AK Rods and Customs wrapped the build up with some immaculate paint and sheet metal work, finishing the car off as black on black. 

Clyde's Repair opened the 2013 "Cruise Night" season with a mini-display of GM Muscle Cars recently prepared by Clyde's Repair.  The guests enjoyed food and entertainment while looking at vintage cars brought by the host and guests. It was a fun night capped off with a bit of a nostalgia street challenge by the two Corvettes!
 

The Fridge is back!

After a long time with no cold drinks we finally have refreshment back in the garage.
 
We dropped the fridge back into its home and it fit right in with the new blue stripe, almost like it was supposed to be ;)

The new gasoline and rag storage space and the tool box relocated to the wall.

The license plate wall in full effect, looking good.

The bear hanging out on the freshly painted floor!


Next we'll tackle the upstairs parts storage!

Over the last month the garage has gone through a pretty extensive makeover. At some point we decided that it would be in everyone's best interest (for sanity reasons) to epoxy the floor and repaint the walls rebuild the work surfaces and re-organize the parts collection upstairs.

These are the before pictures, there was a fair amount of staining in the concrete, especially on the lift side and there are far too many parts and other randomness stashed all over.
So one day Kevin and I decided to go ahead and empty the garage out entirely so we could sort through everything and free up some space. From there our idea evolved past
the stages of cleaning and turned into something much more adventurous, we decided to do a total rebuild of the interior of the garage.


Once everything was out of the garage we decided to go after the floor first. We Swept the floor, then pressure washed, then brushed, then swept again, then etched, then brushed the etcher in, then pressure washed the etcher away, then rinsed, and swept a final time. Once that ordeal was complete the floor received a coat of primer, then once the primer was dry it got a coat of topcoat and finally Kevin applied the flake to the wet paint for the perfect finishing touch. We repeated this process three times over two days splitting one garage bay into a day and the other bay into it's own day, with a three day rest in between to let the other side dry enough to walk on.

Kevin Tripods the bear a smidge

I get some opposite lock over a crest

Kevin shows off with some perfect cone donuts