yeah flush mounting is a PITA plus the fixtures are all designed for suspended mount or have suspension kits added. Yep four outlets plus there's a duples outlet up there already (for the garage door opener) which has a spare outlet. Four lights is way more than enough though. Yeah i suppose i could use those lights. the Restore Therm-o-matic shoplite is all taped up (so no bugs live in it) and is in the shed, tucked away til spring. The one that's converted to T8 isn't wired to to a cord. I could use the WWII one but the cord is litterally 3" long outside of the fixture, since i cut it just long enough to reach the junction box if the light were to be mounted right under the box, centered.
Yep, there are four F40T12 lights at my aunt and uncles house but only two of them will be mine (one's Joe's and one's Aaron's). There's also a F20T12 fixture that will be nice since I have like 50+ F20T12 lamps to burn through lol. Perhaps I'll stick a couple F20 fixtures out there for the time being.
I plan to have the two fixtures from my aunts and uncles, the bathroom light from my grandpa's shop, and I guess if I can, I'll keep the Metalux turret as the fourth unless I get another fixture.