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| === The big stuff: === | === The big stuff: === | ||
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| * Depending on the vehicle, its frame (if it has one), axles, and wheels can be used to make a trailer, cart, or similar. (I’ve definitely seen trailers that were just the back half of a pickup truck with a tongue and hitch welded on.) Bonus: the bearings in car wheels tend to be better than those used in regular trailers. | * Depending on the vehicle, its frame (if it has one), axles, and wheels can be used to make a trailer, cart, or similar. (I’ve definitely seen trailers that were just the back half of a pickup truck with a tongue and hitch welded on.) Bonus: the bearings in car wheels tend to be better than those used in regular trailers. | ||
| * The transmission from a vehicle could be rigged up to a wind/water mill to adjust rotational velocity of a sawmill or other industrial application. Certain power tools, like lathes, also sometimes use vehicle transmissions: | * The transmission from a vehicle could be rigged up to a wind/water mill to adjust rotational velocity of a sawmill or other industrial application. Certain power tools, like lathes, also sometimes use vehicle transmissions: | ||
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| === The Electronics: | === The Electronics: | ||
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| * Alternators can be used to generate a wide range of amperage and voltage, suitable for different needs, including (in a few specific cases) welding: https:// | * Alternators can be used to generate a wide range of amperage and voltage, suitable for different needs, including (in a few specific cases) welding: https:// | ||
| * The terminology here is a little confusing – early cars had DC generators (sometimes called dynamos), then they switched to AC alternators. But modern ’emergency generators’ still use alternators hooked up to an engine. So if you’re looking for something to convert motion to electricity, | * The terminology here is a little confusing – early cars had DC generators (sometimes called dynamos), then they switched to AC alternators. But modern ’emergency generators’ still use alternators hooked up to an engine. So if you’re looking for something to convert motion to electricity, | ||
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| === Moving fluids: === | === Moving fluids: === | ||
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| * Various pumps and tubing can be used for moving fluids (though the original purpose/ | * Various pumps and tubing can be used for moving fluids (though the original purpose/ | ||
| * The tubing, tanks, pumps, and other parts used for windshield washer fluid are probably the safest car-fluid-handling components to reuse for non-car things (with a lot of rinsing and cleaning): https:// | * The tubing, tanks, pumps, and other parts used for windshield washer fluid are probably the safest car-fluid-handling components to reuse for non-car things (with a lot of rinsing and cleaning): https:// | ||
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| === Odds and Ends: === | === Odds and Ends: === | ||
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| * Inside the rubber squeegee part of windshield wipers is a long thin strip of good quality spring steel. Lockpicking folks like it for making tools. | * Inside the rubber squeegee part of windshield wipers is a long thin strip of good quality spring steel. Lockpicking folks like it for making tools. | ||
| * Catalytic converters might be useful for other kinds of filtering? Maybe not in wood stoves though: https:// | * Catalytic converters might be useful for other kinds of filtering? Maybe not in wood stoves though: https:// | ||
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| === Cosmetic stuff: === | === Cosmetic stuff: === | ||
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| * Seats: couches, chairs, porch swing, etc, fabric, foam stuffing for stuffed animals. | * Seats: couches, chairs, porch swing, etc, fabric, foam stuffing for stuffed animals. | ||
| * Windows are tricky because the shapes are weird, which can make framing them difficult, but they could be set into clay or concrete or similar building materials. | * Windows are tricky because the shapes are weird, which can make framing them difficult, but they could be set into clay or concrete or similar building materials. | ||
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| === Bonus: Car Infrastructure: | === Bonus: Car Infrastructure: | ||
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| * Street and freeway signs present a large, flat, sturdy sheet of aluminum. People have used the big overhead highway signs as roofs for sheds, and smaller signs could be overlapped like shingles or TIG or MIG welded together to get the same effect. | * Street and freeway signs present a large, flat, sturdy sheet of aluminum. People have used the big overhead highway signs as roofs for sheds, and smaller signs could be overlapped like shingles or TIG or MIG welded together to get the same effect. | ||
| * Asphalt is very recyclable – you basically can just break it up, grind it up, and reheat it to use again. Pavement from freeways and parking lots could be recovered and used in the maintenance of smaller roads, bike paths, etc. | * Asphalt is very recyclable – you basically can just break it up, grind it up, and reheat it to use again. Pavement from freeways and parking lots could be recovered and used in the maintenance of smaller roads, bike paths, etc. | ||
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| Thanks for reading! Like I said, this is by no means an exhaustive list, so if you know of something I’ve missed, or see something I got wrong, I’m happy to edit it! | Thanks for reading! Like I said, this is by no means an exhaustive list, so if you know of something I’ve missed, or see something I got wrong, I’m happy to edit it! | ||
| - | Secondary bonus: some resources of contaminants you’re likely to see wherever cars and car parts have been abandoned or salvaged: | + | === Secondary bonus: some resources of contaminants you’re likely to see wherever cars and car parts have been abandoned or salvaged: |
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