{"id":3867,"date":"2010-11-05T15:48:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T19:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=3867"},"modified":"2011-11-25T16:18:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T21:18:02","slug":"hit-the-road-in-style-with-vintage-key-rings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2010\/hit-the-road-in-style-with-vintage-key-rings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit the Road in Style with Vintage Key Rings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wanted to own a classic car? We sure have, so we set out to find a way to give you a piece of the most iconic classic cars, without having to break your bank. Here’s the story behind our vintage Mustang<\/a> and Thunderbird<\/a> key rings.<\/p>\n

We decided upon two favorite vintage autos: the first generation Ford Mustang (1964-1973) and the third generation Ford Thunderbird (1961 \u2013 1963).
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Then we scoured the eastern US for authentic parts, such as this section of a 1969 Mustang truck lid, pictured below. Using a waterjet (a tool which cuts metal with a high pressure stream of water mixed with an abrasive), we cut circular discs from the auto parts.<\/p>\n

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We designed key rings that could display the discs, emulating the look of each car\u2019s steering wheel:
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Mustang key ring (left) and Thunderbird key ring (right)<\/p>\n

Then the prototyping process began.<\/p>\n

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Above is an early pewter prototype showing how the components fit together. The red disc is cut from the 1969 Mustang trunk lid pictured earlier.<\/p>\n

After many iterations, we arrived at our final products: sterling silver steering wheels which proudly display a piece of your very own classic car. Each comes in blue, black, or red.<\/p>\n

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– Sarah Stenseng
\nProduct Development Associate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How we make accessories from old car parts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742],"tags":[28,246,247],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}