carl63_99 Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 About 35 years ago I built this shelf with my Dad. Pictures are probably up there somewhere. I've thought for years about updating it, wanting to add a mirror and a glass cover on the front to keep dust off my cars. A few months ago I decided to take the plunge and do it. I got a string of LED lights, plus the already mentioned stuff and updated it. Empty space is for my '69 R/T when I get the engine/upgrades done.
Kromolly Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Very nice display and nice cars making good use of it.
Slimguy Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Carl...that is a very nice case...super well done.
Paul Payne Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Great looking case- love the LED lighting! Looks like you enjoy building mainly high performance sports cars. As your collection grows, I assume you may be building another one?
Tom Geiger Posted March 23, 2021 Posted March 23, 2021 Very cool! I just added shelves to my two cases. I should update the lighting as well
carl63_99 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Posted March 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: Very cool! I just added shelves to my two cases. I should update the lighting as well I got Govee lights, two 16 foot lengths on one controller, sticky back tape, $30 on Amazon. Lots of LED options out there!
carl63_99 Posted March 23, 2021 Author Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Paul Payne said: Great looking case- love the LED lighting! Looks like you enjoy building mainly high performance sports cars. As your collection grows, I assume you may be building another one? I may consider it someday. This is a quarter of my collection, all the rest are boxed up. Having to modify this one, I found the mirrors hard to find in an acceptable size, thus, two door mirrors on their sides. The plexiglass was $60 at Home Depot. I could probably do a slightly smaller one (20 cars) for around $100.
carrucha Posted March 27, 2021 Posted March 27, 2021 Cool display shelf. The LED lights really set it off.
Safire6 Posted March 28, 2021 Posted March 28, 2021 I need to build something like this. What kind of wood did you use, if you don’t mind me asking?
darthsideous Posted March 28, 2021 Posted March 28, 2021 Wow. Great looking display! Thank you fir sharing this! ??
carl63_99 Posted March 28, 2021 Author Posted March 28, 2021 20 hours ago, Safire6 said: I need to build something like this. What kind of wood did you use, if you don’t mind me asking? I used interior grade pine as it cuts easy and can be finished to any color you like.
Dann Tier Posted March 28, 2021 Posted March 28, 2021 VERY nice job on that display case!!!.....with such stunning collection of cars, they deserve to be displayed this way!!
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