GARAGE BUILT OF AUTO TAGS IS PROOF AGAINST RUST (Jun, 1924)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1924
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1924
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GARAGE BUILT OF AUTO TAGS IS PROOF AGAINST RUST
Tightly sheathed on roof and sides with unused automobile license tags, a serviceable garage, seventeen feet square and ten feet high, with space for two cars has been built in Denver, Colo. The tags’ were obtained from a surplus of 22,000 left over in the office of the secretary of state. More than 10,000 of the plates, which are rust-proof, were required to cover the structure. They were laid overlapping like shingles upon a rough board siding and a layer of tar paper. A coat of paint was applied to obliterate the numbers.
If someone did this now, they’d leave it unpainted and call it an art installation.
Comment by Orv — September 24, 2007 @ 9:08 am
I’d have at least put the numbers in sequence…
This probably got torn down during a WW2 scrap drive.
Comment by Stannous — September 24, 2007 @ 7:00 pm