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[RTH]

And now for something dear to our hearts..............Sheds and what you do and keep in them.

I seem to recall we had a thread about 5 years ago ( but I cannot find it ) where many of you put up fascinating photos of your sheds containing all manor of motor racing related items/equipment/cars etc.
Time to revive certainly a great passion for many British blokes - and probably the world over.
Seeing this today reminded me of it

http://www.blenheimg...urope-car-life/ ..............I wish !


...then this is Jay Leno's idea of a shed as he said one wife and 150 cars .. and who would not do that if they could !

Edited by RTH, 26 July 2012 - 18:22.

[D-Type]

Team Tyrrell

[Sisyphus]

...then this is Jay Leno's idea of a shed as he said one wife and 150 cars .. and who would not do that if they could !

A man as wealthy as Jay must own Two Sheds, surely!

[Lee Nicolle]

I think mine is probably X rated!

[Mallory Dan]

GremShek???

[DogEarred]

I've got a shed load of stuff in mine....

So much so, I need to shed some of it.

And some of it's been bashed about.

I thank you....

Edited by DogEarred, 27 July 2012 - 12:23.

[Barry Boor]

I have no shed now but this was in my shed in Wales at one point last year:

http://www.youtube.c...ObB9lD-xQea1xw=

Edited by Barry Boor, 27 July 2012 - 13:00.

[garyfrogeye]

I have no shed now but this was in my shed in Wales at one point last year:

http://www.youtube.c...ObB9lD-xQea1xw=

I've just realised that it's a single track track you have there

[David Lawson]

I had a shed/summerhouse built a few years ago to house a slot car track.

It is cavity insulated and double glazed and with just a small heater is snug and warm in the harshest of winters.











Anyone who races at my track is provided with suitable reading matter for the coffee breaks.

My track is plastic at present but one day I will build the routed wooden track I keep promising myself.

David

[BRG]

I've just realised that it's a single track track you have there

It's Monaco - no overtaking is possible.

[LittleChris]

I have no shed now but this was in my shed in Wales at one point last year:

http://www.youtube.c...ObB9lD-xQea1xw=

Very impressed with your rendition of Clermont-Ferrand Barry !!

[Gary Davies]

I have no shed now but this was in my shed in Wales at one point last year:

http://www.youtube.c...ObB9lD-xQea1xw=

I have the fondest of memories from visiting BB's shed that snowy day in November 2010. Barry was gracious enough to ensure that Stirl was leading Brabham at, what was the track du jour, Aintree?

[TooTall]

Here is my old shed.....


And the back of my new, improved, and greatly expanded (but still too small) shed.....


Cheers,
Kurt O

[GMACKIE]

Now there's something you don't see every day.......a Swallow Doretti.

[Barry Boor]

Makes my place look pretty pathetic - great stuff Kurt.

[Wirra]

Nothing special about mine.

[RTH]

We are going to need the whole story about that !

[Levin68]

Yes Too Tall, but what about the Norton??

[TooTall]

Yes Too Tall, but what about the Norton??

Still have the Norton, it was just not in the shot. Only thing I've disposed of is the kiddie pedal tractor since my son is now 21! Also still have the Byers racing body but it's now hanging from the ceiling over my Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) convertible.

Yes, I have it bad......

I'm still hoping/planning to come up with a slot car setup I can hoist up to the rafters when not in use.

Cheers,
Kurt O.

[D-Type]

~

And the back of my new, improved, and greatly expanded (but still too small) shed.....


Cheers,
Kurt O

Can I ask how you got the lower TR in there? Did it go in before the upper half of the frame?
And how did you get the upper one in? There doesn't appear to be enough headroom for a forklift, but I could be mistaken.

Edited by D-Type, 28 July 2012 - 19:23.

[h4887]

Obviously he stacked them up first, then built the shed. Question is, how will he get them down?...

[GMACKIE]

Can I ask how you got the lower TR in there? Did it go in before the upper half of the frame?
And how did you get the upper one in? There doesn't appear to be enough headroom for a forklift, but I could be mistaken.

Quite a triumph, I say.

[andyrp26]

Not my shed, my son's.

[dabeca]

not much else fits in my current shed with such a large rear end to deal with

[TooTall]

Can I ask how you got the lower TR in there? Did it go in before the upper half of the frame?
And how did you get the upper one in? There doesn't appear to be enough headroom for a forklift, but I could be mistaken.

