Why I am not working on the car .......

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Why I am not working on the car .......

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Not doing much to the car this year...... and here is why....
The first photo, if you could stand in side and look up during the day you would get a rendition of Van Gogh's Starry Night with all of the holes in the roof . Old roof is 30 pus years old and pitch was catching all of the leaves from the tree dis mantled in the foreground.
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So It was time to do something about that.
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All this started Memorial day weekend with the help of my son Peter (pwilliam here) and son-in-law Nathan
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As of yesterday, 1/3 of the driveway side of the roof is shingled
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The goal is to have it finished before winter. HA!
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Nice!
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Excellent project! Like the wood storage shed at the side that you are adding!
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Pete, the shed on the side is for the lawn mower and assorted lawn tools. I'm trying to have the garage be just for the cars.
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And why on Earth would a New Englander want that? What would prompt you to deny ~400 years of our cultural heritage? :mrgreen:
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Laughed so hard , made my sides hurt :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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I think it's supposed to be "build garage, park car in it", not "park car, build garage around it". :D
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SHHHHHH, That's the spare car. The real one is out in the driveway at the moment. :mrgreen:
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Finished the short side of the roof this weekend :mrgreen: Now at least that side is dry. I will start the longer side next weekend. Hopefully end of August to finish of the roof. I like doing my own projects, but at nearly 60 I remember at the end of a long weekend why I opted for a professional office job.
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We won't have a drop of rain between now and the end of August at this rate, so you are fine! :roll:
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Very Funny Pete. I was thinking that myself but wouldn't you know it; it rained last night for about 40 min at around 2:00 am and we had to go around and shut all the windows.
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LOLOL wouldn't you know. Looks like the Sahara Desert outside over here in Plymouth. Quite literally, it is unbelievable, grass totally dead.
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Love the idea of a large walk in mower shed attached to the garage. I've built so much storage and shelves I have to back the car out of the garage to get to the 6 X 6 nook where the lawn equipment is stored in the back.
Buon giro a tutti! - enjoy the ride!

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I like your workbench/storage in the shop. What color of red is that?
love these damn things - damnit
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Don't really know what color red that is. Original car was white and someone did a re-spray before I got it.
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1971 Spider - Vesper -scrapped
1979 Spider - Seraphina - our son's car now sold
1972 Spider - Tortellini- our son's current
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