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930gt-40r 02-22-2008 11:33 AM
Complete stock 930 exhaust system/ Boat anchor

cgarr 02-22-2008 11:34 AM
Down in Tennessee they use the whole car for lawn art

porsche930dude 02-22-2008 04:26 PM
Not really porsche parts but just about everything i build out of metal is recycled from somthing. I never bought new steel for anything. I just completed this gocart Its made mostly of bicycle parts and bed frame
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Dantilla 02-22-2008 04:57 PM
I use old rotors to teach the six-year-old how to catch a frisbee. He needs a bit of toughening up.

Now I need to find some smaller Porsche parts to fix his teeth.

rnln 02-22-2008 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Dantilla (Post 3786291)
I use old rotors to teach the six-year-old how to catch a frisbee. He needs a bit of toughening up.

Now I need to find some smaller Porsche parts to fix his teeth.

Jgordon 02-24-2008 03:10 PM
Used front rotor holds a 3-wick candle very well. Although I haven't lit the candle in about 3 years, so it just takes up room on the coffee table. Maybe time to find a different use.

930gt-40r 02-24-2008 03:58 PM
office chairs out of old porsche seats.

al lkosmal 02-24-2008 04:09 PM
911 Garage... Paper Towel Holder
 
Here's my paper towel holder.

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targa florio 02-24-2008 05:24 PM
I throw one into the bottom of a planter when I re-plant a big plant like a ficus tree. Helps keep them from blowing over in the wind

Chris Lovell 02-26-2008 01:32 PM
Al,
Great paper towel holder. What part is that? I don't recognise it.

LARRY SHARP 02-26-2008 02:14 PM
Concours trophies out of bent and twisted motor parts

JFairman 02-26-2008 03:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Lovell (Post 3793766)
Al,
Great paper towel holder. What part is that? I don't recognise it.
...looks to be an early lower valve cover with a couple connecting rods on the ends to support the grey pvc pipe center rod.

PCA7GGR 02-26-2008 03:49 PM
Larry,

Remember 1990?
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gostraight 02-26-2008 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Lovell (Post 3772070)
I just replaced my front rotors again. As I was preparing to take the old rotors to the dump, I started thinking about creative reuse of the old rotors. Stack them as jack stands? Bird bath? Two together as wall mounted cord/hose storage?
I have an use 911 piston which has three valves welding on which is a great cigar holder. This was given to me by Jane Bennett.
Any other ideas for these and other things?
(Wayne and all, sorry if this is inappropriate for this forum. If so, please move or delete.)
DUMBBELLS?

gostraight 02-26-2008 04:14 PM
brake rotors would make an excellent freasbe for an annoying chiuahua!

al lkosmal 02-26-2008 09:03 PM
Chris,
Thanks. The paper towel holder is made from a valve cover and two rods. Cut a length of PVC pipe to hang the roll from. Got to do something with the old lower valve covers when replaced with the later style. (good eyes JFairman)

al

I'd cut the rotors in half and weld the halves together at right angles to make bookends.

Chris Lovell 02-27-2008 08:48 AM
I love the trophy. Left Coast ingenuity never ceases to amaze me!

HelmetHead 02-28-2008 08:19 AM
The guy who used to build my VW motors had a wood burning stove in his shop....the vent stack was made from old cylinders which made for excellent heat exchangers.

rothaus 02-28-2008 08:30 AM
Wheels
 
I made a table out of a left over wheel

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1174045427.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/335933-what-do-extra-fuchs-wheel.html

Cheers
Engelbert

Engelbert's Garage

Chris Lovell 02-28-2008 08:36 AM
Got to love these last two. That retro dinette table is very cool. And I'd love to see a piture of the woodstove smoke stack made of engine cylinders. Tremendous idea!


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