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The making of a Hot Rod Clock

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by zman, Jan 18, 2010.

  1. zman
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    So I've had this piece of a Dynaflow kicking around for a few years. I always thought it'd make a cool clock. Today I got off my ***.

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    I took the cheasy cheap clock off the wall in one of the offices and took it apart.

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    Mocked it up on.

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    A little cutting and fitting later and I had a cool one of a kind clock. I even made a new Kustom face.

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    Now it just needs a bit of chrome. A headlight ring will soon surround the lense...
     
  2. mckustoms
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    Nice job, looks cool.
     
  3. NoSurf
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  4. zman
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    Thanks guys, I've been moving this thing around the shop or the garage since i took the Dynaflow out of the 57 10 years ago. I finally moved it to get to something this morning and that was it. Clock time.
     
  5. 13
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    Very creative! Sounds like a great thread to start up. You know, things that others have made out of old parts and what not.
     
  6. flt-blk
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    That's better than mine. looks nice.

    I can't imagine it will last long before some Flake finds its way on it.

    My cheap shop clock the battery ran out at 5:10 so I left it there, I guess it's always shop time at my house. :)
     
  7. Shifty Shifterton
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    Does that thing have an alarm so you know when it's time to pull the nailhead and install a chevy?


    :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
     
  8. FlamedChevy
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    Nice work...Great shop art..
     
  9. zman
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    Are you saying destroy the natural patina? :D

    It's still needs to be cleaned better before it gets some kind of paint. But I can see it painted with some stripes. Maybe some flake or pearl or something, but at least now I can sit it up on a shelf and feel like I'm not just moving it around again.
     
  10. zman
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    Never :mad:

    But an alarm function would be cool. Would that be considered a performance enhancement?
     
  11. Screamin' Metal
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    That is Kick-***!!!!!
     
  12. zman
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    Now I just need a mantle. Then I'd make a coffee table out of an old 364 and have a mantle clock to match.
     
  13. crash11049
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    Thats what I call recycling with cl*** and style.
     
  14. CruZer
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    That's cool and it took a lot more work than the three I made from wide whites and Moon discs.
     

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    hahahahahahahahaa!!!!
     
  16. The_Monster
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    Btw, nice work man, looks good!!
     
  17. CJ Steak
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    Hey zman... make that ******* run backwards to trip out people in your shop lol... Twilight Zone time.

    At least that's what i'd do...

    Your clock was a good idea!

    -Chris
     
  18. They sell clock movements at Hobby Lobby for a couple bucks if ya don't have a spare clock.
     
  19. bet it doesn't get knocked off the shelf.....
     
  20. roddinron
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    If it does, I hope no ones toe is under it!:eek:
    Nice job zman, there's nothin' more traditional than taking something that some one else would see as junk, and giving it a whole new life, very cool!
     
  21. twochops
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    Zman -That look really nice. How much will you selling them for?
    Also need the price for shipping. THANKS:)
     
  22. yardgoat
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    Shipping,that must weigh 35 lb Great job,just dont paint it purple.Can you make a set so you never have to change the time back or forward ?If ya got 2 ones always right.You da clock man,,
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  23. zman
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    Thanks guys...

    Yeah, I thought about that, but I measured the ****** piece, not even sure what to call it, looked up and said damn, that looks like the right size. I may have to grab a few next time I'm in one of the craft places...

    LOL, it is HEAVY, I know that, I hadn't even thought about selling it. Though I could probably find another Dynaflow to pull apart and make another.
     
  24. Shifty Shifterton
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    I really like how it mimics the shape of old mantle-top clocks. Dunno if that's what made you originally see it as a clock, but it has a nice effect.
     
  25. Damn, a Dynaflow is good for something!
     
  26. Heck you can buy a whole cheap clock in Wal-mart for about $4, too. Looks good -
     
  27. Donnda
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    How about engine tables? These are tables in a local resturant that was made out of the bays of an old service station.
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  28. Strange Agent
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    That clock is cool! (kool?) I want to see it with the headlight ring, I think that touch'll really finish that bad boy off!

    Donnda, cool stuff. It'd be hard to eat with all those good-looking things right there. I'd be distracted the whole time lookin' at all the cool bits.
     
  29. freebird101
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