005 - Garage

None of this would be possible without a place to work, and while we have the space for this project it was at the time... unusable.  

We placed the order with Factory Five on March 16th, 2025 but asked if it could be held until that fall.  Sometime around late September or early October.  That would give us time to untangle the disaster that was our garage and turn it into a usable workshop.  Lena and I have never assumed a garage is a place to store daily drivers, it's a place for tools and bicycles, to create, to bring ideas to life.  

And now we had a big idea that needed a home for the duration of this build.  The goal is to have a complete car by the time Jack graduates high school.  A little over 2-1/2 years.  Seems possible depending on how much life happens during that time.

Our garage prep task list:

  • Carve out a section for a pantry / mud room.  This was a need.
  • Additional outlets, lighting, and electrical for mini splits
  • Patch and paint walls
  • Epoxy the floor
  • Build / install storage for bicycles, tools, and all the boxes that come with a car build.

The start of our pantry room.



Elizabeth & Lena prepping the garage floor for epoxy paint



This makes me extremely happy.  Two of my favorite hobbies sharing a space.  
A rack full of bicycles just below a shelf full of car parts!!  With room above for more.




We even put a fresh coat of paint on a tool cart I built about 20 years ago.
And yes, it is the same epoxy paint we used on the floor.  Worked surprisingly well!



We already have a significant collection of tools, but there were a few specific needs which we started to accumulate.  For instance there are approximately 1,000 rivets to install in this car so my wonderful brother in law who works for Milwaukee tools set me up with a powered rivet gun.


Complete, and anxiously awaiting delivery day!

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