We usually highlight a “new use” that can be easily duplicated by a do-it-yourselfer. Not this month. Unless you have a spare 1966 Corvette.

This is the tail end of that classic muscle car. It has been converted into a sofa for a car collector’s dream den or rec room. It’s 36 inches high by 84 inches long by 65 inches wide and sold for $578 at a 2013 Dirk Soulis auction (DirkSoulisAuctions.com).

Of course, you don’t have to use a 1960s Corvette. We have seen the back bench seats of other old cars—basic Fords, Chevys and Dodges—converted into sofas, with or without the back end of the car itself.