lazy Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 any one built one? i've started building a 32 ford roadster for my little girl, it's gonna be a pedal one i think but just wanna see if anyone has done one? so far all i've done is started making the mould for the chassis rails!! gonna have the chassis rails in fibreglass and the body in ally and tubular or box steal for the structure
Mrs O/H/C Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 Hellblue has made one and is currently working on his second and they are great !!
james1700 Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 id love to build one for my little boy i do however have a gocart with a 175cc BSA bantam engine for him that should do him, lol
lazy Posted June 22, 2009 Author Report Posted June 22, 2009 a go kart would be cool but my girl is too young and i want to build one just thought if anyone on has built one before i might have been able to get some ideas and tips
hellblue Posted June 22, 2009 Report Posted June 22, 2009 Here is a pic of the present one, he's been driving it for over 4 years now (he's 9 now) & i have just started on a new one !
john_3.0s Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 Here is a pic of the present one, he's been driving it for over 4 years now (he's 9 now) & i have just started on a new one ! that is ace! how is it constructed??
lazy Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Posted June 23, 2009 yeah thats cool could you give me some info on dimentions and materials? I'm thinking of making it 4' long and 21" wide and 10" bike wheels how is your sons powered?
hellblue Posted June 23, 2009 Report Posted June 23, 2009 Its about 6 foot long, its a one off glassfibre body it has a 5hp honda engine with a centrifugal clutch & a go kart rear axle, steering & front spindles are go kart too, the chassis is 1 inch & half inch tube & it runs on small trailer wheels This was how it was last year...thats him in front
lazy Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Posted June 24, 2009 cool cheers i was woundering what i was gonna do the front axle with, i found this and to have it to scale really i need to do it 6' long but i've made the mould at 4' long now but hopefully it wont look stupid! this is the style i'm going for
Skimmer Posted June 24, 2009 Report Posted June 24, 2009 Ive built 3 over the years the last one being a Austin J40 bodied one with a cub 90 electric start engine with 3 speed gearbox , goes well too was clocked a couple of years ago at Thorney island ( Victory wheelers doo) at 65mph its been sat in its trailer for at least 2 years untouched as me lad passed his test but asked me not to sell it ..........Good fun i even rolled it on me at Billing and it didnt even scratch the paint...
lazy Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Posted June 25, 2009 i love those j40's but there well expensive, gonna build it as a pedal one but if it ends to heavy for my little girl to pedal i may opt for electric, just my electrical skills are very limited!!!
over_head_cam Posted June 26, 2009 Report Posted June 26, 2009 I was going to build one for my son when he was 5, but by the time I got round to starting maybe thinking about it he grew up
lazy Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Posted June 27, 2009 I was going to build one for my son when he was 5, but by the time I got round to starting maybe thinking about it he grew up i am determind to do it thought about doing one for ages but now my little girl is getting big enough i'm gonna do it! only thing is she wants it pink!!!!
Skimmer Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 You want to let her get involved in doing it youll be suprised what she will pick up i did with my son and now hes a total petrol head .......perhaps i should have shown him something that would have made him a fortune ???? [i am determind to do it thought about doing one for ages but now my little girl is getting big enough i'm gonna do it! only thing is she wants it pink!!!!
lazy Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Posted June 27, 2009 You want to let her get involved in doing it youll be suprised what she will pick up i did with my son and now hes a total petrol head .......perhaps i should have shown him something that would have made him a fortune ???? [i am determind to do it thought about doing one for ages but now my little girl is getting big enough i'm gonna do it! only thing is she wants it pink!!!! lol i might they do say at 3 years they pick up anything! well i'm finishing of the mould for the fibre glass chassis rails tomo' date= and in a couple weeks my dad will make the rails at his mates place so i wont have to pay so much in materials tot rod for sale http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Tot-Rod_W0QQ ... 7C294%3A50
hellblue Posted June 27, 2009 Report Posted June 27, 2009 A bit of fun ! ( shot on my phone sorry) http://s411.photobucket.com/albums/pp19 ... V00643.flv
lazy Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Posted June 28, 2009 lush, he'll be hanging the backend out in style when he's older! i'll take pics of my progress finishing the rail moulds today hopefully and making up the front axles during the week
pauline Posted June 29, 2009 Report Posted June 29, 2009 Here is a pic of the present one, he's been driving it for over 4 years now (he's 9 now) & i have just started on a new one ! saw it at the south coast internationals did not relise it was you hon or i would have come and said hello. planing on trying to build one over the winter for my two my son loved watching yours going a round
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