Who has the most useful unusual reuse of old parts?
 

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.)

Rotor wall clock. Front body clip with trunk open as a chair!!SmileWavy

Garden art

I used to have a broken 911 tach on my desk at the office which I used to indicate the current level of "business". Low RPMs, low transactions; high RPMs to redline, well, you get the picture. My office had all sorts of neat car stuff and diecasts anyway, so this fit right in.

A friend who owns a machine shop made a christmas tree base out of a brake rotor. incredible amount of hours and high craftsmanship. i'll have to find a picture.

I heard that F. Vincent Zappa used the DME & fuel system from a Carrera in his electric cooled pony harness for his new car...

This guy made a lamp. http://forums.thecarlounge.net/zerothread?id=3683696

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7...7da5ab4ks7.jpg

Not sure my wife would appreciate the lamp. Not quite queen ann or early american.

It's so pretty :*).

I've got an old 15" Indy Car slick that my son uses as a night stand.
One of my NLA 9x15 Fuchs is now a hose reel. If they ever start making decent sized tires again it'll go back on the car.

- tell her it won an award from MOMA

You can make a cool desklamp out of 928 headlights too.

I have a string of rotors that I use for a boat anchor.

That's really cool! I've envisioned the same lamp but using a crankshaft.

here's a picture of the xmas tree stand.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203286642.jpg
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If you recall the Barry Bennett restoration project, Barry's widow Jane gave me this cigar holder a few years back. Three old valves and an old piston head. Pretty creative. I was considering cleaning it up in the sandblaster but it has history just as it is. Works great too. Thanks Barry. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203702980.jpg

Base for a halogen work lamp made from an old rotor.

The ever popular Fuchs hose reel. I got it from EASY years ago - the inside is marked "NFG" ("No F@#king Good") - badly warped.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203704363.jpg

I've got a short stack of brake rotors I'm using as a storage stand for my rebuilt 915. The bellhousing fits on the flat of the rotor nicely, and the mainshaft sticks down in the center hole without resting on the ground.

I've seen guys at car shops weld approx 6 foot lengths of 2" pipe with a "Y" on top onto old rotors and use them as support stands to hold up front engine cars exhaust systems while the car is up on a lift and the mechanic is standing under the car welding the exhaust sytem together.
The rotor is the base for the stand.

Complete stock 930 exhaust system/ Boat anchor

Down in Tennessee they use the whole car for lawn art

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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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.

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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.

office chairs out of old porsche seats.

911 Garage... Paper Towel Holder
 

Here's my paper towel holder.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1203901579.jpg

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

Al,
Great paper towel holder. What part is that? I don't recognise it.

Concours trophies out of bent and twisted motor parts

...looks to be an early lower valve cover with a couple connecting rods on the ends to support the grey pvc pipe center rod.

Larry,

Remember 1990?
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1204073351.jpg

DUMBBELLS?

brake rotors would make an excellent freasbe for an annoying chiuahua!

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.

I love the trophy. Left Coast ingenuity never ceases to amaze me!

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.

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

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!