I was bored...

[babyjack]

In 1990 my 944 2.5 lux suffered cambelt failure. 18 years later & my Dad brought round a souvenir of the event.
Yesterday was a bit slow, so a tin of silver paint, a pot of varnish,glue, and a length of skirting board later I came up with this...
The Wife didn't understand so I thought you guys might.
It will serve as a reminder to me to regularly check those damned belts!
BTW, it's the valve on the left []

 

[Diver944]

Christmas presents were always an odd affair in the Babyjack household

Liking your work [8D]

 

[babyjack]

Thankyou for your kind words Paul,
It's going in my garage along with the linen sport seat/office chair I made earlier.
Now thinking of converting my 1983 speedo gauge into a clock...

I'm not mad, just creative!

Darren

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I'm not mad, just creative!

They all say that......[]

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: babyjack

.....a tin of silver paint, a pot of varnish,glue, and a length of skirting board later I came up with this...

Sweet! []

It is just as well you haven't holed a block as that might be a little more difficult to display on the mantle piece.

 

[Suffolk944]

A suitable and moving memorial to the tragic event . [][]

 

[appletonn]

Excellent, loving your style

 

[pauljmcnulty]

It is just as well you haven't holed a block as that might be a little more difficult to display on the mantle piece.

Great base for a coffee table, though....[8|]

 

[Alpine]

a clock face would be a useful addition in the centre

 

[pauljmcnulty]

a clock face would be a useful addition in the centre

Or, one of those snowfall things when you shake it? [&:]

Only joking, I think it's great. I'm planning an office chair as well, if anyone has a half-decent seat for sale at sensible money?

 

[zcacogp]

Good show that man!

I keep this on my desk, for inspiration in bored moments.

Anyone care to guess what it is?


Oli.

 

[944Turbo]

Broken?




head of a shear bolt from a steering column?

 

[zcacogp]

Very broken. Beech marks on the top of it ...

Head, yes. Not of a sheer bolt and not to do with steering.


Oli.

 

[Tony M]

It looks like a sheared valve head that fell into the pot and got a good battering by the piston .

 

[zcacogp]

Spot on Tony. Pulled from the cylinderhead, where it was jammed, edge-in, to the alloy casting ...

Moral of the story: don't over-skim cylinderheads where the valve-to-piston clearance is very small, as you can make it a negative number.


Oli.

 

[Tony M]

That was the easy bit, but reading the scribble on the desk jotter beneath the valve Head is the hard bit !

 

[zcacogp]

My handwriting is like a secret code, which only I can read!

(And even then, only sometimes ... )


Oli.

 

[Diver944]

ORIGINAL: zcacogp

My handwriting is like a secret code, which only I can read!

Apply 240V to the Testes - you'll soon talk!

 

[DivineE]

I think that model at the start is a really interesting example to show just how hot the valves are during running from the way its bent it looks like its actually re-moulded itself and then set in that position as it cooled.

 

[barks944]

Ha, this is funny. I also have a souvenir of past 944 engine failures. I kept a bent valve from when I left a bolt in the wrong side of my airbox .