Awhile back I was going to put a seal kit in my old Mercruiser outdrive on the boat.
In the process, I ruined a part that cannot be replaced since it is about 4-5 generations back on these things.
My only viable option was to buy another/newer boat with a blown engine for the salvage.
For the newer generation out drive to adapt onto my 1968 hull & engine, I had to replace everything from the flywheel back.
Mounts inside the hull, and the gimbal ring on the outside for the new outdrive to mount up.
I couldn't just throw the old, destroyed one away, so I gutted out the gears & shafts, and made it into our mailbox post.
When we moved here, I brought it with us.
As I was setting a new post, and putting it up out front, I got to meet one of the neighbors as they went by.
He had a few comments, and liked it.
I told him I was glad to meet him, and, "I'm your new redneck neighbor from hell".