Junkyard things

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
05/09/2016 at 13:11 • Filed to: None

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Anyone made anything out of stuff they’ve got from the junkyard? I’m looking for ideas on things to make. I made this clock with a clock out of a W123 and the lamp is made from a cam out of an M5 (I didn’t pull it, it came from ebay).

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I did pull the cam for this lamp, it’s out of an e34 525i, believe it was a non-VANOS m50.


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Kinja'd!!! 64Mali > E90M3
05/09/2016 at 13:15

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How did you get the wires up? Or is the cam hollow.


Kinja'd!!! Party-vi > E90M3
05/09/2016 at 13:15

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I made a paperweight out of a piston/con rod. I put a piston and con rod on my desk. Boom. Instant paper weight/customer bludgeoner.


Kinja'd!!! Seat Safety Switch > E90M3
05/09/2016 at 13:19

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I am still on the lookout for an 80s Subaru digital dashboard to make a clock out of.


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > 64Mali
05/09/2016 at 13:29

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Yup, they’re hollow, I believe most BMW cams are hollow, however the one I pulled out of an M60 v8 wasn’t.


Kinja'd!!! Haase > E90M3
05/09/2016 at 16:49

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Not so much out of a junkyard, but I used a bunch of spare parts from my 1968 Mustang to make a lamp/hall tree.

From the bottom: 14" steel wheel, original 289 crankshaft, original 289 camshaft, Thrush glasspack muffler, two barrel carburetor with a Route 66 globe on top.

I welded three bent pushrods to the glasspack to use a hat/coat hangers.

I’ll have to go home to get a picture if anyone is interested.