So with COVID-19 wreaking havoc on the world, I think most of us are stuck (mostly) inside or working at home during most hours of the day. Hopefully none of you (or your family) are adversely affected by this pandemic.
Normally, I would welcome being at home (so long as I am healthy) as I can sneak off in my free time to the garage to work on the car, but right now, having just brought the car back from NISMO, AND how we are STILL unpacking from our move into the new house, the only thing I can do is to continuing organizing my new space. Still can't find all of my tools and car cleaning stuff...
First order of business was to find a place to store parts, both old and new, which I probably won't be using in the near future. The garage is still a work in progress, and I plan to order some cabinets to place along the wall here:
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| And yes there is a sink with hot and cold taps there too... he he he |
As you can see right now, I'm using some of my old racks to hold mostly car cleaning related equipment in this area. Some equipment is still missing, most likely still at my mother-in-law's house where we kept non-essentials while this house was being built (and as I had no space at my temporary rental house).
Given my limited budget and how garage cabinets aren't really sold in Japan, I am thinking about ordering something from Alibaba. Can anyone recommend any decent quality garage cabinets/garage cabinet makers? More importantly for my Italian (and other color coordinated talented) friends, COLOR? What COLOR?
So that's for storage. What about a proper work bench?
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| Damn fish (bought for the kids who now don't care) won't die... |
Over here in a corner area, I have just enough space right now to set up an old aluminum rolling cart from IKEA as a mobile work bench of sorts. All of my hand tools are currently on the tray, and yes that is a fish tank... there are two cory catfish that refuse to die, all the other residents have long passed away but I'm not into pesca-cide just for the sake of clearing space. And so the tank stays until I get a proper work bench here and then I will come up with an alternative plan.
Anyway - so I have a bunch of old parts taken off both cars, as well as new parts never installed. Eventually if I get the cabinets, yes there will be space between the cabinets and ceiling so some stuff can be stored in that space. Meanwhile...
I did some research and found these DIY assembly storage sheds from
Takubo Mono-oki. Just like IKEA, except it's much more solidly built.
So it arrived in several boxes, forgot to take photos but basically after laying the floor piece and making sure it's flat, you build the walls up, then the roof on top. Pretty straightforward but not fun as a one man job (especially when the walls are over 2 meters tall and it's a windy day).
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People usually place these sheds on blocks that themselves are on flat land. I had to get creative due to limited space.
So the rear sits on 3 blocks, but the front side rests nicely on this low wall. |
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| This really isn't a one man job but somehow I managed |
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I chose the 3/4 shelves style unit as I wanted to be able to vertically store long items
Yep, the oem sideskirts and rear sfrom my car |
I have to say the paint quality on this shed (for this price) is impressive.
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| Made In Japan... |
Anyway, now that this lockable shed is up and is now storing a lot of car related parts I won't be needing in the foreseeable future, I need to turn my attention to getting the interior of the garage improved... and at the same time quietly gathering the parts I will need to continue fixing the interior of the GT-R. Stay tuned!
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| It's almost like owning an EV... |
