Shop desk

@Ryan
I thought of your shop when I saw this desk, would look so good in there.
I didn't know what to ***le this as or what category to put it in but I just had to post this, it's too cool not to share it.



https://silodrome.com/douglas-dc-8-engine-cowl-desk/

 

That would be a one of a kind desk

 

I worked on DC-8’s back in the 80’s.

 

$3500 isn’t bad for the rascal considering the cool factor and how many folks have one in their home office!

 

They really didn’t do anything other than section it and make a top. Looks like a good sheet metal guy would have about 8 hours in it. They are buying this stuff out of the boneyard I am sure.

 

There were two brothers in Columbus, Ohio back in the 80s when I lived there, that ran an exotic car service and restoration business on the northeast side of the city. Damned if I can remember their names. One of the cars they had rebuilt was a Countach, from 3 cars, two front end wrecks and one rear end wrecks. The finished car was as good as new, but what was really impressive was what they did with the “spare” engine and transmission from one of the front end wrecks.

The older brother had bought a 1/8th scale model that helped them figure out how the car was made. One feature of the model kit was that it had a stand so that the engine and transmission could be built and then set aside while the rest of the model was being finished. He sat there one day evidently and had an epiphany about the engine and stand.

The result, he bought some stainless steel tubing and built a full scale version of the stand, and installed the engine and transmission on it. And then he made some little fixtures that attached to the 4 corners of the engine and had a tempered gl*** top made for it. He had the company name engraved in it from the underside. And it was in their office with a Recaro seat on a chair base to go with it.

It was impressive to say the least