OT Welcome to 2010 OT

[Plymouthy Adams]

and in this corner we have...my 51 Plymouth Suburban...and in the other corner is a pile of everyday things that bog me down and keep me away from what I want to do...need to start the new yar shedding afew garage pounds so to speak..

[BobT-47P15]

I have plenty of old car projects for the new year.....even with just the one car.

Hope to help Dale with the coupe as well.

Going to buy a 10 x 20 storage building so hopefully will be able to better store my

"valuable junque" (car parts) in some more organized manner. I just need to go and

order the thing.....but keep putting it off as the ground has been pretty soft due to

rain and snow....they have to bring the thing across the back yard and I'd rather not

make too big a mess of it.

[daddyo23]

in my garage. We have 2 ft. of snow on the ground and it's -8 this morning. Could be worse. I do have a small wall heater that uses L.P. gas. Not bad but it's kind of a wet heat. I will be doing a re-wire job on the '48 soon. I decided to get a harness kit from Rebel wire. I wanted a fuse panel and some sort of organized beginning point so I think it will be worth the extra money. I can do just enough to get me in trouble sometimes:rolleyes:. Like they say, you've got to know your limitations.

[Merle Coggins]

in my garage. We have 2 ft. of snow on the ground and it's -8 this morning. Could be worse. I do have a small wall heater that uses L.P. gas. Not bad but it's kind of a wet heat.

I've never heard of "wet heat". I'm assuming that you are refering to everything sweating as it heats up.

I used to warm up my garage with a twin burner Mr Heater on a 20 lb LP bottle when I wanted to work out there in the winter. I hated how everything would sweat as it warmed up. I could get it comfortable enough to work out there, but the floor would never warm up and my feet would get too cold after a while. A few years ago I insulated my garage and installed a 220V electric heater. I now keep it turned down around 50 degrees all of the time, and turn it up a little when I'm working out there. No more sweating and my aerosol cans don't freeze. It'll come in handy again this winter as I do my disc brake conversion and replace the clutch in my truck.

Merle

[Don Coatney]

One of the major by products of LP or natural gas combustion is H2O. The unvented heaters add a lot of water vapor to the air (as well as carbon dioxide). Electric heaters do not do this so things will stay dry.

[Joe Flanagan]

Like they say, you've got to know your limitations.

But I think your limitations become more limited the more experience you get.

I also could use heat and extra space in my garage. We talked a while ago about woodstoves here. Ever since, I've been scheming. Right now I don't even have the space to put one in my garage sideways. And yet I scheme.

[bobjob55]

I WISH I had a garage !!! everything sits outside .... I'm sure glad it's going to be 68-70 today... i'm sooo glad it's not summer !!! then it will be over 110 by day,, and 100 at nite for over a month at a time ... will be so hot you can't work outside.. there isn't even a heater in the house.. snuggies are good for chilly mornings...

[Frank Elder]

But I think your limitations become more limited the more experience you get.

I also could use heat and extra space in my garage. We talked a while ago about woodstoves here. Ever since, I've been scheming. Right now I don't even have the space to put one in my garage sideways. And yet I scheme.

If space is a factor Joe, why don't you put in a motel unit like my neighbor did...slim, plus you get A/C in the summer:)

[Young Ed]

Joe dads wood stove is practically right against the wall. He has 2 sheet metal heat barriers that protect the wall. He bought some special spacers that put the sheet metal I think 1in from the wood and then the second set puts the metal 1in from the first sheet. Its been like that for a long time with no issues. He can still get 2 cars in a 2car garage with that stove there.