart]

really happy to see the shop moving along

[TomP]

 Is it possible to have shop envy?   Nice job.

[daytonalo]

How much for booth ? around 7500 ?

[moparstuart]

How much for booth ? around 7500 ?

you never pay attention and are so concerned about what everyone pay's for stuff

[daytonalo]

I'm never Jealous of anyone !!!! Just a simple Question Jughead !!!

[RAC95054]

Very nice facility!  It's too bad I don't live closer, otherwise I'd have more work for you, I'm sure. 

[hotrod98]

How much for booth ? around 7500 ?

Total cost 12.6k plus crating and shipping from San Antonio. That included 12 lights with 4 T8 bulbs per fixture, 2 extra feet in length, tri- door entry setup, one personnel door, all doors with glass, bridge style exhaust, 14x26x9 tall, 11 ft tall at intake area, full exhaust stack package with single phase motor and 36" fan, extra walk thru door with window and frame for future paint mixing room, all powder coated. The powder coating alone was around $2400 and that included the extra personnel door.. The base price on this booth was $7500. I've seen one like that and it wasn't for me.
So far I like the gentle draw that I get with the intake filters mounted up high. I'll be priming a few parts this weekend plus painting the 383 for my blue 69 runner and the 440-6 for the other runner. I'll be able to tell you a lot more after that.