Childs play... Blown & injected A coupe

I have been building this tot rod for my boy, he is almost 11 now & has been driving his last one since he was 5, oh & if that lump in the front looks to real for any one it has a quad bike engine in the rear....



Its all home built & i had to teach myself new skills to build it here a run down
The start... the making of the plug to make the mould for the body



The filling & adding swage lines





The primer





The mould being made (i wanted the visor as part of the roof so the top of the screen is a mould on its own)





At this point, as it was my first fibreglass attempt i didnt know if i had made one big mess or a mould for the body !! but it was fine & came apart easy



Having bolted it back together & laying up the body we left it a week or so (again not knowing if i had mad a big mess or a body) & then removed the mould to find a body !!







The windows & trunk opened up & we have a body to build around !!!

 

Unbelievable, very cool and it doesn't look like his smile is coming off that face anytime soon!

 

I think you just won the Father of the Year award. Very cool.

 

Coolest thing on the HAMB all week! My 4 year old digs it!

 

Splashed A coupe! Looks great, The smiles will last...

 

As a guy who has built more than my share of fiberglass molds, I want to give you a big thumbs up on your project.

 

Awsome I want one.How much for a body?

 

Just too F'n cool

 

wanna adopt another kid?

 

Now that's awesome......Wouldn't mind on myself!

 

you should build a real car outta one of those!

looks like a v8-60 is about perfect!

 

Build time ! first in was the thin wall tube cage


I wanted rear suspension as well but because the engine & axles are what they are a bit of thought was needed, i went for a wishbone rear & mounted every thing on a subframe simple



The fuel tank needed to be above the engine (gravity feed) & had to look the part, the shocks are at the rear of the subframe, a panhard rod to hold it all in place, the axle will be split so 2 calipers & a handbrake is needed these are from a vw car as the cost was a lot cheeper than gokart brakes !








Here is the rear subframe made up



And here is the split rear axle, with a diff ! which is as simple as it gets .. a cars front wheel drive, front wheel bearing (one case & two races) this can all be bolted together as a locked axle via the two plates each side of the bearing (for when jack goes drag racing )



if anyone wants to see a more detailed build upyou can see it here
http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/garage/junior-tot-rod-model-coupe-22931

 

Amazing 100% pure badassness

 

SOB, send me one of those bodies ! !
How much?

 

You are a*****in ruler!!! That is awesome, great work for your first plug and mold. Your have a lucky boy there, he will be pickin up all the middle school chicks!

 

What's not to love about this thread, keep us updated if and when possible...

 

this kid has got it made lets see the rest

 

Thanks for all you great comments ...
I will keep the updates going, but this is more an overview of the build as i dont have much time to hand at the moment, so as i said above you can see the full build here ...

http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/garage/junior-tot-rod-model-coupe-22931

 

this is AWESOME

 

Wow!!! Very cool!

 

AWSOME lucky little fella....

 

UN-FRICK'n believable...the picture of your kid and that smile is AMAZING, you just made a hot rodder out of him for life. You deserve an atta boy Scott

 

Absolutely first class!!!

 

I want one. I'm positive I won't fit in it so can you just deliver one to park in my living room?
Then again I can't even let my kids see this or they'll want one.

 

OMG, how cool is that, man I want one.

 

Wow thats one lucky kid and one cool dad

 

Fantastic!
Your'll never get that smile of your boys face.

 

me too, how much?

 

I love it.Hopefully you have created a monster and he will want a real one in a couple of years.I bet his Friends dig it to.

 

Wish my dad built me something half that cool when I was a kid