SonnyAK

That really is a great garage! Gotta love old garages...just like old cars! The tailgate as wall art is a great idea!!

Kerouac

Sonny: That piece of art is by an artist named Leonard Mazzo, who is now deceased. He was a Viet Nam vet who started making art out of old car parts. You can Google him to see some more of his stuff. I really like him.

Revfan

Wowza!

that is 66 different types of Awesome!

Gary's '66

Beautiful set up Kerouac but dammit now you've thinking about putting in a pit since my shop won't accommodate a lift!

Gary

dahogan

kenmo

Wow...love your garage....thanks for sharing....

corvetteed

Great garage and pit. I, too, had a pit in the back yard. There was a concrete slab in the back yard, with a brick pit, just like yours. I filled it in for several years, to avoid falling in while mowing the grass. The house was built in 1903, and the owner used the pit to repair buggies; later, cars. Last summer I had the concrete slab removed, and a 3 car garage built, and thought long and hard about how to retain that pit. But, because of where it was located, it wouldn't have been any use in the new garage. Now, seeing yours, I'm wondering if I could have re-arranged the layout of the floor to accommodate the pit. Woulda, shoulda, etc. etc. Anyway, yours is great, and the garage holds lots of character; one you don't see everyday. Thank you for posting this.

jmagilto

Am I the only one who thought - Man that was a nice looking C2 to find under the floor!!

Seriously - That is GREAT!

capevettes

Great looking garage Nice find with the pit. Your oil changes just got a lot easier. Pits are not allowed here in Mass due to the potential for collapse. Of course they ban everything in Mass Make sure it's structurally sound.

Roger Walling

You now have the chance to say "Dam the EPA", change your oil and let it seep into the ground!

That brick work is too cool, it reminds me of a garage in Chicago, where on St Valentine day there was a kind of social affair going on...

It wouldn't hurt to have a fan that blows into the pit while you are working in it to guarantee that there are no hazardous fumes there.

I know of a commercial location where OSHA demanded that they instal an exhaust system that ran 24/7 with an alarm that would go off if it stopped running.

HeyMark

Great garage. Where did you get your neon Corvette Stingray sign?

al89

I had a friend who changed out his gas tank , it fell in the pit with him .the wife goes looking for him for lunch and found his body ,the fumes took his life. BE VERY CAREFULL with a pit

stratplus

Very cool find. It's great that your wanted to repair the initial crack. Who would have thunk.

93RubyRedCoupe

that's just flat out AWESOME.............

Easy Rhino

Would love to have a pit, but one does have to careful with all heavier than air gasses that may collect in a pit. Think carbon monoxide and freon among them. Perhaps some supplementary ventilation would be prudent.

Love that garage, though.

Edit: holy moly, I just did a curiosity search, and had my eyes opened by all the OSHA, liability, city codes, and insurance limits on pits. I had no idea. Be careful out there.

P.S. I still would like to have one.

biggd

Yes, you need a power vent. Just like the hull of a boat needs to be vented before starting the engine. If you have a gas leak in that Vette that pit becomes a bomb.

hedgehead

Sweet..

AZDoug

I really would have been worried about finding a a dead hooker buried in there during the excavation.

Those old pits were widow makers, too easy to step into one. Nice covers you made for it.

It that really an all masonry garage? In earthquake country? Very nice ambiance, though

Doug

MattB

Not just poison gases are heavy, but explosive as well. I have a pit and got a 4 inch duct fan and some 4 inch ducting, it wires in pretty easily and is not very loud. A must have IMO and I might add one to bring in fresh air when working with cleaners and paints.

What did you use for the cover? Can it support a tire?

MattB

LOL, I had that thought when I bought my current house, it was a foreclosure and the people who lived in it last we into drugs... Was sure I was going to find bones at least... Luckily, nothing so far LOL