How many build their rides that do not do this for a living?
 

I want to see how many of you guys that's not a professional or does not have a place of business, build your trucks from your garage, shed, driveway, barn, etc, etc.

I've seen a lot of you that's building but you'll seem to have a shop with all the tools to get things done fast.

I've learned a lot for the pros but want to see the backyard builders.

Tri5

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Tri5Nerd, I work on mine in a 18'x 18' garage and is way to small for all the things I have. I want to add on to the front about 18' x 24' if the township will let me.

Shannon

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i did..except for the body work on the cab...

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Hey tri5nerd, I have a 2 car garage with shop it would be nice to have a big shop.. And to get payed to do this for a living that's dreaming ...... Lol I am just a first timer.....:smoke:
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I do everything in my 1 car garage. (3 car garage when my wife is at work and I move my 53 out.)

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I do mine out of a garage as well with a shop inside the house... getting a divorce atm so all that is changing as I type... :waah:

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I'm de-rednecking my '56 pickup in one end of my garage, and rebuilding my '55 Bel Air in the other end, with 3 other cars parked in between. 24X58 overall, and kinda small. I'm a factory worker by trade, just trying to keep myself interested in life with this 'hobby'.

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I'm building mine in my 2 car garage. I'm not a professional I work in IT but I have always been mechanically inclined.

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have mine tore apart in the garage and parts in the drive, neighbors hate me I'm sure but I was here first haha, after my last move I'm starting all over and buying tools as I need them new and used

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I work in IT and have always been mechanically incline, I will usually look at something and then do or make it just from site, the dimensions might not be exact but it will be pretty close.

The good part about me taking all 3 bays of the garage is that I have a agreement with the wife, It keeps me close to home and out of trouble...
Plus I also do all the honey do when the time comes.

This is my first build project although I've had VW bugs running 11 seconds in the quarter mile way back when.

Tri5

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I'm a power company truck mechanic so that means I work on everything from weed eaters to large cranes & utility's trucks and everything in between!

But my build is the first restore job I have ever encountered, and the body work I'm doing myself and is the first time doing body work!

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I am a Lexus technician by trade. I have been into hotrod stuff since I was a kid. Dad bought me and my twin brother a 51 Chevy 5 window P/U in 1978. We were 14 years old. We still have it. It has been finished about 5 times:metal: I enjoy the hobby of doing everything myself. The finished project is not my biggest joy---The journey of the build is. I need to start a build thread for my 54 5 window Chevy.

Jeff

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I'm doing mine in my 3 car garage but the wife's car gets one stall and my brothers 54 is in one so I work in one.
Before my disability I was a printer. Always worked on my own stuff though.
The body work is all new to me.
Kim

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I'm doing mine in my driveway, the 2 car garage is full of motorcycle projects and all of the tooling for my leather work. I own "Star Leather USA" I hand make Gun Leather one holster at a time.

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Well now it appears that there are much more backyard builders than pros here. I thought that there were more pros here because I see so many pictures of builds in fab shop or other auto shops.

Again, I have a lot of respect for the pros because it how you earn your living.

Tri5

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I'm like Tri5nerd, in the fact that I deal with software but, I've always been mechanically inclined.

I'm doing mine in 1 stall of a 2 car garage. My wife's car goes in the other stall.

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Doing my 59 in my garage or outside. If i ever this blasted yard done ill get to work on it. Then the 77 and the travelall. I work in radiological control at a former nuke weapons site so i get the wrong kind of excitement. Working on my rigs is therapy:metal:
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hobby for me....cheaper than a shrink, i think..
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same here.

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Not sure how I fit into all this, as I am far from a professional, yet I have a 40x 70 foot shop that is bigger than some auto body shops, and I have just about every tool I need at hand. I had trouble finding a good picture of it, but I just extended my upstairs loft to hold more parts to get stuff out of the way on the main floor. Did I mention it has 22 foot ceilings?

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I've got the tools but they take almost all of the one car garage up. my grandfather built that garage in the 20's or 30's for that era's cars.
So it's do it in the dirt or don't do it.
This where I am working on my frame.
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...pickup/006.jpg
Now that the spring winds have slacked off I'll get a new tarp for the tent carport thing and hopefully have some shade and protection from the rain for the next few months.

Trouble with the daily drivers on an all too regular basis have taken up my time and spending money way too often in the past couple of months. I do have everything except a pair of rear springs to turn this frame into a rolling chassis in the next couple of months.

I am a trained auto mechanic who doesn't work in the field any longer. It took me about 20 years to decide that what I wanted to do was work on my own hot rods and not work on other peoples cars daily for a living even though it was a good living most of the time.
I went from a one car carport to a two car garage to one car garage to no garage over the years. My truck as you see it in my avatar was built in a high schoo autoshop that had almost 10,000 square feet and held 23 cars before you started blocking any in by parking behind them. Quite often it served as a teaching aid over the years when it was time to demonstrate how to do oil changes or brakes or lube jobs.

A nice shop has always been on my list of plans but it most likely won't happen until after I retire.

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back yard builder here to boot!

I am a machinist by trade and this is my first ground up build. I have a 18 x 40 that we are tooling up as we need it. Basically the shop is being built as the truck is... lol

It may not come out perfect, but I can say I built it 100% myself.

Brian

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im a UNION CARPENTER and all i have to do my work is a single driveway car port :waah:

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Nobody here likes you! :D jk...

When I was young and single I rebuilt my dragbike in my apartment over the winter :lol: then realized I couldn't get it out the door with the wheelie bars :rolleyes:

I have enjoyed working in high end restoration shops with everything I needed at hand all the way to doing a frame-up out of a 3 sided shed with a gravel floor. You are doing the same thing, just need to be more resourceful when you have less.

Always enjoyed working on my projects regardless of where.

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DesertCat, you stateside now? I'm also in the Valley of the Sunstroke, but don't any truck guys. Is there any get togethers that you know of?