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eBay hot rod art couch- Click above for an image gallery

Loving all that is automotive is slightly different than living all that is automotive. One of the distinguishing factors is how automotively-influenced your furniture is. If you bought your sofa because it reminds you of your M3's upholstery, you're in the love group. If, however, you can actually drive your furniture, you, my friend, are living it.

But our eBay Find of the Day defies simple categorization. It's a fully-functional couch that resembles something Boyd Coddington might have sketched while doing shots after having his eyes dilated. The outrageous sunset orange pearl paint covers a hand-formed, all-metal body with working headlights and leather seating surfaces. But it doesn't even have wheels, much less do burnouts on the street. With a starting bid of $45,000, shouldn't it at least do that?

The auction description says that the, um, unique sofa can be taken apart to "fit in most rooms." We can tell you right now that our spouses will quickly disqualify "most rooms" in our houses. We aren't even allowed to have the six-speed plunger in our throne rooms. The seller's name, cartisticdesigns, is from London, Ontario, also the home of Cartistic Designs autobody repair. Maybe the auction should say it would "fit in most autobody repair shops. Auction ends May 16, but so far, it looks like nobody's spouse has given the $45k approval.

Thanks for the tip, Rico!


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Outfitting your dream garage is easy. But how about spec'ing out a gearhead's office or living room?

Our list keeps growing, populated by things like engine-block coffee tables, Maserati lamps and Porsche and Aston Martin sofas, and is now joined by the office thrones from RaceChairs. The Philadelphia-based firm takes the buckets from exotic supercars like Ferraris, Maseratis, Porsches and Lamborghinis and turns them into desk chairs. Of course, this kinda thing don't come cheap, and a Murcielago LP640 office seat will set you back a solid eleven grand. Not cheap, then, but they just may be perfect for sitting behind that Pininfarina-designed Luna desk, the MINI table, or that intricate clockwork desk, or RaceChairs can hook you up with a carbon fiber table instead.

Just don't expect anything to get done faster with these serving as your work space.

Gallery: RaceChairs


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Our virtual collection of furniture for car nuts keeps on gaining items. It's already got sofas shaped like the hoods and trunks of cars, carbon fiber chairs, Pininfarina-designed desks, another desk made from a Mini Cooper, Maserati lamps... even wine racks and coffee tables made from engine blocks. This latest addition to the collection, however, may very well be the ultimate gearhead's desk. Created by designer Dale Mathis, the glass tabletop showcases all manner of gears moving in sync and incorporates a keyboard tray. And while it may dazzle and amaze, it sells for an even more amazing $21,000.

Follow the jump to see the executive desk in action, oddly accompanied by a heavy metal soundtrack.

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The Ultimate Gearhead's Desk originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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