Monday 7th February 2011

Toy Car Genius: The 'Amazing Swing Bin Racer'

The bargain basement toy car that's 'bin' getting us all excited (groan)

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Classic racing cars are an expensive business, and even kids' toy versions are often well beyond the realms of pocket money (as the wonderful but eye-wateringly expensive Pocket Classics cars we drove just before Christmas proved).

This isn't the case if your toy vintage racer is created from, among other things, a domestic plastic swing bin, however. Which is where the cheerfully titled 'Amazing Swing Bin Racer' comes in.

For £300, the chaps at Derbyshire-based Lightning Cars will build you your very own vintage racer made from nothing more than five bits of MDF, a kitchen swing bin and an old cordless drill.

Okay, so it's not going to be five-star quality, and you will have to put up with a steering wheel nicked from an old computer game wheel-and-pedals kit, but the result still looks pretty good, and we reckon could be a bit of a hoot for your little one.

Best of all, Lightning Cars will sell you the plans for £15, and reckon you could build one yourself for between £50 and £100. Imagine Audi doing that with its £10k Auto Union Type C pedal car...

 

 

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Is it just me that thinks the silver one looks a lot like Alec Issigonis's 'Lightweight Special' racing car.

A very cool thing for cash-strapped parents of junior PHers if you ask me.