What Would Your Automotive Fortress Of Solitude Look Like?
While it’s true that many of us refer to this space as a Man Cave, isn’t it true that this space performs the same job no matter what name you give it? While Hagerty clearly caters to the car enthusiast, we don’t want to assume you must treat this space like a stereotypical garage.
There are also She Sheds, spare bedrooms, basements, attics, and even sanctuaries for sacred thoughts and actions. Well, maybe the last one isn’t available to everyone.
References to campy, dystopian 1970s Sci-Fi movies aside, we all want a sanctuary where we can lean into our passion for the automotive hobby. What that entails might be unique to you. I write that with full knowledge that my tastes are certainly, ahem, distinctive.
I’d want a massive water feature with concrete steps taking me to a perfectly curated, fully equipped Garage Mahal. It should look a lot like a certain location used for the above movie, as that will inspire me with every entrance and exit from my sanctuary.
From there it would be any ol’ storage facility used to collect many old cars and the stuff needed to keep them in pristine condition.
I know that my sanctuary would be someone else’s nightmare. It’s horrendously expensive to build and maintain. It completely detracts from the intended purpose of collecting old cars. But I hope my vision inspires you to think big.
Big on the scale of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude, because you can have an unlimited budget for this question. So let’s hear it from you:
What would your automotive Fortress of Solitude look like?
60X120x18 pole barn on 5 acres on fairly flat ground, wainscoated 2 tone gray with white trim and 24″ overhangs all around, LED’s in the eaves. 12′ covered patio 10′ high across the front with Ceiling fans and 12′ wide covered storage down one side. 2 Storage lifts on one end, 2 2-post lifts in shop area, with spray booth and exhaust hood deck. Kaeser Compressor and dryer with 3/4″ aluminum line running the perimeter. Cannon cracker audio system tied into the 70″ TV and Roku box in the shop area. Bathroom and deep sink and floor drains in wash/polish bay. Basically a way bigger version of the 26X28 I currently have. You won’t know I won the Powerball, but there’ll be signs….
Is it safe to assume that your car collection inside the building would include the Solarcar and Sandman ground cars from the short-lived Logan’s Run TV series?
Oh man, the things I would do for the shuttle train car thingie from the movie.
That said, I have a 1983 Ford Sierra in a Logan-worthy shade of brown, so that’s close enough.