Bob Wirth Garage

Retired architect Bob Wirth's garage in southern Wisconsin uses an octagon design to minimize exposure of the outside walls to the weather. The garage will be featured in Dream Garage International, which can be seen at http://octanepress.com/book/dream-garage-international

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Robert Wirth is an architect from southern Wisconsin with a penchant for MGs and early Fords. His garage is a cornucopia of nicely-restored machines and endless shelves, drawers and walls draped with interesting parts and bits.
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Wirth’s built three of these hexagon-shaped garages. The shape minimizes heat loss, and the redwood shingles give the place an organic look that blends nicely into the wooded lot.
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Wirth’s garage is a testament to 50 years of car collecting. An MG TF 1500 sits next to an [MG T?]. [Bob: What year and models are the MGs?]
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Tools of the auto restorer trade.
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This brass-era Ford is a [Bob? Is this your 1909?]
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Vintage Ford parts fill this wall. [Bob: anything unique here?]
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The boxes for some of the parts take on a patina more interesting than the part itself. [Bob: anything unique here?]
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The upper garage was the second one built, and the first of the three to feature a custom-designed roof truss that eliminated a center support post.