new garage now with pics

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 9:04 am

Tony, Simon, do you know what the internal dimensions of your garages are? I had a council lockup and I'm sure last time I measured it, I thought it wasn't big enough for even an A body. How much clearance on the length do you have? Appreciate your advice as it could be a plan for me.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:00 am

length wise mate it is still a sqeeze i have to make sure the back end is touching the wall and that its flush to the wall to because there is litrally cms at the front of clearance [same with all the garages here]

as for length wise put it this way the old garage if i put the car in front first would have maybe 2-3 inches on the left and maybe a foot and a half on the right this new garage has about 6 ft on either side if i put it dead in the middle

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:03 am

strokerblue72 wrote:length wise mate it is still a sqeeze i have to make sure the back end is touching the wall and that its flush to the wall to because there is litrally cms at the front of clearance [same with all the garages here]

as for length wise put it this way the old garage if i put the car in front first would have maybe 2-3 inches on the left and maybe a foot and a half on the right this new garage has about 6 ft on either side if i put it dead in the middle

get a grip si,

its gonna be blue in this weather matey,

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:38 am

Am I right in thinking that your car is 203.5" long Simon? That would make it 5" longer than my Challenger, hmmmm....

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:44 am

if you say so lol i wouldent know mate but im sure one of the many anoraks will come in at some point

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:54 am

I get my dimensions from here but I don't know how reliable the site is.

http://www.moparuk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4429

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Fri Oct 31, 08 12:32 pm

A real dodgey site that Martin, I meet the chap that runs it once and that was enough.

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 12:48 pm

Talk of the devil, you know a bit about squeezing and A body into a garage don't you Guy. Did you have to remove the spoiler?

Guy · Post by **Guy** » Fri Oct 31, 08 2:56 pm

Yes I did Martin, i even had to take out the rear lights and remove the boot lid to get it in

but its in

a lot longer than the old Barracuda.

That reminds me I have still got to finish off the base so can extend the garage

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Oct 31, 08 8:46 pm

TyreFryer wrote:Tony, Simon, do you know what the internal dimensions of your garages are? I had a council lockup and I'm sure last time I measured it, I thought it wasn't big enough for even an A body. How much clearance on the length do you have? Appreciate your advice as it could be a plan for me.

Yes mate the length of my Garage is 192 inches long,so you are right in that most ABodys wont fit

a late 60s Dart for example is 195 inches long, i had the 71 Duster and that would just fit in at 188 inches a 71 Demon is 192 thanks to it having a different front end so that would be touching the rear wall and door,also i cant have a Challenger as thats 192 and wont fit

in fact the only Mopars that will fit my Garage are Early Dusters, Barracudas and of course the Cuda which is a fair bit shorter than the Challenger

So it looks like my next Mopar Must be a Cuda

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 10:36 pm

Tony thanks for that feedback. My Challenger has the 73 bumper over riders so I thinks its 198". I didn't know the E body Barracudas were so much shorter!

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Oct 31, 08 10:56 pm

TyreFryer wrote:Tony thanks for that feedback. My Challenger has the 73 bumper over riders so I thinks its 198". I didn't know the E body Barracudas were so much shorter!

They are a lot shorter mate Mustang Length even a 72/73/74 with the overiders would fit in my Garage however them later challenger are even longer like you say,you could take the overiders of to save some length.

Post by **TyreFryer** » Fri Oct 31, 08 10:58 pm

I couldn't bring myself to do that Tony, they are just too beautiful.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Fri Oct 31, 08 11:06 pm

TyreFryer wrote:I couldn't bring myself to do that Tony, they are just too beautiful.

and it would leave nasty holes

Post by **TyreFryer** » Sat Nov 01, 08 3:52 pm

Measured my lockup this afternoon and it's 190" long

Cheapskate South Beds Council, skimping on a few inches.