Garage, Workshop & House Build
All about building my dream garage, Workshop and hous
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240Z / GARAGE: Datsun Tool wall & Workshop clothes
A while ago i finally saw something for sale which i’ve been searching for years. And even in Photo form i have only ever seen two of those. The only problem – it is a 6 hour drive away. Well today i spent more or less the whole day driving to middle of germany and back to pick this up: The thing i bought was the Datsun workshop tools from the mid 70ties. It’s quite an interesting setup. It’s basically a printed foil by a company called “Genku” on a Perforated sheet metal plate. It seems that you could probably buy the foil with the tools as a kit, but…
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240Z / GARAGE: Custom made Datsun steering wheel wall mounts
A few days ago i got this lovely package just in time for my birthday. Since long i had the idea that it would be nice to hang my collection of various Z-steering wheels on the wall, as they make a nice decoration. But i wasn’t able to find any useful solution to hang them nicely with the pins. So i aske din the Datsun Europe FB group if anybody had a solution. Nobody had, but Robert, One nice guy from Austria offered me to design them and print a prototype, as he would also use a set for himself. We (he) played around with different designs and mounting types.…
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OTHER: Honda dealer sign restauration, pt. 3 & Installation
So, after we left with a finished Sign on the table in part two, it was time to install it somewhere. I wasn’t sure where to put it. So i tested it in various positions. My initial plan to have it close to the Honda proved to be not the best location, because of the low ceiling height in that area. At the end i decided to put it high up on the wall Next to the workshop entrance… So first i removed everything again, installed it at the highest possible point: Then got the LED tubes and Honda logo covers back in: Had everything hooked up and wired to…
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WORKSHOP: Lighting upgrade
When planning my workshop, i made a little mistake and put the light tubes in the middle of the room. This would of course cast a shadow of yourself on the workbench when standing in front of it. So basically i never really liked workin on the workbench, because that meant you work more or less in a relatively dark area. Well time to fix that 🙂 I got myself the latest version of the already installed Thorn PopPack LED Tubes (52W 6400lm 4000K 1500mm each): So up with the housings: Drilling some holes in the housings for the wiring and doing the wiring itself: And done! A little comparison.…
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GARAGE: The build is finally done!
Keen readers may have read a few times about the build of my House / Workshop and Garage. The build was about 90% complete since a while, but the missing 10% always bothered me a bit. With other priorities ahead, i decided to complete the project, so i can finally focus on my cars, my exams and my other projects. So over the course of the last few months, i spent some free hours to complete this project. and today i can finally say – IT’S DONE! First i got myself a workshop press for some planned work: I also set up the Sandblasting cabinet which i got a while…
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GARAGE / OTHER: Garage upgrades & Datsun 240K-GT / Datsun 1000 brochures
Since i’m now completeing my business education, my progress with the car is a bit slow until – after two years – my exams are completed in April next year. Then i plan to get that damn car back on the road as soon as possible. in the meantime i only have limited time and mostly like to spend it for research and buying stuff. I therefore decided it’s time to upgrade my workshop a bit, so i can get some work done by myself in future. The first pallette arrived af few days ago: And it contained a nice sandblasting cabinet. It was super cheap and i don’t expect…
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GARAGE: Version 1.5: New shelves and other stuff in
Soooo, time for an Update on the Garage. I’m working on Garage version 1.5. Not because i really planned to do so, but because of lucky circumstances i got hands on some neat stuff which now needs installation and relocation of a few things. Aside from the big neon sign which needs a bit of extra-wiring to have it actuated with the light-switch, my company was parting out again. I missed the big auction where they sold off the complete assembly line stuff for cheap, but at the end it was luck, because it probably saved me a lot of money 😀 but even better so, the parts they didn’t…
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GARAGE: Workshop and Garage decoration
So, today i finally spent the afternoon decorating the workshop and garage with all the stuff i’ve collected over the years 🙂 Also installed a vacuum cleaner mounting system, so i can store it nicely… Decided to hang the original EK9 exhaust system at the wall because it looks nice and saves some space 🙂 Then hung up the Toda Power Banner. Unfortunately my concrete drill broke, so i wasn’t able to hang up more stuff today 🙂 But i’m happy with the results and some more boxes on the to-do list are ticked now 🙂
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HOUSE: The Garage / House / Workshop build finalization (pt. 4)
So, things are wrapping up with the house, approx. 5 Months after moving in, it seems like the big open tasks are finnished. Still a ton of small things to do here and there, but the pace slows down and i find more and more time to finally enjoy our beautiful home. Just in time for Christmas season. So this also brings me time to give you the final update on the project. If you’ve missed it, check out part 1, Part 2, Part 3 So what happened after part 3 ended? We moved in… and the gardeners started to complete the surrounding, like the entrance walkway which continues right…
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HOUSE: The Garage / House / Workshop build progress pt. 3
So, i haven’t posted anything in a much too long while. The Site is not dead, nor are my projects, i’ve just been too busy with building my dream house and garage lately. Read part one here: https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2018-11-24/house-the-garage-house-workshop-build-progress/ And part two here: https://www.jdmjunkies.ch/wordpress/2019-03-10/house-the-garage-house-workshop-build-progress-pt-2/ So since the Project is nearing completion and i’m starting to plan the setup of my garage / Workshop, i wanted to give you another update about what happened the last months. The house is almost complete on the outside and inside. currently landscaping work is going on, while inside the last of cosmetic touches like hardwood floors, wiring etc is beeing completed: I do some of…
