Now this is truly one for the books of MINI/car geekdom. As you previously read, I got a new supercharger pulley installed on my MINI a few weeks ago. Well, when you get a new pulley, one is left wondering what to do with the old pulley. The options are endless. You could use it to weight down a lobster trap (it’s kinda heavy). Or you could use it to cut noodles out of sheets of pasta (it’s round and it has grooves). Or you could have it chromed and turn it into the most wicked cool iPod holder ever.
With the help of a piece of 3/4” chrome plated brass tube (I visited my dad’s shop today and he has parts to build just about anything laying around) and a Belkin iPod holder for parts * GRIN * I present to you my Chromed Cooper S Supercharger Pulley iPod Stand. CCSSPIS for short.
Pretty freakin’ cool if I do say so myself. And by the way, it fits perfectly in the MINIs front cupholder - I’ll post pictures shortly.
Posted by todd at May 10, 2005 10:01 PM | Trackback
Really cool idea!
Maybe you could offer this as a service to others with extra pullies to send you for a fee.
Todd, that is simply awesome. Wow. I know I expose much of my geekery by saying this, but it really is cool!
Posted by: timsamoff on May 11, 2005 12:28 PMJosh,
I figured there might be a couple of folks with old pulleys lying about who may want a similar contraption. Don’t know how much I would charge because the chome plating was done by a client of mine as a favour and you pretty much need a Belkin TuneDock for parts (about a $20 item), but hey, if I get requests, I’ll oblige for a small fee plus shipping. : )
Posted by: todd on May 11, 2005 12:41 PMI just have to convince Alex that we need a pully, and I’m having this done!
I bet it looks great with chrome rings on the instruments.
Posted by: bentley on May 11, 2005 08:15 PMIt’s very nice - and very appropriate :)
Posted by: Ian C. on May 11, 2005 08:32 PM