My Restored Parking Meter

[beach pony]

Back in the 80's, my dad took some old parking meters from the town he was a cop in as they were upgrading to new units. He stuck them in the garage with the hopes of one day restoring them and turning them into lamps. Well, fast forward about 25 years and I have taken them as dad has no way to refurbish them and certainly doesn't have the ability to at his age and with all of his health issues. I finally got around to restoring one to its original working condition and thought I'd share it with everyone.

The one on the left is typical of the condition I picked them up in. The one on the right is completed and working!

I am pretty pleased with the results and once I mount in on a pole, it will make for a neat conversation piece!

Here's another pic of the finished one.

 

[crustycurmudgeon]

That's very cool. Thanks for the pictures.

Frank

 

[lethal289]

That's very cool. Thanks for the pictures.

Frank

:stu Good job! :thu

 

[Anonymous]

Nice!

 

[opentrackerSteve]

Wow. What a cool white elephant gift!

 

[cmayna]

Talkin about being Violated! Mr. Pony, you DO have my address? yes?

 

[Ponyman66]

Looks great Ron!! :thu

 

[Midlife]

Where's Rita the Meter Maid?

 

[beach pony]

Talkin about being Violated! Mr. Pony, you DO have my address? yes?

Most certainly!

 

[beach pony]

Where's Rita the Meter Maid?

She stays in the mancave and helps me with my projects! bj

 

[70 StangMan]

That will come in handy for the upcoming MBB V .

 

[beach pony]

That will come in handy for the upcoming MBB V .

Yeah Dale, gotta make a little extra where I can!

 

[cmayna]

Speaking of MBB V, when will there be an announcement about that?

 

[B67FSTB]

Great job.
It would be a great birthday gift for your dad !!!!

 

[beach pony]

Speaking of MBB V, when will there be an announcement about that?

Very soon Craig. Working on that as we speak!

 

[Flysure1]

Those are very neat. A couple of those along or in front of your garage would look very nice!

 

[Fast68back]

Those are very neat. A couple of those along or in front of your garage would look very nice!

How many can you get done before MBB? Might make some coin....

 

[Flysure1]

About 10 years ago the city of Galesburg (pop.30,000) sold all of their meter heads they had in storage for $5.00 each, I was not smart enough to see the potential of e-baying them. Could have made a nice profit!

 

[KBMWRS]

Is your dad's name Luke?

 

[beach pony]

Rick, I only have 3 so ,aking the coin will be a slow proposition. Hell I'll try though! :yah

Mike, dad's name is not Luke, it's Ron.