Wheels furniture / wall display / clock / suggestions?

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Hi all

Thought I'd introduce a little project I'm working on and welcome suggestions for the final use.

First the back story...

My Mom and Dad met at Cosmic car accessories in 1969, or to tell the full story that I've only just discovered, my dad was working there as assistant to the Export Manager and the Export Manager needed a secretary and chose my mom as she'd be a good match for my Dad. Late 60s pimping at its finest. 2 years later they were married. I'd been planning on doing something like this for their next milestone anniversary but my Dad died a month ago and obviously didn't get the chance but events like that must spur us on to do things rather than plan things so today I picked up these...



A pair of Cosmic alloys in 13" x 6" ford fitment from the back of a Marcos. Not that the fitment matters as I'll be getting them chopped up like so...



Once left with just the faces I'll get them stripped and polished, I'll keep one and give one to my brother as I'm sure my Mom will like them but not sure my mom will be interested enough to have one in her house really.


The use for them is where you come in...

Uses I've thought are so far are -

wall mount them with plate hangers as a decoration or a clock (with a face mounted onto a wheel centre)

A fruit bowl

I don't think a coffee table would be suitable with my 2.5 year old son as he'll be trying to pick them up and roll them around the lounge

Any other suggestions welcome.

Cheers
Phil

[tickman]

Nice back story about how they met.
Once I had seen your picture I instantly thought clock, would be great if you could make it look like it has a tire on it also.
Just my opinion but bookmarked from me

John.

[SmokeEm]

 Occasional wine table gets my vote. Nice sheet of glass cut to match top and sat on an old 3 legged table stand. Would mean you will be toasting your Dad with every sip.

[joem83]

Great idea.

How about ceiling light?





Or use it as the base for a floor standing light (Standard light?)

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Cheers all some nice suggestions.

I've seen the white light shade one before but hadn't thought of it when I came up with the plan.

Another thought today was to use it as a bar stool seat, bolting it onto an old bar stool base through the wheel bolt holes.

[colnerov]

Hi, I can see that your Mum might not want the wheel hanging on her wall, but she might go for a picture of it especially if you incorporated a montage of photo's of her, your Dad, you and your brother.

Colin

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Jul 28, 2015 23:56:21 GMT colnerov said:

Hi, I can see that your Mum might not want the wheel hanging on her wall, but she might go for a picture of it especially if you incorporated a montage of photo's of her, your Dad, you and your brother.

Colin

Cheers Colin, that's a good plan. A nice soft focus greyscale close-up with a circular family photo within the PCD printed on a board would work well.

Even a circular board if they're available?!

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

No work yet but a close-up photo that I've instagrammed...

[WildCards]

How about a tall lounge lamp? The wheel face could be the base and you could fab or repurpose something to hold the bulb and add a period shade to match the wheels.

[joem83]

Picture frame? Put a picture in each of the triangles?

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Table lamp base is the current favourite but with a nice looking low wattage vintage style bulb so no need for a shade.

Or a water feature mounted onto a slate base with a bell fountain coming out the centre bore. (I'd need to get it powdercoated rather than bare alloy for this though)

[vertex]

A bit time consuming but maybe for a conservatory with a flush glass top with the edges covered by the material



Not so good with a youngster around.



Totally leftfield using elgrand parts