No one puts a piece of glass on a $22,000 pedestal.
Vette Tire Coffee Table
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Racer
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Vette Tire Coffee Table
I will be having my new Cooper tires mounted soon.
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
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I'd like to see pictures when you're done. I thought about making an old tire into a cooler on wheels by putting a plastic tub through the tire. I saw one in a catolog a while back and it looked pretty good. Your idea sounds better. 
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I think it could be cool. I remember seeing a picture not too long ago of someone who made an End Table out of an LT5. Swear to God, I'm not making this up. Some rich bastard removed the LT5 from his ZR1 and had another LT5 built to produce some 600hp. Made an End Table from the original LT5. Mounted it on a stand and placed a glass top on it.
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I think it could be cool. I remember seeing a picture not too long ago of someone who made an End Table out of an LT5. Swear to God, I'm not making this up. Some rich bastard removed the LT5 from his ZR1 and had another LT5 built to produce some 600hp. Made an End Table from the original LT5. Mounted it on a stand and placed a glass top on it.
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I will be having my new Cooper tires mounted soon.
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
http://forums.motivemag.com/zerothre...int&id=3662261
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...Are you JOKING? Although it's cool, why the hell isn't that in another Vette!
I've always wanted to make some tables out of wheels, sounds decent. But an LT5...that's a monster that deserves to be in a car.
I've always wanted to make some tables out of wheels, sounds decent. But an LT5...that's a monster that deserves to be in a car.
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Thought about doing that with an extra LT5 I have, just cant get that heavy pig up the stairs. 
Oh, and dont have to be rich to own one either.
Oh, and dont have to be rich to own one either.
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I've got an old Nascar Winston Cup tire that was used by one of the Andrettis in my garage. I put a round plexiglass top on it and some small blocks of wood to raise it up. Looks pretty cool
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I will be having my new Cooper tires mounted soon.
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
I have chrome sawblades on my vette and the original set of sawblades in pristine condition. I am going to have one of the 285 40 17 tires mounted on one of the original rear sawblades, clean it up really well, put a glass top on it and make it into a table. I may need a pedestal to set the whole thing on to raise it to a decent height.
Has anyone done this? I think it will be cool. I may even put it in my office. Thanks tdb
This way you could use the original lug nuts to dress it up even more.
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Check out (not mine, just found the site while I was looking to do the same thing one day with my original wheels):
http://forums.motivemag.com/zerothre...int&id=3662261
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/my...ble/1590388659
Thought about using two rims, either stacked or one laying flat and the other "standing up", but wasn't sure if the glass would be stable enough.
I'll probably do something like this:
http://www.carfurniture.co.uk/
http://forums.motivemag.com/zerothre...int&id=3662261
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/my...ble/1590388659
Thought about using two rims, either stacked or one laying flat and the other "standing up", but wasn't sure if the glass would be stable enough.
I'll probably do something like this:
http://www.carfurniture.co.uk/
