Fun with old car parts- Worlds heaviest floor lamp.

Steve@Tasca

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So here it is, a lamp I built using the flywheel, crank and cam from a 1961 Austin Healey 3.0l inline six.
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The crank had been under my dads deck for years and when we tore out the deck I had the idea to repurpose the old crank. I media blasted the crank and then welded the cam to the crank. I also performed a little patina magic to the cam and the black and galvanized pipe I used for the lighting fixture to give it a more uniform appearance and then treated it with Penetrol to preserve the finish. The lighting is courtesy of a pair of 40 watt Edison bulbs.

I have yet to weigh it but it has to be in the 130lb range.
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That is awesome!

I have a bunch of early Chrysler Hemi parts that I have thought about doing something similar with. But then I think about moving that heavy cast iron crap around and decide not to! lol
 

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That's a great look, Steve. And I'm sure you had fun building it as well. Envisioning it and gathering all the pieces to put it together is most of the work.
 

Steve@Tasca

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That is awesome!

I have a bunch of early Chrysler Hemi parts that I have thought about doing something similar with. But then I think about moving that heavy cast iron crap around and decide not to! lol

Any old valve covers you don't need? ;)

I don't think I'd do another one of these, it is very hard to move around although it's on Felt pads so I can slide it across the hardwood.

looks cool Steve

Thanks, I do have a couple other lighter projects in mind once I round up some more parts.

-Steve
 

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Looks good. I made a table
Lamp out of an old 2v npi head.

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pretty cool

I've seen engine block coffee tables, or even engine block wine holders

I guess you could even make mail boxes out of old car parts
 

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