Ideal for the likes of 263-2 or your Matchbox cars, but very frustrating if you wanted to garage your brick built Lego models! Then, as in now, Lego couldn't seem to decide what scale to work in!

I still have the "Garage" sign, but the moving tongue of the base broke off many years ago. I also had a house which included the same door mechanism, noteable because it had a plate base when most houses had a full thickness base.

Looks like the Delorean just took off out of there.

@MCLegoboy said:
"This feels weirdly familiar, like it's been a pick before...

EDIT: Here it is: https://brickset.com/article/100705 Different set, but similar concept and execution. The doors have counterweights at the top so it constantly wants to flip up, but when you put the door down low enough, it clips into place with the driveway. Press the driveway, and it flies up."

I thought I was getting Déjà vu, nice to know I’m not going too crazy

Very fragile, both the "moving tongue of the base" and the weights attached to the door break easily.

Cool! I was familiar with the other garage, but not with this one. Would be cool if they would include such a feature in a new set, though now brick built.

-Hey fellas, "the garage"! Well, oh la di da, mr. Frenchman!
-Well, what do you call it?
-A car hole!

I found the garage baseplate in one bulk lot, but sadly not door pieces. I may even have the brick with garage print. This set and its opening mechanism intrigued me for a while, should finally complete it one day. And then park old Matchbox cars in there :-)

I have the door somewhere. We should have an international meet up and complete the set!

You could also buy just the garage assembly separately: https://brickset.com/sets/235-2/Garage-Plate-and-Door-(Gray-Base-and-Door-Frame)

@MCLegoboy said:
"This feels weirdly familiar, like it's been a pick before...

EDIT: Here it is: https://brickset.com/article/100705 Different set, but similar concept and execution. The doors have counterweights at the top so it constantly wants to flip up, but when you put the door down low enough, it clips into place with the driveway. Press the driveway, and it flies up."

I thought I was getting Déjà vu, nice to know I’m not going too crazy

@Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"This feels weirdly familiar, like it's been a pick before...

EDIT: Here it is: https://brickset.com/article/100705 Different set, but similar concept and execution. The doors have counterweights at the top so it constantly wants to flip up, but when you put the door down low enough, it clips into place with the driveway. Press the driveway, and it flies up."

I thought I was getting Déjà vu, nice to know I’m not going too crazy"

This double-posted, but there were no less than seven posts between the two. Or maybe it wasn't a double post, and you're crazier than you think...

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @MCLegoboy said:
"This feels weirdly familiar, like it's been a pick before...

EDIT: Here it is: https://brickset.com/article/100705 Different set, but similar concept and execution. The doors have counterweights at the top so it constantly wants to flip up, but when you put the door down low enough, it clips into place with the driveway. Press the driveway, and it flies up."

I thought I was getting Déjà vu, nice to know I’m not going too crazy"

This double-posted, but there were no less than seven posts between the two. Or maybe it wasn't a double post, and you're crazier than you think..."

Was a joke playing on the Déjà vu mention, so people would read the comment a second time and go “hang on…”

This is one of the very few LEGO sets my uncle had as a kid. I played with it a my grandmother's many years later.