Garage Workbench Plans

While I shop for the right classic mustang to restore I am working on getting ready to do the restoration. This week that meant planning to install a workbench in my garage to store tools and do small project stuff during the restoration.

I am planning to put the workbench in the front corner of my garage farthest from the door into the house because that seems like it would work best with my garage layout.

This is the corner of my garage I plan to build the workbench in. 

I spent a bunch of time time looking at pictures of garage workbenches online and finally came up with these rough plans. 

I will let you all know how it turns out.

First Purchase

I made my first tool purchase for the restoration on my way home from work earlier this week. I still haven't found a car to buy, so don't know what kind of issues the car I end up buying will have, so I am resisting the urge to buy a bunch of tools until I know what I actually need. However, I needed some jack stands to rotate the tires on my daily driver so I decided to buy a pair since I do know I will eventually need these for the restoration and I don't currently own any.

I bought a pair of Craftsman High Lift jack stands. Link I will post a review after I actually open the box, put these together and use them for the first time.

I chose these because they have the highest maximum height of any of the basic affordable jack stands I found after some basic googling and they were available at the Sears store just a few blocks from where I work, which was a bonus.

These have a maximum height of 21 inches, and a lot of the other  jack stands I saw maxed out in the 16 inch range. I want to have plenty of room to work under my car and these should give me that. I figure when/if I do actually buy the car I will need to get another pair. But these are all I need right now and are enough to serve as a sort of promise to myself that I really am serious about this.

Mustang Dreams

The first car I owned was a red 1988 Ford Mustang convertible. That car was a gift from my brother and l owned it until it started having engine problems right around the time I got engaged and had other places my money needed to go.

Ever since I gave that car to some family friends to use for parts fixing up their fox body mustang there has been a piece of me that missed that car. Well, three kids, multiple pets, and eight plus years later I am finally at a place in my life where I can start to seriously think about getting another mustang.

This blog is going to be a record of my quest to acquire and restore a classic mustang to use as a daily driver. Will I succeed? Will I fail? Who knows, but you can journey with me here as we find out together.