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Main Shop Interior Exploration

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Exploring Robert Gee's Former Race Shop: Old School NASCAR History (Stories From Darrell Waltrip!)

What happens here

Enter the main shop building and observe its current state, comparing it to historical images. Note the presence of modern race cars (late models) and racing flags/banners. Pay close attention to enduring fixtures like old wooden cabinets, AC units, and any lingering paint marks or electrical panels that might hold historical clues, such as the Dale Earnhardt 'Jeans Machine' sticker found on the breaker box. The adjacent welding/fabrication room and a small bathroom are also briefly toured.

Goal: Explore the main shop area for historical clues and current use.

Tools and materials

  • Phone iPhone — Taking photos for comparison

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pictures that i've seen it looks exactly the same like there's cars sitting right here i think it's changed too much wow i don't know if you can hear the cars out there but this place is like right across from charlotte from here really look out right out the door you can see the sweets and stuff oh oh yeah of course logan's petting the cat did you make a friend yeah it's really sweet is he gonna come in the shop with us come on cat let's you know the air go so you found that in here that was up in the attic there's a bunch more stuff up there there's an attic okay robert d used to build a lot of second gen camaro so there's a lot of second gen parts up there really airbox for like a daytona with like a sliding screen in it you don't really see that anymore see here it is full of fuel bezel out of steel and robert probably made this yeah most likely old mid plate definitely didn't worry about saving weight back then okay god this thing weighs like i don't even know a lot 15 pounds probably that's that's all now we use all aluminum so and the rest of the parts will be upstairs okay you didn't even say anything about an attic over instagram so this is like a pleasant surprise that's how we found out about this place he just sent me a message and said hey and then robert g's old shop and i'm like really don't look like much when you're you drive right on by no one notices and that's the best part you know how many engines were pulled in and out on this beam here you could just tell you could just smell it just smells like a lot of stuff used to happen in here like that old garage smell you just there's just a smell for old garages this is crazy this is an adt security subscriber darryl waltrip yeah that the wrangler's car used to be on the front door too you can see where it used to be really yeah the door isn't faded as much there towards the top oh yeah right there so that's a 1982 that's a bud more car so that's been there a really really long time i wonder who put that there still original going through redoing all the lights and it's probably still wiring from the 60s because there's no grounds and everything it's wired three-phase so just set up to do machinery did robert build the building himself after he already had the house i think he built this first because i think i saw a photo before the house was here and this was just wide open by itself i'm sure somebody can confirm that look at these old cabinets these look like the cabinets that were in…

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