About the Atlanta Garage Party

The Atlanta Garage Party is a monthly social event for people who own collectable or modified cars of any condition, and work on them themselves. It takes place somewhere in the larger metro-Atlanta area on every third Friday of the month, at ~8pm. Usually it lasts to between 11pm and midnight. It is not for people who only read car magazines and watch Top Gear, or collect cars that others work on. If you are one of those, please keep that a secret. If you would like to host one of these parties, then you need to be a person who attends them, and has gotten to know others in the group. Although exceptions are sometimes made, the intent is to have these parties in people's home garages, not at their businesses. If you, your spouse, children, and family pets spend more time at your place of business than at your house, or if the two have kinda merged, or if your business is just cool beyond words (Bryan Fuller), then you have a good chance of hosting there. We would like to meet your spouse and children and let them know that you have an enabling support group around you that you can fall back on when you are disowned by them.

Please feel free to invite any males that fit this description, and any females whatsoever. Very closely-supervised children can come also. Please do bring pictures of your current projects, or pieces of the project, or videos of your last track day, or business cards, party favors, or whatever to show off. If you have a 1929 Miller Indy car supercharger housing with a hairline crack in it that you are wondering how to repair, then just throw it in your trunk and bring it along. Unsolicited advice will be plentiful. But, dress to please the wenches, not to handle the wrenches.

If you have friends that would like to receive these messages, please have them come to some parties. They can also send the site an email with pictures of their current car projects for qualification analysis.

You are encouraged to bring whatever food or beverages that you like to share (or have lying around your kitchen that your kids won’t eat). Hosts most often just have a cooler of ice there, but sometimes also have food that they have prepared or purchased. I would say that the average food provided is a couple of bags of chips, still in the bag. If the chips are in a bowl, then somebody has gotten really fussy. Don't vacuum your carpet before the party, you are going to need the energy for vacuuming after the party.

It is expected that all party details vary widely between hosts and from month to month.