What to Save vs Pitch

I use worn out wheel hubs as pen and pencil holders. Pa

Swall!

Now that ashtrays are out of style, I concede that used pistons are often doomed,..
although I save old piston rings for castiron filler rod, and wristpins have infinite uses around the press, mill, etc.

I'm sure there has to be someone on this forum who casts his own aluminum, and pistons are far better metal than beer cans. Such skills and resourcefullness are becoming quite rare in this modern throwaway society.

....Cotten
(I've been dumpster diving so long that I can smell good garbage.)

Yes, I can see TIG welding gear teeth using H-11 or other tool steel rod. But as for saving a worn piston--I don't think so. You can buy all the new ones you need.

Sounds a lot like the one off my first Pan, which served well for a mile on my Datsun pickup.

It made me proud.

My greatest regret is that I cannot help clean up the grounds at Davenport each year.

....Cotten
(Dumpster Diver's Motto : Seek, and Ye shall Find!)

I've been hanging onto a Harley pan 1950-style muffler that some cut completely in half in the exact center to remove the guts then welded it back together. What this person lacked in welding ability he made up in quantity of weld. Someday maybe I'll figure out what to do with it.

Lonnie

Pitch?
Scrap?

(gasp, wheeze...clutching chest in pain.....)

Why not torch the rest of the machine while you're at it.

Everything has value, even if it isn't worth "money".

I have a 741 muffler that is rusted in half, yet someone dedicated to reproducing them exact has asked for it to average with others for a template.

Some of my most dear hardware was found with a spade.

Nevermind. I'm demented.
I even welded teeth on my Chief Tranny gears, when I could have bought fresh ones from India!

....Cotten

paper weight, boot brush maybe? It's difficult to part with anything.

We all accumulate a pile of "junk" parts when we do a restoration. Just wanted thoughts on what kind of stuff to save and what parts to scrap. On my '52 Chief, I saved the fork leg lowers for possible rebuilding in the future. I just pitched the worn out stock pistons. Still saving the worn out gears from the tranny, but I'm not sure why.