Min garage size for one project truck…what would it be enough?

[ETsC10]

Here's a project design exercise for you guys to tinker with...

Theres a lot of folks adding structures lately so it's gotten me to thinking;
just what does it take to accommodate even one truck, being worked on, and
the tools and storage to do so?

OK Guys…design away!!!

[pat 70/71]

I think if one had to, you could restore a truck in a single car garage and use the attic for storage. I know for fact that some on this site have less than that and I see what they have accomplished and it's Just amazing!! I guess if you do have it you really don't miss it. A friend of mine did a Camero in a carport! You couldn't tell by looking at it now. Cheers, Pat
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[donut]

This isn't design so much as opinion. If you come up with a size, go bigger and then you still may fill it.
I've seen project done in a carport, or when I made my old truck roadworthy, a pine tree.
I've also seen a 40x40 filled with a project.

[CG]

My shop is 18x28. If you are talking about building a truck in one, it works. If you end up putting up tons of other crap in there too, it wont LOL.

I had my old 56 Caddy in there for awhile and it worked for that too.

[pritch]

I think if mine was a hundred by a hundred it would be packed full in a week.


Mine is 32 X 32 and if I'da been richer at the time it woulda been bigger than that. With my chassis in one bay and my Panel body on a rack in the other, there's not much room left for all the rest of my stuff

[sigshooter]

a friend of mine has a 24x24 and it is tight on the length but you could get by, barely on a long bed truck. I looked at a house for sale with a 30x30 and it was amazing how much room the extra 6 feet in length and width combined added... consider it this way like 6x6 more in an L

[OneOffStroker]

I haven't measured mine, but it's like a 1.5-car garage. Bigger than a 1-car, but impossible to fit 2 cars into, even if they were Miatas. I have my '69 Burb in it, and only have about 18" to close the door. I had a decent amount of room on the sides, but my workbench, toolbox, and shelves are on one side, taking about 2.5' and I also store 4 motorcycles, my lawn mower, engine hoist and stand, and some other crap. I'm jam-packed in there, but I manage to get work done, because I wheel out the lawnmower and most of the bikes when I'm out there all day. Sure, my place looks like the Teller-Morrow parking lot from Sons of Anarchy when I do that, but it keeps the neighbors away!!
I'd be happy with a decent sized shed to store my lawn mower and race bikes. That would free up the garage a bit. Either way, I'm gettin work done!!

[usmcchevy]

My truck is'nt anything special, but it was built in a 12x19 garage.

[Mr-Jack]

i've done work in the carport for the past year...now i have a 24' x 36' shop that is setup for paint...and i'm stoked...plenty room for a project. might expand later who knows

[Dunenutt]

I built mine in a 10x20 portable garage! Never again!

[shok]

Originally Posted by Dunenutt

I built mine in a 10x20 portable garage! Never again!

Which portable garage? I'm thinking I will have to get one if I want to do anything this winter. Yeh it doesn't get cold here but most winters it will rain on the weekends and ruin all car plans.

[Dunenutt]

This one, but there are other options.

Amazon.com: 10x20' Instant Garage / Shelter...
Costco, and sams club have heavier ones, for about the same cash.

[shok]

Thanks!
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[DesertCat]

All depends on what you are doing. 1st pic what I could do in a 22x20, 2nd pic what I have now and who I share it with. If I were to build anything, the minimum dimension of the shortest side would be 28'. Just too hard to get around otherwise IMHO

[GASoline71]

My 1972 GMC was built in a very small garage that was built in the late 40's. Tiny, cold, drafty, wet, hot in summer, and dirty. When it would rain hard... I would sometimes get 1" to 2" of water in the garage in one corner. But I had recently got divorced and it was all I could afford. That was almost 8 years ago...

Fast forward to today, and I now have a 38' x 40' shop, and I have so much room... I don't know what to do. Maybe buy another project? My girlfriend and I have been looking for a 1972 Nova for her. So...

...all I can say is that it's all how you use the space. My tiny garage I had was crammed full of tools, compressor, welder, and 3 dirtbikes. Space was very limited... but I made it work.

Gary

[PanelDeland]

I don't know that it makes much difference to me.If I had a really big shop maybe,but I've had up to 24X28 and still work in the drive.Now admittedly most only had 8 ft or so height and some had support posts that interfered with really using it.If I build a large shop I would go taller and probably build a carport to work in.I tend to wait for weather though,so if it were A/C and heated,I would probably do more inside.

[Mr-Jack]

DesertCat...if I tried to use the barn for projects...my wife would kick my ass or turn my shop into stalls for our horses LOL

[ERASER5]

Originally Posted by DesertCat

All depends on what you are doing. 1st pic what I could do in a 22x20, 2nd pic what I have now and who I share it with. If I were to build anything, the minimum dimension of the shortest side would be 28'. Just too hard to get around otherwise IMHO

3rd pic. You owe me a keyboard!

[theastronaut]

I built the truck in the pics below out of a 17x21, including painting it. I've got an english wheel, 4' brake, paint mixing table, 4.5'x2' paint mixing/work table, my toolbox is on a 4'x2' cart, a dorm fridge, Miller 135 welder/cart, oxy/acetalene torch on a cart, and 2'x3' roll around cart all taking up space. I do have one whole wall that is peg board to hang parts on which really helps, but I still have to store some larger parts off site. Alot can be done in a small space, but it gets cramped in a hurry!











I'm working on a '55 International now, you can see some of my shop stall in the background. You can see the pegboard wall in the last pic for parts/tool storage and the doors hung on the wall to save space.