No forklift used, only an engine hoist (cherry picker in the US). I first placed sleepers on the floor and vertical posts bolted to the back wall. Placed the Doretti so the frame rests on the sleepers. Then placed the front posts and the next set of horizontal runners. The next car was lifted into place using the engine hoist. A TR has four mounting points for the body in the interior. I used those points and two lift chains and a load leveler and then just picked the car up and slid it into place. A TR minus engine, gearbox, interior and most everything else is maybe 1200 pounds. I then built up the structure around the second car the same as the first. The top car was a bit trickier as my hoist would not quite lift high enough. So, I built some runners that came straight out even with the top level but were attached with hinges. Those runners tilted down and were supported with some temporary legs. I built a cradle that would slide along the runners and set the car on the cradle using the hoist. I then used the hoist to lift up the front of the runners until they were parallel with the top of the rack and then used some cables and pulleys and a come-a-long to pull the car and cradle back onto the top shelf. I then unbolted the runners and stashed them. Everything is bolted together with structural screws and reinforcing plates and tied into the walls. The garage was built only three years ago and to the latest building codes which are pretty substantial as this is earthquake country.

I wanted to build a bigger garage, about 1200 sq ft, but my city codes wouldn't allow it. I was allowed 800 sq ft max so I had to get a little creative. My wife said I should just get rid of a couple cars but that made too much sense and we can't have that can we?

Cheers,
Kurt O.

[Tony Matthews]

not much else fits in my current shed with such a large rear end to deal with

plus the car.

[D-Type]

No forklift used, only an engine hoist ~
~ but that made too much sense and we can't have that can we?

Cheers,
Kurt O.

That sounds fun!

Incidentally, this side of the pond a "cherry picker" is a hydraulic platform they use for servicing steet lights. I think your engine hoist is what we call an "Iron Fairy" - a fixed steel gallows on a motorised chassis with a chain block and tackle for lifting the engine with

[mikeC]

No forklift used, only an engine hoist ...
...I then unbolted the runners and stashed them. Everything is bolted together with structural screws and reinforcing plates and tied into the walls. The garage was built only three years ago and to the latest building codes which are pretty substantial as this is earthquake country.

Cheers,
Kurt O.

Wouldn't it have been easier and quicker to rebuild the two TRs and park them in the drive?

[D-Type]

Wouldn't it have been easier and quicker to rebuild the two TRs and park them in the drive?

Hasn't that already been answered?

~ but that made too much sense and we can't have that can we?

Cheers,
Kurt O.

[elansprint72]

Nothing special about mine.

Hey Wirra, I'd bin the old FIAT, they will never be worth Jack Squiddly. Are those cans of creosote ? Wish we could get that in the UK. H&S buggers have put an end to us using real chemicals.

[Wirra]

We are going to need the whole story about that !

Not much to tell really. It was built around 1950 and when we bought the property in '81 it was fitted out as a granny flat. I stripped out the appliances and the partition walls but left the kitchenette and shower

Hey Wirra, I'd bin the old FIAT, they will never be worth Jack Squiddly. Are those cans of creosote ? Wish we could get that in the UK. H&S buggers have put an end to us using real chemicals.

You're right about the old car... I'll have to get it towed away one day.

It's not creosote but just some coolant and oil containers as well as pool chemicals. I did use some creosote when we built an extension in the '80s so I probably have half a tin in one of the cupboards. Which reminds me, one feature of the shed is the high tech security I have on the wardrobes come storage cupboards - they can be seen in the photo below. I feel confident that anyone breaking into the shed will have trouble getting past this second line of defence.

[RTH]

Not much to tell really. It was built around 1950 and when we bought the property in '81 it was fitted out as a granny flat. I stripped out the appliances and the partition walls but left the kitchenette and shower

Yes......not exactly what I had in mind !

What is the whole story about the Car ?

[RTH]

Not my shed, my son's.

So tell us about this .............MG Midget suspension, a Ford Cross flow ( dry sump rocker cover) , big carburetters so about 1800cc ? & ford gearbox a hefty looking rear axle with coil springs watts linkage & panhard rod ? and a big heavy gauge twin tube chassis that looks like it might go under a Cobra replica ?
What's the story ?

[andyrp26]

So tell us about this .............MG Midget suspension, a Ford Cross flow ( dry sump rocker cover) , big carburetters so about 1800cc ? & ford gearbox a hefty looking rear axle with coil springs watts linkage & panhard rod ? and a big heavy gauge twin tube chassis that looks like it might go under a Cobra replica ?
What's the story ?

Correct on most counts, only 1300cc .The hefty looking axle is from under a 1200 Anglia Super.Twin tube chassis not big enough for a Cobra.Can you guess from the rear end?

[mikeC]

Turner?

