Like Father Like Son

[Headshot]

And thats an original 1960's mountney wheel in there used it in all my mini's prior to getting one with an airbag

[Bonzo]

I have just had a tought Andy !!

That wouldn't be the single seater you were talking about building at Stoneleigh by any chance

[HandyAndy]

Headshot / Ronnie



Thanks Headshot, once i,ve read & re read the instructions i know where to come if i get stuck
I,ve already thought about repositioning the headlights, & i,ve only just received the plans today.

Ronnie....... I,ll be honest & say that i quite like the idea of the Roll bar, apart from safety of the nipper it,ll look even more like "dads car"

I just thought for £15 it was worth a punt at making it , ...........

Now, where is the jig for the front frame ????? LOL

cheers
andy

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Bonzo

I have just had a tought Andy !!

That wouldn't be the single seater you were talking about building at Stoneleigh by any chance

Oops..missed this post

call it a trial run

Tho, I will be making the real Single Seater too..... i best get the Roadster finished first tho

cheers
andy

[Headshot]

I also picked up the wheels from the guy who makes the plans.

One major problem I have found is the level of grip at speed is so high my little girl (2) is nearly thrown out, I currently have the car sat on my roadster build table trying to work out roll bar and seatbelt arrangements!

Have clocked her at 4mph in 1st gear and 10mph in second... which for a 2 year old is too fast (especially when she doesn't quite understand steering yet )

[ozzy1]

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by ozzy1

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

Cheers Ozzy,
I,m sat here right now reading the build manual
& I thought the steering mechanism was a little suspect so will be doing something similar to what you did to make it a more positive steering system.

I wonder what its self centering would be like , I,ve thought about putting a bungy cord ( under tension ) into the steering so that it will always self center . do you think that is worhwhile ?

cheers
andy

[ozzy1]

Iwouldnt bother as mines always turning the wheel to chase the other 2 buggers or the cat
Heres a pic also of a kiddie car from the shop that i copied the idea from,might make more sense than my explanation!!

[Headshot]

Originally Posted by ozzy1

I built one of the old type also.Was good little project and no.1 loves it.Only problem i found was the old type used a wooden door knob for the steering wire to wrap around and it would slip so i extended the steering column and bent it round at 90' to form a hook and then drilled through the axle and put a u bolt there for the hook to locate and do the steering.

This part is now changed to a rubber door stop and 2 LARGE washers, works a treat, no slip

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by Headshot

This part is now changed to a rubber door stop and 2 LARGE washers, works a treat, no slip

I spent an hour reading the instructions in depth today, got my head around it
Swmbo has even been out & bought our little lad a "Racing driver suit"

I best get cracking on it,
I suggested it should be tango orange like my car, wife says "silver & black stripe"

cheers
andy