The Side Cover Project (1 Viewer)

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This kinda started when I was looking at this thread:

Repurposed cruiser parts

Over the 28 years I've been wrenching on cruisers, I've seen a lot of cruiser parts repurposed for different things. I couldn't find a thread anywhere on MUD about it, so I figured it was high time to start one! There have been mentions of scattered things here and there, but apparently not one...

forum.ih8mud.com

These repurposing ideas kinda got my gears going.

My '40 project is on hold for a bit. I'm also coping with some personal issues; life is like that, I guess.

But most of us have an inner desire to create, and the creation of something useful from some old '40 parts is intriguing to me.

I am determined to do something with the humble F/2F engine side cover. I keep looking at it and thinking it would look cool with a line of hooks on it. That's where I think I'm going. I wanted to just do it, and then show you what I did, and then you'd all know how creative I am. Problem is, I'm still trying to figure out what it is that I want to do. Maybe some of you can offer some ideas and suggestions so that I can either complete this thing, or point it in a new direction.

 

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I got this one from @4Cruisers

 

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The tube on the left side is already a hook, so maybe if I add more hooks and screw it to the wall, it's done.

I hunted for hooks on amazon. Have not yet found the perfect solution.

Then I thought, what if the hooks themselves were other FJ40 parts? That'd be even cooler!

 

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I rescued an old hood hook, cut it apart, and propose to weld the little three prong doohickey to my side cover:

The doohickey then becomes a coat hook.

 

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On the other hand, something like this might work better:

 

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I went with the black steel hooks.

I cut the vent tube off. I used some old carb butterfly gidjies to plug the hole.