Following weeks of rigorous negotiations, I got the OK to convert the den into my personal "Man Cave." This is manly just a place to spend Football Sundays with the guys & retreat to when she's watching The Bachelor/AGT/PLL/etc.
So, I got a couch, a little TV, a bucket of paint, and she even got me some little knickknacks to commemorate my humble little quarters. But I need at least a coffee table or something to hold my drinks & snacks.
My next call? I reached out the usual suspects here on NJFBOA to hunt down a blown motor, so I could make my own little "budget-friendly, engine coffee table." Chris (NJTorque) told me he had a LS1 he was scrapping that I was welcome to. One truck, a few dozen wings, & an Andrew Jackson later, I came home with this:
She'll be hot-tanked & bead blasted soon, at which point I'll start the polishing process & assembly.
And of course, an obligatory picture of the carnage, in true NJTorque Racing fashion:
I'll be tapping the block to accept the pistons as pedestals for the glass next. I'll try to update this thread with pics as things develop.
Wish me luck!
Mike