My shop is a labor of love that I designed and built myself, including the drywall, floors and surround sound. I did all the work to finish this space.
It brings together more than two decades of collecting automobilia and tools into a functional garage for working on my cars: a Porsche, a 1961 Austin Healey with a Shelby GT350 …
Great looking shop. Nice to see the big Healey was represented. I just completed my own race shop after years of planning.
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In reply to dougie:
Very nice!
Wow guys, great job!
Your Shops look great. Mine isn't as pretty but it does the job. Just not BIG enough! 
In reply to wannacruise: It looks like a very practical work environment. You're right to be proud of it. (In fact, my 2 1/2 car garage looks like that, but yours is a bit larger and I can't put in a lift because of the truss construction 
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Hi Gary, thanks for the compliment. So now I will get you in trouble with your wife, you can put in a lift.
I built my building about 12 years ago and the roof is all truss construction. But I have a son-in-law that is an excellent builder. 6 years ago,for the width of the lift, we did what is called "sistered" the existing rafters of the trusses. We used 2 X 12" lumber. My trusses were 2x6" and the 2x12s are nailed fast to the sides of the 2x6s. Only the 2x6s that are the roof rafter part. Then we cut "W" truss out. My garage is 28' deep and the boy says there will never be a problem with the roof, even in heavy snows. I think the roof pitch is 8/12 construction if memory serves. The underside of the roof ridge is 12' 6" high. The 10k lift needed 12' 4" to stand it up.
Another tip, don't buy a standard width lift, get an extra wide model. The LBCs are about the only cars I have that fit the standard width lift even though the advertisements show them holding a new Vette. I have a '70 Vette and a C5 Vette and the post are too close to the cars. You can make them work but the front arms and diagonal braces are very close and I jack up the Vettes and use truck riser extensions on the arms to keep the braces from hitting the rocker panels.
In reply to wannacruise:
Very interesting. Thank you for the tip. Actually, my wife Annie is a super-enabler, bless her heart, so she would encourage me to modify the trusses, along with adding insulation and heat! After a lifetime of being an extreme fiscal conservative, I have a difficult time pulling the trigger on those types of expenditures. But at 68 years old, I'm beginning to realize I can't take it with me. So perhaps a garage upgrade is in order. 
What a coincidence. At Christmas dinner about 6 years ago my wife with the son-in-law insisted that I put the lift in. We'd better hang on to those two. The son-in-law too.
You didn't hear it from me, but we have another "show us your shop" contest in the works.
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