Vette engine coffee table (PICS)
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Racer
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Vette engine coffee table (PICS)
Until a couple months ago, the original engine from my '69 had been collecting dust in a barn ever since she threw a rod-taking a few chunks out of the block-along with the cam shaft breaking into three pieces. It's in too bad of shape to rebuild, but I wanted to keep it around so I decided to make possibly the heaviest coffee table ever!
The valve covers were dull and dirty as hell, but after a lot of Flitz and Dremel'ing and some red accent paint, they look pretty decent.
I was hoping to have the glass rest flat on the valve covers, but as you can see below, the intake manifold sticks up too high. I havent decided how I'll fix that yet, any suggestions?
The valve covers were dull and dirty as hell, but after a lot of Flitz and Dremel'ing and some red accent paint, they look pretty decent.
I was hoping to have the glass rest flat on the valve covers, but as you can see below, the intake manifold sticks up too high. I havent decided how I'll fix that yet, any suggestions?
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From: Sorrento Italy
Originally Posted by mlub
I'm a 22 yr old bach renting a house... I know what you mean but at this point I dont have a lot of choices about interior design
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hmmmm.... not an idea right now but you might get an idea from some of my furniture items on my site www.237am.com........ i would take off the covers and expose the rockers and then go from there.... how many people actually have seen under the covers....might make for a good conversation
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Cool 
You could get valve cover spacers. Since tey don't have to seal I'd just make some wood spacers and paint them black.... use the valve cover as a template.
How much do you need ? It looks like 1" would do the trick.... a 1x8, 8' long is about $10....
You could get valve cover spacers. Since tey don't have to seal I'd just make some wood spacers and paint them black.... use the valve cover as a template.
How much do you need ? It looks like 1" would do the trick.... a 1x8, 8' long is about $10....
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From: Lake Arrowhead - Georgia > 72 Base Coupe & 74 BB Roadster
Originally Posted by mlub
I'm a 22 yr old bach renting a house... I know what you mean but at this point I dont have a lot of choices about interior design
That IS a good looking SB.
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I like it. Good job. I would like to do something like this in the garage. Its a guy thing. Enjoy!!!
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Racer
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From: austin tx
Originally Posted by Budman78
I saw a table made out of a LT5 engine on the forum once. Put the a carb and air cleaner ash tray on top the glass.
Originally Posted by RedBad1979
You could get valve cover spacers. Since tey don't have to seal I'd just make some wood spacers and paint them black.... use the valve cover as a template.
How much do you need ? It looks like 1" would do the trick.... a 1x8, 8' long is about $10....
How much do you need ? It looks like 1" would do the trick.... a 1x8, 8' long is about $10....
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Racer
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From: austin tx
Originally Posted by blacklimo03
Did you get that idea from Top Gear? On the Porsche challenge episode, Clarkson made a coffee table out of a Porsche engine.
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Originally Posted by mlub
I was hoping to have the glass rest flat on the valve covers, but as you can see below, the intake manifold sticks up too high. I havent decided how I'll fix that yet, any suggestions?
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Way cool. Put a timing cover and water pump on the front, and some shorty headers on the side. I like the carb/air cleaner ash tray idea. I got a 327 small block in the garage. Wife won't let it or the Harley inside. Anything you need for that coffed table engine, let us know.
Put a timing cover and water pump on the front, and some shorty headers on the side. I like the carb/air cleaner ash tray idea. I got a 327 small block in the garage. Wife won't let it or the Harley inside. Anything you need for that coffed table engine, let us know.