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Thrift Store Find

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:55 pm
by wildthings
I went into a thrift store with my wife this evening so she could search for a picture frame. While she was doing her thing I idlely walked the aisles looking over the assorted junk on the shelves. Suddenly a maze like metal casting caught my eye so I dug it out from under a pile of dinner plates to see what it was. Low and behold it was the valve body out of an automatic transmission. A little closer look revealed that it was out of an 003. I'm sure the management had no idea what it was, probably thought that it was a wall decoration or something. Compared to most thing in the store it was actually quite high priced at $1.95. Maybe someday I will run into it again hanging along the edge of someone's porch roof, right next to a set of wind chimes. :) :) :)

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:52 pm
by raygreenwood
That is just too much! I guess I'm just going to the wrong thrift stores... :lol: Ray

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:08 am
by MACAnimal
So, you gonna BUY it :?:

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:57 am
by wildthings
Maybe I should buy it, instead of just hanging it next to a wind chime, I could dangle some pieces of EMT conduit from it and make it into a wind chime itself. Then if the one in my 003 ever messed up I would know where I had another valve body clanging around. :lol: