I did the same thing and I made the ceiling 8 feet. That gives you room to pull the truck in and to raise the hood. You won't be able to jack it up that much, but enough to get under it with it on jack stands. You will also be able to use a standard garage door.
My other garage I built with a height of 13 feet 2 inches from floor to ceiling and that let me put in a hoist and overhead fluorescent hanging lights. I can raise the hoist to full height with the hood open. This is a 2 post 10,000 pound unit. I can walk under it without any problems and I 6' 2" tall. Hope this helps. Jim V. 1958 GMC Suburban Carrier Pickup (same as a Chevy Cameo, but better) From: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com [mailto:old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of smbarrett Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 4:28 PM To: old-chevy-truck@yahoogroups.com Subject: [old-chevy-truck] Shop ceiling height I need opinions on how high should a garage ceiling be if one of the uses is parking and working on a vintage (mine is 1952) GMC half-ton pickup? I've set up a meeting with a builder to see about putting a garage under a room that we are going to build onto our house. The house is on a hill, and I think we can fit a garage in, but I want to make SURE that there will be enough headroom to at least get the truck in and out easily and also be able to raise the hood. I would measure my truck, but it is currently inaccessable to me and partially disassembled and on blocks in a friend's shed. Thanks, Sam Barrett [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.comYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
