Thanks guys, I am mildly obsessed with old axles, I just keep getting more and have no need for most of them.
Both my kids in the 80's and 90's blew up an engine in the same vehicle. They each still have a damaged piston from the engines that I made into clocks for them. Other pistons with brake drums and pulleys were used on some stanchions I made for my Grandson and me when we displayed our rides at an indoor car show.
I found this kool old heater so I took out the core and put two gauges a radio and my heater/ac controls in it. I hate cluttered dashes so this hide all the goodies.
Oh yeah, I forgot about the motorcycle license plate frame used as a bezel for the shifter boot, and the drum pedal for a gas pedal.
I asked my wife for one of her perfume bottles. I mounted it on the dash of our 34 dodge delivery to used as a traffic light finder at night. works very good. Also I used a screen door hook for a suicide door catch. Its works great, plus in an emergency a person could still open the door from the outside. Ron...
This is fun........... When we first met my bride didn't understand why I hardly ever threw anything away. I told her that rodders were into recycling before it was fashionable. Here I took some B body Mopar spring brackets and made some motor mount brackets.
An easy way to score sheetmetal is picking up old shelving that pops up in the garabage quite often. Excellent sheet metal source and some even have beading in them.My local steel supplier closed the surplus store they had and increased the minimum so you have to buy full sheets now.Shelves can be taken apart and stacked..Old mango ironing presses for fabrics have curved covers.Its endless if you use your noggen to see uses in used parts.Go to the local s**** yard that takes in all types of metal.Thousands of uses.An old SS O2 bottle from WW2 bomber is doing the same thing.
Recessed license plate mount from Ford van, trunk release and latch from '84 Monte Carlo, seats from early '60's GM, Hurst shifter with re-pop Chevelle stick..........
GREAT thread. No pics, but I used those fold down license plate brackets (mullet generation camero and such) that gave access to the gas filler. I recessed my hitch reviever and light plug into the bumper. Hidden until you flip the plate and theres the receiver and the plug
Guess I was a s****per of sorts myself.... until my last move that is. I had to s**** over 1000 lbs of my stashed parts and goodies . Broke my heart to see all that "valuable" stuff go! **** if there was a site like this then I'd had sold it I'd be retired! Oh **** I am retired, just poorer!
A few years back, I found a '41 Chevy spinner steering wheel on eBay. It was the steering wheel only and the plastic was gone. I wrapped the rim with gum rubber tubing and a leather wheelskin. Wracked my brains fer awhile for a trim solution for the hub, when fooling around one nite after a few beers, I discovered a cowl light trim ring in my possession was a nice press fit for the hub opening. Then it was off to the races with some aluminium sheet and bar stock and a 1887 Morgan silver dollar inherited from my maternal grandparents.
Re-purposing parts has always fascinated me,when its done with a good taste. I needed something to hide the Centech fusebox,it just looked too streetroddish for my taste. I made fusebox shell from an old cashbox.That cashbox's lock was broken,so it was useless for cash stashing:
This steering wheel was made from the following: Spokes from an old willys steering wheel A hole saw slug from something that needed a hole. The ring is from an ottoman foot stool left on the curb 100% recycled parts.
The dash in my 48 is some small diameter exhaust tubing with the panel made out of the inside panel of a mid 70's Chevy long bed bed side. Most of my boat tail roadster is made of left over sheet metal from my Chevy truck parts scavenging. What isn't good enough to use on a truck makes good body panels for the roadster. 80% of that car is donated left overs or out of my sheds or s**** piles with very little bought new.
neighbors front load washer took a dump ( drum bearing which cannot be replaced ) I pillaged the drain pump as its not on the drum motor ***y , and is 12ov and has a 1 1/2" inlet and 3/4 outlet plus a prefilter plus it makes great pressure , making a super parts washer from a laundry slopsink and the pump as my metal parts washer rusted out after 2 years ( I use a water/alkali based cleaner) and the little pumps they give you do not like hot liquids , will post pictures when finished .
I like this one a lot. A am looking at this fuse box for my coupe. I had the same thought about the street rod look. Was thinking about putting it under the seat. This is another good option.
Or car show stantions. I made these from some ruff cut pine, a Detriot diesel cam cut into four pieces(man there hard to cut!) and capped with a flathead piston.
And car show signs made from an old touring door my wife and I found four wheeling in our side by side.
This may sound weird, but are you related/owner of the vanpelt site where there is a lot of Info and OD stuffs for early fords? And I love your car!
No we are not related(I wish i knew all the stuff he does) Thanks for the kudos on the car its turned out better than I could have imaged.
Needed a spare tire holder for the FED trailer.... stole crew chiefs holder off his van.....added longer arm for 1/2 drive ratchet to drop viola tire out of way .......
I used to work with a guy, when someone said that guy (pointing at someone): that guy know his ****! He would always say: so could you if you started listening, and do as you are told! Lol, nice guy, great times. Is there a build thread? It looks like you did most things right, and if I can see the build thread I might be able to confirm you did it all right!
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