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My wife called and said grab a trailer, meet her at work. She got a KW hood. She wants to put a bench out front, bar-b-que at the back! I think it will turn out cool! I think a couple of wheels and a bumper will finish the look.
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would be cool...isn't that fiberglass? ...if so I'd be careful about the heat from a grill..
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I like the way your wife thinks....:).... She is obviously a keeper. LockDoc |
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Hell ya. Set it up with working lights too, really cool. definitely a keeper:metal:
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Is it damaged? She must have gotten some kind of crazy bargain on that. Looks to be in great shape. It's cool yard art, but I would be expecting old KW guys, or other vintage truck nuts, to be trying to buy that. And it's worth some good money, too. Cool, but IMO, a waste of a good part. Kind of like using a rust free original 67 door as yard art to a vintage truck guy. There are antique truck fanatics out there same as Chevy pickup fanatics.
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That is a cool piece , I love it .
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Thanks guys. She IS a keeper! I'm darn lucky. She saved it from being scrapped! Her boss had the guys pull it out of the blackberries and set it aside. The plan is to not cut on it or screw anything to it. I will weld up a simple framework (skid) so the hood will attach to the front pivot points, and the two rear guides that would line up with the cab. The fiberglass is in poor shape in spots, but we are going to save it. Headlamps will be working for sure. The bench will attach to the framework out front. The grill will be "floating" out back, not under the hood. I'm going to look for a couple of wheels and a bumper on the cheap. Will post pictures in the future.
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It's my kind of artwork for sure. And you certainly did find yourself a good one. I guess you already expect you will get folks wanting it. Just like with Grumpy's trucks under tarp, some people will see something sitting that they think shouldn't be and think that means you should want to let them decide what is best for it. It's find your own and do with it what you like. It will be the same front end needing 'glass work the day you decide (if) to get it out of the yard. It's cool to know there is connection to it, not just a big part. I have some old parts as yard art as well as old farm items displayed...repurposed. That sure was a pretty paint combo that truck had.
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I'm in the two big national antique truck clubs, which is for all sizes but the place for large truck enthusiasts/hobbiests. That's why I say "They will be knocking". And, it reminded me of a club member who on his way to a show last September had his right front blow out on his way to the show. It busted the whole headlight area out on his restored truck. The talk is all about running the old tires and what can happen now. That was an expensive blow-out. I'm sure just the road service cost him a good bit.
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Awesome! Love that gate.
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I could see that W900 sitting with a Cheyenne Super in Medium Blue and White.
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My yard art is not that big but the mountain bluebirds liked it today :metal:
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Some of my yard art. Front of a 67 g10 van.
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Yard art thread might take off. Lets see some more. We use big truck brake drums as flower pots because they are weedeater & mower proof. :lol:
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I like the crankshaft post. For eons I have wanted to come across a big Caterpillar crankshaft for my mailbox post
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That do not mow sign is great!
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Thanks! The Thanks! sign at the other end. Of course, they never pick up mowing for the rest of the bank anyway, so grown up like a SOB. But this fall they bots were doing a more thorough job. They stopped and we talked trucks (of course). Turns out the school bus drivers were complaining about the growth brushing the buses. Probably the bus owners. Anyway, I got them to gnaw it all down to dirt the while way down and to the top of the bank. I need to get out there and finish the job, rake out and dig roots, before growing season. This is the bank across the road I look at off my front porch. The lady across the road who's place it is loves it. Ijust dig stuff up from over here or buy plants on sale for cheap. I'll be moving the "Thanks!" shovel on down
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I've got an old Model A tire with a thermometer in the middle hanging on a shed, and a sled you can't ride in the dirt hanging on a fence panel. Another panel has an old window frame with a planter.( without plants , just a solar lite.)
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I like doing things with old window frames, inside and out. I had some from a chicken coupe that had fallen down saved. But, doggone if I didn't start working for a homeowner who wanted to close up a little out building that had the windows busted out and my sashes worked out for that. So, they are back to being windows in an old farm outbuilding for who knows how many more years
Attachment 1757483 Attachment 1757484 Attachment 1757485 A better picture of the Thanks! sign Attachment 1757486 Part of a wall on my shed. Sections of hand made chain, sun cut out of 55 gal. barrel top, fox trap, hert made out of barbed wire, etc Attachment 1757489 |
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Wall on one of our out buildings. That sun is very cool.
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The other side of the fence with the sled is way cooler ....:mm:
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More junk/yard art/stuff laying around on purpose:
Attachment 1757881 Attachment 1757882 Attachment 1757883 Attachment 1757884 Old horn in the garden I plant flowers in |
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The front yard.... part of it. We really enjoy our small fire pit. Long time ago, I posted a pic of the '69 hauling our "sitting rock". Got some looks going up the highway. ;)
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Nice sitting place... sanctuary.
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Nice insulator K... Is it threaded ? I've a black glass unthreaded , been offered 2000 for...has pontil mark and everything :chevy:
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On the glass theme..
I’m not sure if it’s yard art ? But do any of you all remember putting old glass out In the sun to make it turn blue/ purple That’s the left over pile |
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Google glass bottle tree , that is what I thought of when I saw that pile of bottles .
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Stan, yes it is threaded. I took that mount off a historic home I worked on in the '90s. Had that lying around all that time, and also had a variety of insulators I had gathered. The mount takes huge flatheads that I never had big enough any time I'd be motivated to hang it up. Finally one day I ended up with a couple big-uns and hung 'er up! I have a bunch of clear insulators and wooden mounts, too. So the one you have, is it ceramic or glass? I knew people collected them, but had no idea of the values.
I never heard of putting glass out to change color (You pullin' my leg?). But I think glass is cool, especially colored, even in a pile. I walk my road and keep the trash picked up while I'm at it. One day it hit me to pile the cans, glass, and plastic bottles in a clear spot just beyond where the county mows. One, it saved me from carrying it all the way back home. Two, it started looking cool as it piled up. I try to keep the colors glass/plastic on the outer area. Three, maybe it will make the people who still actually think the world is their trash can to spark a trace of conscious thought. Funny thing. Once it started piling up someone took the aluminum cans :lol:, so I keep those for myself now. Once, someone came along and picked it all up. I count that as a success. Four, I wanted to see how big and high of a pile it makes to show people how it all adds up. |
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this a house not too far from here in B.C. made with all embalming fluid. bottlesHouse-British_Columbhttps://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g154922-d1554353-r245960840-Glass_Bottleia.html
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That is crazy, but cool, blazer2007
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