What car parts do you have in your lounge?

[GC8]

markymarkthree said:

Deposited this in the front room yesterday.
Mrs Marky has yet to see it.
Any guesses?

Ford Taunus, or possibly a De Tomaso...

[AdamIndy]

A pair of Willans harnesses which is rare as there is normally much more than that!

[Muffster]

I've got a recaro seat form my Sierra Cosworth in my kitchen. Its sat on the floor and the perfect height for watching the footie etc.

[Monkeylegend]

Muffster said:

I've got a recaro seat form my Sierra Cosworth in my kitchen. Its sat on the floor and the perfect height for watching the footie etc.

Doesn't count unless you move it into the lounge.

[markymarkthree]

TallPaul said:

Pretty rare in 2 door form!

Well spotted, best bit is its not even mine, I am holding it for a mate.
Its going on a Crayford eventually.

[bgunn]

Up until the tail end of last week I had:

Front and rear anti roll bars for a Porsche 996
An assortment of suspension arms
Water pump
Low temp thermostat
An assortment of filters
Loads of tools

The joys of a newly acquired post air cooled Porsche!

[V8LM]

An air bridge



Oil filler cap, centre hub caps, split cylinder liner



Old wings



And a variety of side-badges and front calliper plates

[Nik da Greek]

I'd love a Vantage umbrella rack So cool. Just one question...

V8LM said:

What's a "710" for? [/ancient joke]

[The Angry Gopher]

Ferrari 456 clutch parts and Vauxhall Calibra wheel bearing.

[V8LM]

Nik da Greek said:

I'd love a Vantage umbrella rack So cool. Just one question...

V8LM said:

What's a "710" for? [/ancient joke]

It's used for dabbing.

[ChemicalChaos]

At home, bringing parts in from the garage is pretty much punishable on pain of death....

In my uni room however:

A shattered diff pinion gear from a mate's Land Rover, used as a paperweight.
Some Ki-Gass (fuel priming system) fittings from a Merlin engine



A Merlin/Meteor engine rocker cover



Some new catalytic convertors for the Range Rover



A large variety of aircraft engine gauges for the Meteor project, a smattering of turbine blades from Avon and Ardour engines, and a folder full of photocopies of usually unobtainable engine manuals



A cockpit parts manual for the Sea King project and a makers plaque from a Rolls Royce industrial/marine engine

[fourfoldroot]

Dashboard clock from thirties ( i think),and locker key from similar era or earlier.

[threespires]

Rolls Royce grille
Mazda RX-7 rotor
Norton rotor
BMW piston with a valve shaped hole in the top
Momo steering wheel
Halda Speedpilot
A rose joint
Chevrolet Corvette 1957 wheel spinner
Some old number plates
Some old rally plates
2 x Jaguar mascots

[probably chalk]

Porsche 944 / 968 instrument pod on top of the bookcase. There's a centre cap around too somewhere.

[Leptons]

The Bulkhead trims from my van are behind the sofa. Also have this hanging on the wall, a souvenir I made from when I had a "moment" at the Ring.

[Frogmella]

I looked at this thread title and thought what a silly thread. Who keeps car parts in their lounge?!

I then remembered I have a 3rd radiator kit for my 997 laid against my sofa. Bugger.

[Ikemi]

A C63 AMG piston ...

[Aeroscreens]

Type-9 layshaft suitably converted and a 85.9mm piston that survived from when my old 1800cc x/flow 'grenaded' itself



and a trophy of some of the bits that didn't survive

[Krupp Stahl]

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One day, it will be a coffee table. One day.

[meb90]

Megaflow said:

Storer said:

I think Perkins purchase by Caterpillar prompted JCB to start making their own engines.

Not a good idea to be buying your engines from a major competitor!


Paul

Quite probably. But Sir Bamford had spoken about it along time before that happened

Perkins do still have some engine sales to Caterpillar competitors, which is a bit odd.

The story I have heard (I work at JCB) is that Mr JCB wanted to manufacture every part of the machines. It just took a while to make it a reality.
As you point out, buying from Cat (a dirty word :P) isn't a great idea. Similar reasons are why we don't sell engines/gearboxes/axles to competitors.
Matt