Projects Pedal Car Stroller suggestions

Well here is my start of a project for my youngest not sure what way to go yet besides some whitewalls and fenders.

 

some barn finds

 

don't look to close! Painted in the driveway and interior done on kitchen counter!


Chip Foose doing his thing!


Chip Foose, Jimmie Shine, Gene Winfield the Wolfman and Spiderman all signed the stroller at the Portland Roadster Show 2010! It was awesome.



Next to my 26T at the Portland Roadster Show 2010

 

not a pedal car. this was my dads wagon and now its my kids. the rear is adjustable and will drag when i find some springs and add a lever

 

Here is my son playing in his. In process of building handle/push bar with steering controls. It has working headlight taillights and dash lights, they work off of an 8v drill motor battery all LEDs

 

LET'S see some more pix of the deuce. That's nice man

 

Here are a few more.

 

Let me try it again

 

Where are a few more? Think you forgot your attachments.

There they are. Sorry, didn't see that.

 

Dude thats dope

 

Man that is awsome!!! I am 40 and dont have any children but I dream of making cool rides for my kids..Tell us more about it,did you make it??? Any in progress pics?? You are a lucky man,that photo with him sitting from the side is priceless!!

 

That is great!

 

Man you could have 1500 in parts just to get started on a square bird real quick like wish that wasnt so out of my price range right now still looking for another body to get started on but I have some wheels and am thinking one of those fiberglass impala or cadillac wish they made a 66 galaxie!

 

thanks for the email with the pics that came out very nice


yes its the body from Me in Cali but not the guy in san deigo

we have a few more bodys to choose from now...

 

liv2drag,
That is super cool. Did you start with the standard '32 pedal car like this one?

 

Yeah thats where it started. I moved the front axle up a couple of inches and put more caster in it to keep it steering straight,had to cut the hood sides and grill shroud to clear the steering. I sectioned the lower part of thr grill to keep the rounded bottom yet allow it to sit loooooow. The rear I built square tube supports and welded the original rear axle to it with the center cut out. The wheels I just painted black and put the center caps back on.
I had to make a column drop due to the steering angle difference once lowered. I also made a handle complete with steering linkage made from 1/4 drive sockets and extensions so I can remove it at car shows.
The tail lights I found at a truck stop single LEDs in a 3/4 housing, dash lights came from the same place. The headlights are motorcycle taillight pods with an LED overhead projector light installed in front of a hardware store spring to push the light flat to the front of the pod. They are all wired to a switch in the dash and powered by a 8volt rechargable drill battery, runs for days on a charge.
I thought about using one of the glass bodies on ebay but just like full size ya gotta use real steel, and It was a christmas gift from his grandparents, three weeks later I tore it apart. I don't have any progress pics, my wife didn't like my idea and said it will never get finished so I stayed in the garage until it was done,..and yes her and my parents love the way it turned out too.

 

Oh man that is cool.

 

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbumdirectory.cgi?searchword=stroller

 

Ok, not quite as glamorous as some of the customized metal pedal cars that you can do damn near anything too, but plastic or not, here is my son's yellow '36 Ford roadster. And if you know us at all, you know that the fact that it is a '36 Ford is ALL that matters. Hahahaha!

They were sold in the '80s as branded promotional products. The yellow ones were branded with Planters Peanuts and Mr Peanut. So I stripped that off, painted the chrome wheels black and painted the whitewalls. My Dad has 2 more yellow ones, and also a motorized tan A&W rootbeer version.

 

Here is a few pics of the wagon we built for our son. He absolutely loves it. Rides in it every day! It has a full floor, reclineable seat, working headlights and tail lights...

 

My grandson has the "Police" version, he can just pedal by himself now, so he doesn't use Dad or Grandad propulsion, but, when he needs spare parts ..............



These are in my garage ready.

 

Don't know anything about this pair, i just took a photo of them in a car sales showroom:

 

ive been so tied up lately with a taylor tot im building as well ..so now that the Taylor Tot is at the paint/pinstripers..i got some time to work on the pedal car again..


By br0kenb20 at 2010-07-23


By br0kenb20 at 2010-07-23


By br0kenb20 at 2010-07-23


By br0kenb20 at 2010-07-23

 

cool project

 

Anyone seen one of these cars were the kid sits on top of it and kinda scoots along? I had a white VW bug with a red seat and steering wheel that stuck out of the top it was all plastic but i loved it! And the seat would lift up so I could stash stuff in there? anyone seen one like that? I would love to get one for my daughter!

 

I got one of these for my kids about 10 years ago. It has literally HUNDREDS of miles on it and it's still in great shape. I paid about $35 for it back then. http://www.radioflyer.com/ride-ons/little-red-roadster.html

 

First off, that thing is killer!!!

How did you do the lighting on your pedal car?

 

his lighting is the same as mine..but im not one to tell..lol..but if you look closely on mine you can tell.

 

here ya go..

 

here is a 32 long body .. the bodys has been painted bmw silver and the red is 2010 mustang 3 stage paint... the grille is a decal.. now we need to sand the clear and have it pinned stripped and then re cleared...