How do you cope ?

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Wed Feb 27, 13 8:25 pm

Here`s my overflow garage ... takes 10 cars .. all insulated ... electric roller door for truck etc, 3 phase power, hard standing for washing cars etc

£80 per week

Really lucky where I live ... big farming area

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Wed Feb 27, 13 8:50 pm

I used to rent a lockup from Bolton Council..£8 per week not big enough for a BBody...it was tight and had to go in turning as only one and a bit car lengths space outside..had to get close to one side otherwise imposible almost to get out.with the cougar had to touch the back wall square with the rear bumper touching it was less than an inch free length space free with door closed.

Bit easyer in the Duster and Falcon a few inches shorter.but no room at the sides still (see pic)

The Roadrunner i used to store in a local car warehouse 20 per week...the car dealer did not mind as his customers used to like to see it and he had plenty of free space.Then his wife left him and the buisness went tits up! so lost that storage.

The cobra i just used to park outside in all weathers.

I can tell you the best thing about not owning a car now is worrying about storage its a big weight of my mind.

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Wed Feb 27, 13 9:04 pm

I bought my house about 10 years ago and my only stipulation was a garage.
Only then it was for my bikes.
It's a shared access to my garage which is under 6 foot wide !
Wouldn't get a b bod in the garage anyway.
Quite happy driving the old girl to my parents daily where I keep the work van. About an hour a day in a v8 Mopar.
Happy days

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Wed Feb 27, 13 9:53 pm

I share this with a friend so that keeps the cost down

hjworton · Post by **hjworton** » Thu Feb 28, 13 3:46 am

Big thanks to everyone for the answers and suggestions. Seems like its just normal to struggle for space with a Mopar in the UK. If I'd have thought the RR wouldn't fit in the garage I almost certainly wouldn't have bought her, so in a way, I'm happy to have been wrong. Extending the back of the garage is impossible - backs into neighbours garden. Extending front a bit could work, maybe car port could be an easy interim measure too...

It's amazed me that, in searching for a storage option, I've found waaaay more folk searching for storage than offering it. Sounds like a business opportunity for someone out there.

So far the only storage option I've found is at Brands Hatch - about 40 miles away. Don't think I'll take that up as anything other than a last resort. I'll keep on looking.

Turnip · Post by **Turnip** » Thu Feb 28, 13 8:22 am

Try any farms near you, a lot of them don't use all of the buildings they have. Thats how we got the one we have. If you end up with somewhere to big just get someone else in with you, shouldn't be a problem to find one or two people to share the space

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Thu Feb 28, 13 11:19 am

hjworton wrote:... maybe car port could be an easy interim measure too ...

carport and cover for me, Charger stays mostly dry except for the odd time we get driving rain or snow

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Thu Feb 28, 13 7:31 pm

Im lucky @ work, when I built the garage, made it big enough to fit 6 larger cars in (just).
Wasnt going to state this as a alot of people struggle to get one large mopar in, but since its not as big as Jc's garage doesnt matter now, we just need dunc to get some pics of the aladins cave now

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Feb 28, 13 8:21 pm

andyrob wrote:Im lucky @ work, when I built the garage, made it big enough to fit 6 larger cars in (just).
Wasnt going to state this as a alot of people struggle to get one large mopar in, but since its not as big as Jc's garage doesnt matter now, we just need dunc to get some pics of the aladins cave now

wish i had bought that jav off you andy no pics till i get my proper computer back, on a lap top its garbage

andyrob · Post by **andyrob** » Thu Feb 28, 13 9:37 pm

yes duncan, what other circuit racer winner based car can you buy on the road taxed & tested for £10k ???
Boss 302 = cira £40k
Would have been a been pill to restore though, not because of its condition, but for getting bits, ended up going to italy, the italian could not believe his luck, struggled to get one in the states on ebay then mine poped up for peanuts cos not known in the uk

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Thu Feb 28, 13 10:08 pm

andyrob wrote:yes duncan, what other circuit racer winner based car can you buy on the road taxed & tested for £10k ???
Boss 302 = cira £40k
Would have been a been pill to restore though, not because of its condition, but for getting bits, ended up going to italy, the italian could not believe his luck, struggled to get one in the states on ebay then mine poped up for peanuts cos not known in the uk

Whos 70 AMX? OR jAVELIN?

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Feb 28, 13 10:17 pm

drewcrane wrote:
andyrob wrote:yes duncan, what other circuit racer winner based car can you buy on the road taxed & tested for £10k ???
Boss 302 = cira £40k
Would have been a been pill to restore though, not because of its condition, but for getting bits, ended up going to italy, the italian could not believe his luck, struggled to get one in the states on ebay then mine poped up for peanuts cos not known in the uk
Whos 70 AMX? OR jAVELIN?[/quot

it was a javelin,

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Mar 01, 13 12:23 pm

Cannonball wrote:
andyrob wrote:Im lucky @ work, when I built the garage, made it big enough to fit 6 larger cars in (just).
Wasnt going to state this as a alot of people struggle to get one large mopar in, but since its not as big as Jc's garage doesnt matter now, we just need dunc to get some pics of the aladins cave now
wish i had bought that jav off you andy no pics till i get my proper computer back, on a lap top its garbage

There is another Mark Donahue one in the UK Duncan a nice Blue one...not for sale as far as i know....spoke to the owner at the nats a few years back one reason he bought the car was because it was a bit of an underdog and did not want a Mustang or Charger like most.

Some pics if it on Dave McBrides website.

Nice collection of cars Andy.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Mar 01, 13 4:10 pm

Cannonball wrote:
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

It must be around a hundred meetings I’ve attended in the last 19 years with that car. Driven to in the first 15 years and more latterly, trailered. On one occasion (last year's HRD's), it took me half an hour to get in, you couldn't park anywhere that wasn’t in the weeds and queue started at the return road. I like it, but these days not enough to push that heavy muther 1.5 miles up & down the pit road on my own. So, with a heavy heart and a lazy arse, decided it would have to stay put on the trailer

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Fri Mar 01, 13 4:13 pm

mopar_mark wrote:
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

Says you! (on both counts)