[andyrp26]

Turner?

Ten out of ten.
Here it is under it's own power at Anglesey.

[Repco22]

A great thread thanks Rich, but aren't there some sad cases out there in Fantasyland!


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Is that rust under the Alfa's bumper?
Is the Pope a Catholic?


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Hercus lathe, made in Adelaide and copied from US 9 inch South Bend. Once common in Australian schools.


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Those bits of aluminium between the Maybach panel and the clock are from the ex-Tony Gaze HWM-Jag sports. I'm thinking if the car ever gets chopped up with an oxy torch and disposed of in the privacy of a stately English home I'll have the basis of an authentic and valuable reconstruction. In the meantime I try not to think about it and busy myself with other projects.
Collectors' Quiz; First to correctly identify the item hanging to the left of the grille wins a guided tour of my shed. Tea/coffee incl. Cryptic clue; It turns anti-clockwise and is associated with the grille.

[GMACKIE]

Some interesting stuff there, Rod. The Alfa engines should come in handy......even if you never use them.

Hope you didn't hurt a VW to get that trans. Same applies to the Carnaby's Black Cockatoos, that once wore those tail feathers.

What about showing some of your panel-work?

[RTH]

Nice building Rod, big ,weather proof and maintenance free - super. I have a Southbend lathe of about the same size and it is remarkably similar, nice. Can't identify the casting hanging on the wall, -
Is the rear axle an Alfa piece also ?

Edited by RTH, 31 July 2012 - 06:17.

[Barry Boor]

When this thread begun I think there should have been a certain degree of clarification as to what constitutes a SHED and what is technically a GARAGE.

To me, anything that has doors big enough to pass a vehicle through is a garage, not a shed.

I'd like to see other people's opinion of where one ends and the other begins.

Mind you, there are some extremely interesting things in some of these 'sheds'.

[RTH]

Anything from an 8x6 wooden garden shed up to an aircraft hanger , it is fascinating to see what other people have, workshops, equipment, storage, parts , cars, and crucially perhaps how long some of the items have been sitting there unmoved ! If it is work in progress ?? Great pictures so far.

[GMACKIE]

A shed by any other name would smell as sweet.

Hope there hasn't been a copyright infringement here.

[Repco22]

Some interesting stuff there, Rod. The Alfa engines should come in handy......even if you never use them.

Hope you didn't hurt a VW to get that trans. Same applies to the Carnaby's Black Cockatoos, that once wore those tail feathers.

What about showing some of your panel-work?

Ha Ha! Good one Greg. It's all good stuff as I frequently need to remind 'Her Indoors'. Re VW trans; Nah, the damage was already done. I bought it from a bloke who was wrecking a Type 3. Congrats! Carnabies' feathers well spotted. Mind you, some are probably Baudins'. We look after a few of each species which have permanent injuries. They're perfectly happy, just not 100% flyers. I haven't done much panel work so why would someone of your stature want to see it unless he's looking for another laugh?
Rich; That barn is not big enough. I have another shed and that suffers from the same problem. I'll wait to see if anyone recognises the grille. The axle near the motors is a Halibrand quick-change diff for a speedway midget.

[eldougo]

Hi Rod .The grill looks like its from an old Midget speedway car.

[GMACKIE]

The 'Mystery item' could be a rear trailing arm mount for said Halibrand rear axle? They do turn anti-clockwise, don't they?

[Repco22]

Hi Rod .The grill looks like its from an old Midget speedway car.

G'day Doug. You're spot on. I guess it was designed by Frank Kurtis himself. He certainly designed the rest of that classic car.

[Repco22]

The 'Mystery item' could be a rear trailing arm mount for said Halibrand rear axle? They do turn anti-clockwise, don't they?

Very well done Greg! That bearing carrier is a Halibrand product too. But I said the clue was cryptic. I must confess it was a bit of a red herring as, being an oval track racer, the WHOLE CAR turns anti-clockwise but the carrier [ called a birdcage] doesn't actually turn at all. When are you coming over for that cuppa?

[GMACKIE]

Your clue is what gave it away. When I said "they", it was the cars I had in mind. That cuppa sounds good......do I need to bring a hammer & dollies, or do you have a few?

[Repco22]

Your clue is what gave it away. When I said "they", it was the cars I had in mind. That cuppa sounds good......do I need to bring a hammer & dollies, or do you have a few?

Got plenty hammers but a few more 'dollies' by all means!

[GMACKIE]

Getting even more off-topic.....reminds me of a few years back, when I told my grand-daughter that I still had all my dollies. You should have seen the look I got!