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Here's the latest thing I've built,a rat-rod shelf.It's a well used 20's Hupmobile radiator shell,with the center made out of some old barn wood and Jealousy window glass.Also has a LED light in the top and a true rat-rod radiator cap! Thanks for looking.
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Thanks ttom and toolate!
Charming!
Good idea!
Nicely done, very creative!
Thanks mikko,blunderbuss,walksoftly,kerry and ejw!Thanks for the compliments!
Absolutely wonderful, and the hood ornament is the icing on the rad !~Phil
Thank you very much Phil,I didn't have a real cap to "waste" on this project , so since it was so "rat-rodish" I just made one up!I thought that this would be a good use of something that would otherwise get scraped.
Great idea!
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