tidying the garage

[messerschmitt owner]

I've been tidying my garage - in preparation for getting my schmitt back on the road.

 

I put up a new shed and filled it with 'crap' from the garage, tidying the garage, bought some pine shelves at the local auction, used up some old chipboard flooring to put on one wall and fitted tool clips plus my little drawers from the other shed so all is easy and accessible. Still a few things to leave the garage but it is pretty empty, I can see inside, have room to walk all round the car, heat, power and both vices usable.

 

Today, I spun the engine on the schmitt for the first time in a decade too - it'll be running soon after Christmas, then I must find an MoT station that does Class III.

 

Here's how the garage looks just now.

 

DSC_8384 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

DSC_8381 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

DSC_8372 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

[eddyramrod]

Excellent stuff! When I move house in the spring, I'll be constructing a "garage" using temporary-type materials, to accomodate two classics, tool-and-parts shelves, work area... I hope I can make it look that good.

[michiel]

Excellent. I was going to make a lame joke about the cat missing a leg, but I won't. Wish I had a garage.

[messerschmitt owner]

ta,

it's a very rubbish asbestos garage, and it's taken a week on and off to get it and the other two sheds this tidy.

[messerschmitt owner]

This is what it looks like today!

 

DSC_8435 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

I now have power and heat in the garage - and spent a couple of hours dismantling bits off the car!

 

Floor seems to have held up well to a decade of no use and (bad me) being put away wet.

 

DSC_8396 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Savable - I need to clean it out, pop in some rust preventer and then another coat of smoothrite (this time I think I may do the floor and sides in white rather than black.

 

I can now see the engine bay!

 

DSC_8426 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

DSC_8424 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

but I am going to have to buy a couple of spray cans (in black) from Halfords!

 

DSC_8407 by messerschmitt owner, on Flickr

 

Jobs I definitely need to do include a steering bottom bush (thankfully, it's just a nylon bush and I already have one), which involves undoing the steering column, and popping bush between both track rods and reassembling! I also need to sort out a split weld on a captive nut holding the boot on!

[scooters]

wonderful - I love these jerry rollerskates - you need to paint Iron Crosses on the side and get a flying helmet - then you can pretend to be Dolfo Galland!

[ashmicro]

There must be something deeply satisfying about being able to say "I own a Messerschmitt".

[messerschmitt owner]

wonderful - I love these jerry rollerskates - you need to paint Iron Crosses on the side and get a flying helmet - then you can pretend to be Dolfo Galland!

I need a few RAF roundels - lol, and a couple of jet engines on the wings - I have the goggles and flying helmet!

[michiel]

I'd change my name to Mackie Messerschmitt.