Re: an idea for a piece of art

[Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>]

"Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com> wrote:

>I'm considering cutting the entire *ss-end of the Coupe GT off, and make a
>piece of art out of it.

>When I get my house, I'll put it up in the garage, or the living room.
>It would be mounted on the wall, trunk lid, taillights, bumper, and all,
>like at those cool retro-burger joints, like Hudson's Grill (if you've
>ever seen something like that).

(snip)

>Or, I would make the trunk be a storage bin or something.

Nice to use as a bar (drinks cabinet), perhaps.

I somehow think it will be considered very tacky by a lot of people, but
I've been toying with the same idea for a couple of years, to the extent of
going into the scrapyard to look for a suitable car. The problem is that
any possible space for it in my living room tends to be quickly taken up by
'ordinary' furniture.

To keep it from looking too tacky, I'd put it somewhere where it's not
surrounded by too much other stuff. I'd also cut it off diagonally (an
additional challenge, but it looks nicer like that, I think).

I've been considering using a Mini for this, because of its handy size.
Unfortunately, space problems apart, the quality of my apartment's walls
(reinforced muffin, I think) makes this too challenging for me.

Tom