My 400iA has a new home

My garage was over crowded so we did a renovation project to provide more (and better) space for my '84 400iA (sn 50605) and it's garage mate '34 Ford coupe hot rod. Here's a few photos.... just a few painting touchups left to go before all the garage contents arrive in the POD they've been in for 2 1/2 months. I had a local sign shop make up the 5 foot tall logos that I put down after the color coats and before the clear epoxy.

Al
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Al,
I noticed that you have the high wind rated doors but no vertical reinforcements for them (didn't see the holes drilled in the slab/mounts on header), do you plan to evacuate your rides if the 'big one' should come knocking?
Bruce

Nice job by the way!

 

Thanks. I expect the vertical reinforcements are required by code in areas identified as high wind (coastal areas) and not here in central Florida. Actually since the rest of the house is 20+ years old and the new garage structure is built to current FL code I expect I'll ride out hurricanes in the garage! The contractor acquired his permits in September but the roofer waited until early October and FL had new building codes that went into effect October 1 so I got the roof redone to the new code but based on the price quote made prior to these new requirements.(http://www.fhba.com/index.cfm?referer=content.contentItem&ID=1564 see Hurricane Mitigation Retrofits for roofing changes) Not often the customer comes out to the good!

Al

 

You lucked out w/close timing, thanks for the link info. Bruce