Had to cut it to make it fit

The wall--not the car. Last month when I moved into my new house--I told the wife I had to park in the garage. All my tools were packed and I had a pocket knife and a sawsall. Made it fit that day--will finish it off nicely.

 

why would they build a garage that short?

 

Car vs house- winner........car

 

I'm gonna assume that's not a load-bearing wall.

 

Reminds me of my Grandfather's garage-a free standing one on the back of the lot. When he got rid of the Overland, the new '34 Chevy wouldn't fit so he built an extension on the back (sort of a lean-to style) just hgh and long enough to accomodate the front of the car. Later, he bought a '41 Chevy and it wouldn't fit so he removed the doors and built a new frame about 4" deep and rehung the doors. It's a good thing that was his last car.

 

I've never let that stop me before

 

from the third picture it looks like they put a mud room/ laundry room in.

 

Back in the early 70s when cars became longer than ever, my dad's garage got a nose extension.

 

Nicely done! Thing I've always wondered is why do garages get rocked and taped but rarely painted? Would the original builder loose that much money, would it sell for more finished? Bob................guy with a half sheetrocked garage.

 

growing up in Minneapolis where the houses were built before WW1, many of the garages had the extensions. ours got added when my dad bought a 1960 Plymouth wagon.

 

Dedication to the cause, I'm glad to see your priorities are in order. My first thought was find a new house, but that'll work too.

 

My garage was built in the 20s. You can walk around a model A when it's in the garage. Anything from the 30-50s, it'll fit, but no room to work. 60-70s forget about that...

 

sounds like mine but with only 1 freaken plug outlet on the wrong side!

that was my first house! had to squeeze by my 55 to get to front,or climb over it,while looking for our 2nd house i told my wife we needed a 2 car garage,she was like "WHY" i told her i was getting to fat to climb over my cars
Now i climb over piles of parts to work on anything,,where did i go wrong??

 

That sir is the correct answer.

 

While visiting Wash., D.C. , Took a Side Trip into Va., to visit a
fellow Linc, Owners Club Member. He had a 1942 LIncoln LImo,
While in His Garage I noticed tha' FRont end of car was pulled into a cutout area in about 3 1/2 ft. lower part of THE Wall.......
He motioned with his finger for me to come inside the house,
Inside the Den was a row if very nice cabinets............He opened two of the middle Doors,
and, there was the front end of the LONG LINC. LIMO !


Happy Motoring Starts at THE ESSO SIGN..................

 

my old 67 coupe de ville was over 19(nineteen) feet long..tight fit, but it made it..now the caddy's gone and I park my 74 VW in the same space..I now can run laps around it!!!

 

Not anymore

 

My 55 chevy and my 78 f100 are the only vehicles that will fit in my garage. I got plenty of room side to side but thats about it.. Gotta take the rear bumper off the f100 to get the door closed!!

 

I have a 1924 Model T Doctors Coupe that I'm really wanting to restore back to mostly original. Problem is that if i do, my garage isn't tall enough to park it inside.

What to do. What to do.

 

you need to put a header with some jack studs in there asap

 

necessity is the mother of all inventions.

 

My thought exactly.

 

Looked at a lot of "newer" houses with the ex g/f ( dodged THAT bullet ),and saw a lot of 2 car garages that would hold 2 corollas,or 2 priuses. Finally got her to agree that they were really 1 car garages,and barely that. She did send me a link once to a house with a 10 car garage,though.
I told her nope,not deep enough,ceiling too low.

If I ever move again,it'll take a garage that'll make the nascar teams jealous.

 

If it were me that whole wall would be gone!!

 

For all the work it would take to move the wall (assuming it's not a bearing wall) I'd rather just remove the wall. If pulling the wall results in losing a mudroom, I'd work to keep a deep sink and shower head(eye wash), just in case of stuff happening out in the shop.

 

Put a nice bezel trim around the hole. You now have a frenched wall.