My 4 year old sons first car - the swing bin racer.
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I think I love that car nearly as much as your lad does.
I built a Mayfair for my son (he's 24 now), but added a windscreen, and a few other bits.
The spec for that car used a Cortina wiper rack for the steering, and a wiper motor for the power - really ingenious because the fast and slow speeds rotate in different directions - slow = reverse, fast = forward.
Only sold it on a few years ago, and the buyer stripped it for the mechanical parts to use in his own scratch-built mini land rover.
Edited to clarify the opening sentence. Reading back the original, it worried me in case it was misconstrued!
I built a Mayfair for my son (he's 24 now), but added a windscreen, and a few other bits.
The spec for that car used a Cortina wiper rack for the steering, and a wiper motor for the power - really ingenious because the fast and slow speeds rotate in different directions - slow = reverse, fast = forward.
Only sold it on a few years ago, and the buyer stripped it for the mechanical parts to use in his own scratch-built mini land rover.
Edited to clarify the opening sentence. Reading back the original, it worried me in case it was misconstrued!
Edited by Iain XR4i on Sunday 11th March 01:10
Iain XR4i said:
I think I love that car nearly as much as your lad does.
I built a Mayfair for my son (he's 24 now), but added a windscreen, and a few other bits.
The spec for that car used a Cortina wiper rack for the steering, and a wiper motor for the power - really ingenious because the fast and slow speeds rotate in different directions - slow = reverse, fast = forward.
Only sold it on a few years ago, and the buyer stripped it for the mechanical parts to use in his own scratch-built mini land rover.
Edited to clarify the opening sentence. Reading back the original, it worried me in case it was misconstrued!
It did sound a little pdf file! That mayfair is a heavy bit of kit! The lightning weighs around 20kg I suspect.I built a Mayfair for my son (he's 24 now), but added a windscreen, and a few other bits.
The spec for that car used a Cortina wiper rack for the steering, and a wiper motor for the power - really ingenious because the fast and slow speeds rotate in different directions - slow = reverse, fast = forward.
Only sold it on a few years ago, and the buyer stripped it for the mechanical parts to use in his own scratch-built mini land rover.
Edited to clarify the opening sentence. Reading back the original, it worried me in case it was misconstrued!
Edited by Iain XR4i on Sunday 11th March 01:10
Wonderful work.
What about an inboard chain drive with a 5-speed mountain bike derailleur on the axle to improve slow-speed torque and top-speed? You could put a shaft into the chuck and anchor it into a bearing mounted on the body to take all the pressure off the drill bearings? Derailleur will keep the chain tension correct.
Also keeps the dangerous bits out of the way of little fingers. Could even incorporate more than one drill into the chain route?
What about an inboard chain drive with a 5-speed mountain bike derailleur on the axle to improve slow-speed torque and top-speed? You could put a shaft into the chuck and anchor it into a bearing mounted on the body to take all the pressure off the drill bearings? Derailleur will keep the chain tension correct.
Also keeps the dangerous bits out of the way of little fingers. Could even incorporate more than one drill into the chain route?
My godson is going to have one of these now.
I've been entrusted with the job of guiding him etc so that's what I'm going to do, guide him in trying create his first burnout... I reckon a truck battery and a cordless drill centred with a basic diff layout will do it.
Get an old dyno from a puch or something and have a speedo centre mounted... working lights etc
It'll be like a caterham/911 hybrid...
I've been entrusted with the job of guiding him etc so that's what I'm going to do, guide him in trying create his first burnout... I reckon a truck battery and a cordless drill centred with a basic diff layout will do it.
Get an old dyno from a puch or something and have a speedo centre mounted... working lights etc
It'll be like a caterham/911 hybrid...
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