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Title: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Tortaruga on May 20, 2012, 06:38:07 pm: I spent this afternoon rooting around in my Dad's garage. I was looking for Autosol to do my exhaust tips. Needless to say I didn't find any. However I unearthed the following:

Waxoyl and hand pump spray gun from the late 70's or early 80's
Paint spray gun, electric
5l of VW 501.01 Quantum oil
A Webley air pistol! :evilgrin:

I'm now considering giving my gti the waxoyl treatment...

Anyway I just thought it might be interesting to find out what sort of wacky stuff people have found in their Dad's, Grandad's, Great Grandad's garages?
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: D4rk1 on May 20, 2012, 07:37:08 pm: I'd get my hands chopped off if I went rooting through the old mans garage :fighting:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: tony_danza on May 20, 2012, 07:40:09 pm: At the moment there's a '72 911T, a '66 splitty, a '74 beach buggy and a '63 BSA - the latter split into bits covered in grease for a rainy day. God only knows what junk there is too.
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: jhtrophy on May 20, 2012, 07:46:55 pm: Quote from: tony_danza on May 20, 2012, 07:40:09 pm
At the moment there's a '72 911T, a '66 splitty, a '74 beach buggy and a '63 BSA - the latter split into bits covered in grease for a rainy day. God only knows what junk there is too.
cool dad :happy2:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: tony_danza on May 20, 2012, 07:51:38 pm: I'll ruin it for you and say he's also got a Ford Crapi, but he's restoring that for someone else.
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: MC71 on May 20, 2012, 08:00:58 pm: ^^^^ oh yes!

Concourse 1965 Jaguar E-type S1 4.2 roadster and bits and pieces of a 1975 Maserati Khamsin (so far a 15 year project car, he is taking his time apparently) and pride of place Is my dear departed mums 1999 Peugeot 206 xsi. The pug does not get driven EVER, just gets polished and if the garage was on fire he would walk straight past the Jag and save my mums car, bless him. We also put a dart board up on the wall just above the Jag as a prank and he even dared us to throw darts at it, we all chickened out (backfired on us that one).
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Sonic6103 on May 20, 2012, 08:24:55 pm: He has a couple of garages but only things that i know of that are of any interest to me is a 1979 Mini Van that's been in there in bits for the past 18+ years and I finally persuaded him to sell it me around 6 months ago. He also has early 1970's Bond Bug that he has had for over 22 years but plans to restore it soon :)
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Bazgti on May 21, 2012, 12:14:14 am: A family of asylum seekers.... :laugh:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: MAT ED30 on May 21, 2012, 12:45:13 am: I have just had to empty my dads Grg and found 4 cars 1 mtr bike,loads of tools and loads of car parts mostly mg zr bits :rolleye: think he had a thing for em :rolleye:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: rich83 on May 21, 2012, 01:11:45 am: Nothing too whacky... but a load of my granddads joinery tools, a pot of castrol grease that must be about 30-35 years old. We used to have things like valve spring compressors and piston ring compressors from when my dad used to service his old volvo 240s, all gone now.

We had one of these too (also my grandads) and ever since i can remember i always wondered what it was for.... anyone know? ( i only found out a few years ago

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2F00%2Fs%2FMTIwMFgxNjAw%2F%24%28KGrHqZ%2C%21g4E9uVLI0skBPpbKGKTTg%7E%7E60_35.JPG&hash=d03987598dd2adf741822f2efae9172c2a098fa4)
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Horatio on May 21, 2012, 01:23:04 am: pristine 14" VW Radar Fox alloy wheel :confused:
air-compressor :happy2:
huuuuge carpeted sub box with two 12" subs :grin:
loads of bora bits; wipers, 2 x full car matt set, passenger footwell vent cover, spare bulb kit unsused
classic 80's ski jacket
small ladies BMW M3 fiited jacket :confused: :confused: :confused:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Eccie on May 21, 2012, 01:35:06 pm: Quote from: richwig83 on May 21, 2012, 01:11:45 am

We had one of these too (also my grandads) and ever since i can remember i always wondered what it was for.... anyone know? ( i only found out a few years ago

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2F00%2Fs%2FMTIwMFgxNjAw%2F%24%28KGrHqZ%2C%21g4E9uVLI0skBPpbKGKTTg%7E%7E60_35.JPG&hash=d03987598dd2adf741822f2efae9172c2a098fa4)

Rich - it looks like an inch tape measure & a saw setting tool?
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: RedRobin on May 21, 2012, 03:32:43 pm: Quote from: tony_danza on May 20, 2012, 07:40:09 pm

At the moment there's a '72 911T, a '66 splitty, a '74 beach buggy and a '63 BSA - the latter split into bits covered in grease for a rainy day. God only knows what junk there is too.

....Nice to know that your dad is as much an enthusiast as you are :happy2:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Saintsteve on May 21, 2012, 03:35:17 pm: Quote from: Tortaruga on May 20, 2012, 06:38:07 pm
I spent this afternoon rooting around in my Dad's garage. I was looking for Autosol to do my exhaust tips. Needless to say I didn't find any. However I unearthed the following:

Waxoyl and hand pump spray gun from the late 70's or early 80's
Paint spray gun, electric
5l of VW 501.01 Quantum oil
A Webley air pistol! :evilgrin:

I'm now considering giving my gti the waxoyl treatment...

Anyway I just thought it might be interesting to find out what sort of wacky stuff people have found in their Dad's, Grandad's, Great Grandad's garages?

some old porno mags in my late fathers garage :wink:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: rich83 on May 21, 2012, 03:45:16 pm: Quote from: Eccie on May 21, 2012, 01:35:06 pm
Quote from: richwig83 on May 21, 2012, 01:11:45 am

We had one of these too (also my grandads) and ever since i can remember i always wondered what it was for.... anyone know? ( i only found out a few years ago

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2F00%2Fs%2FMTIwMFgxNjAw%2F%24%28KGrHqZ%2C%21g4E9uVLI0skBPpbKGKTTg%7E%7E60_35.JPG&hash=d03987598dd2adf741822f2efae9172c2a098fa4)

Rich - it looks like an inch tape measure & a saw setting tool?

very good... its a saw setting tool :happy2:

Have a gold star :signLOL:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: RedRobin on May 21, 2012, 06:09:02 pm: Quote from: Saintsteve on May 21, 2012, 03:35:17 pm

some old porno mags in my late fathers garage :wink:

....Well you know how the expression goes: "Like father, like son" :evilgrin:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: Saintsteve on May 21, 2012, 07:04:50 pm: Quote from: RedRobin on May 21, 2012, 06:09:02 pm
Quote from: Saintsteve on May 21, 2012, 03:35:17 pm

some old porno mags in my late fathers garage :wink:

....Well you know how the expression goes: "Like father, like son" :evilgrin:

Good job this father doesn't have a garage :sad1: :signLOL:
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: TANNER on May 21, 2012, 10:02:12 pm: Same as Saint Steve!
I stumbled across a load of 70s jazz mags when I was about 14 helped me with my "reading"
I got cocky and left a couple under my bed, came home one night to find mom had hoovered under it and filth mags gone. Nothing was ever said though. :P
Title: Re: What have you found in your Dad's garage?
Post by: andrewparker on May 21, 2012, 10:08:11 pm: Nothing much of interest in my dads garage, bar the component pieces of a 19' yacht which he thinks he'll build one day.