Mopar Muscle Association UK

when first got the charger 24ish years ago the garage i kept it in , for the first 10 years ,
right pain to work on in there , this is no joke
there was 3 inches of room each side between the garage up & over door frame when driving through in or out , once inside could not get in or out in the normal way ( no before anyone says !! did not climb out the window )
doors would not open far enough cause of garage wall , so had to wind windows down & bend in a L shape to get out so really only knees & calfs & feet squeezed through the tiny door opening ! body & head through open window , getting in was the same drill only this time had to wind the window down , so would open door , hold it open as far as it would go with one hand while left arm reached down up the front of door between the vent window frame & A post then wind window down , then rear side window , & get in , in a L shaped manover !!
once the charger was in the garage ,a bout 12 inches maybe a little more of space down each side & there was about 6 or 8 inches at the back when the up & over door was shut & at the front about a foot & half at the front , & just enough to squeeze through the back door to get out in to the garden , as that door opened inwards , till i changed it opening out how the hell when i was a younger did i manage to get the front seats in & out along with the heaterbox , on my own while the charger was still in the garage , anyone who as tried to put b-body front buckets up the loft , will know what i mean ,
all sorted now keep it in a 27' x17' foot one , but still a bit of a pain with a engine crain etc or what end your working on etc !! can never have too big

I am lucky, Garage big enough, warm and insulated (but then we built our house - so it was by design !! )
Chap I bought the Charger from had an interesting arrangement. He effectively had a 'rabbit hutch' looking lump on the back of his garage and the nose of the Charger went into that. Worked quite well... and proves that a UK garage can be 'adapted'.

Bit like this -

Did I say mine was 20 x 12? I meant 20 x 14.

Big enough for working around an E-body or a B-body.

drewcrane wrote:These are some of the stories Yanks never get to hear , wow just amazing what we Americans take fro granted

You're not wrong, I'd say the majority of houses in the UK have no garage or any room for one. Land is worth so much money in most parts of the UK, any spare land gets built on double sharpish. I am currently trying to move, and on my very small list is 3 bedrooms and a double garage, trying to find that for less than half a million quid around here is proving very hard, no doubt you could get a huge house on several acres in the States for that.

Measure the land available and build the house around the garage

The problem is a double garage is also too small (short). You'll be lucky to get a Mopar in one. The best solution is to buy a house without a garage, and have a garage built to your spec.

I built a garage in my garden with room for two Mopars. The garage is 23 feet square with an integral workshop and storeroom behind that. Loadsa room.

I just went for a house with no garage and a big garden..
and got a 40' x 20' ...has 2 mopars, a galaxie vert and a BMW estate in it with some room around them

Nick wrote:Measure the land available and build the house around the garage

perfect nick, now that is proof positive your runner NEVER comes of the trailor,,,,,,,,,,,,,


and unless you are a minimullist it does not matter how big or how many garages you have you will fill them,,,, ask me how i know

compact & bijou....


The Mach1 just fits with a bit to spare

Nick wrote:Measure the land available and build the house around the garage

You can see where the money is in that stock broker belt you live in, well that & you being a tight Rse

See you Thursday

Done the same myself. Punched a hole in the back wall and made it look like a shed from the outside.

Blue wrote:

drewcrane wrote:These are some of the stories Yanks never get to hear , wow just amazing what we Americans take fro granted

You're not wrong, I'd say the majority of houses in the UK have no garage or any room for one. Land is worth so much money in most parts of the UK, any spare land gets built on double sharpish. I am currently trying to move, and on my very small list is 3 bedrooms and a double garage, trying to find that for less than half a million quid around here is proving very hard, no doubt you could get a huge house on several acres in the States for that.

I dont take my space for granted.;...........ok yes I do Dave can attest to that, I have crap all over the place ,the more space Americans have the more crap we have strewn about

And you guys cant even park your cars indoors ,yall need to move here plenty of room

Ain't that the truth, I've often joked that rather than importing a car I need to export myself....

Thanks for the pics Dave, now I can firm up on what size I need to build mine too now. Looks like plenty of room there