Old Vehicles into Park Benches

If I were to create a TV show, it would probably be called something along the lines of “Junkyard Dreams” and feature me, along with a bunch of creative friends, turning stuff from a trash heap into art. (Oh boy, now I might just have to make that a reality).

One such “dream” is turning an old vehicle into a park bench.

Just imagine: There’s a rusty old minivan with no wheels and missing seats. The airbag is gone and the glovebox is missing entirely. The radio definitely doesn’t work, and the doors and windows were taken off years ago. I’d say that’s a perfect opportunity for a park bench.

I would first clean out the van, ripping up any carpet or cloth that has the potential to rot if it hadn’t already. Then I would go about cleaning the rust off however one goes about that. I would paint it and make sure to weather-proof it in any way possible. Since the normal seats would be no longer, I would install two rows of bench-style seats facing each other in the van, with a recylced table in the middle (maybe a repurposed tire well…). That would serve as the perfect footrest for the tired individual, the perfect surface for avid card players, or even the perfect spot to crash and work on homework for a teen.

Personally I think it’s a great idea.

Next time you pass your park, picture one of the benches as a repurposed SUV, and maybe you’ll agree.