Right before the little rodder was born I picked up this 37ish ford (it's not really to scale) gl*** tub for the boys hot rod stroller, well he's 15 m/o now and I still dont have it done, seeing as I want him to be able to enjoy it while he still fits in it and the turkey run is commin up I kicked it up a notch and have been bustin on it....full tube frame, 1.5" drop front axel, fully articulating front and rear suspention and a bucket seat made from the real thing (trash find, I pulled a single ricer bucket out of the trash and cut it up for the boys can.) I'm using Kart rear wheels with custom hubs, gonna be running full moons up front made from alum pan lids. it will have a 5 point harness in it, oh and dont forget the push handle made from a bread dolly. In the near future it'll have a mini airide system in it with bags from the semi truck air seats and syl. from a active target system (small) I'll use a 12V hobby gell cell batt as well as a gutted emergency roadside trunk compressor...right now though it has springs tacked in place till I finish gathering the parts....gonna be satin black for now, its goin to the turkey run or I aint going! Yeah its slightly off topic but I figured ya'll would dig a mini rod I tried talkin the wifie into a flame thrower system but somethin about babies and fire.....I donno..... oh the pic of a pile O junk is half of what was left from the seat I sacraficed tomorrow will be spent making the door panels and on the sewing machine whipin up a trad interior
That's awesome! Should every kid be so lucky. Good luck - time is running short. If we see you (we'll recognize you by the buggy) we'll make sure to say hello.
It is looking great. I built on e of these for my daughter and finished it when she turned 1. You will have more fun with this than you ever imaginied. My daughter 5 now, is too big for it but I would never dream of selling it. It is now a piece of "Garage Art". I get a lot of people asking about buying it but I never will. Great idea with the suspension. Hers had no suspension. The frame on hers is 1/2" sq tube. It has working head and tail lights, a radio, a fan in the nose that scoops air from a bottom air scoop for those hot days. Aluminum wheels with Lawn mower tires pressed on. Custom steering wheel made from an o-ring. The interior I did not do, and a friend painted it for us. I had some help from family and friends, it was one of the funnest projects I have ever done. Enjoy yourself this weekend!!!
thats is severly sweet sedanman....mine aint gonna be that nice....I went with the suspention just cause I thought it would be different....and the ultimate goal of airide... Speaking of these little things, what did your headlights come out of....I havent been able to fnd anything like that and really like the flow of those with the body...I as well have duval style windsheild plans for this one but time is running short....I just want toget it there right now and worry about the finer details in a few weeks....last question...where did you get your alum front wheels? I looked and looked for something similar and went with a HF utility wheel and wheel cover....I'd rather have a alum wheel....great lookin kid sled!!!and your right it's already been a hell of alot of fun, though my friends think I'm nuts (non-car friends that is) they all said "why dont you just buy a stroller?" My response, "I did you dole-head, and gave it to the wife, it stays in the SUV, this......this is DADS stroller...."
Kallie, The headlights I bought at a swap meet. I believe they may have been pedal car lights or something similar. They have mercury switches and have to be in the correct position or they will not come on. The tails are small indicator lights also a swap meet item. I used a small 12V scooter battery. It has a full fuse panel for each component. The wheels were cut on lathe by a fellow who I found at a swap meet that had a few of these bodies. We got to talking and he had a set of these wheels left over. The tires are mower tires pressed on. I made the push handle to work like a hitch reciever. It slides in and is tightened in place by a bolt from underneath. The bolt has a large aluminum knob on it that drags when you raise the front wheels keeping you from dragging the rear of the body. There are rocker switches that stick through the right rear floor pan for the fan lights or radio. Some of my friends thought I was nuts also. My wife loves cars and the stroller but the funniest thing was one day after completing the stroller she came hame with a bag full of clothes for my daughter and I made the mistake of questioning why a baby needed all the things she had bought. I said does a baby need a $20 dollar pair of jeans, She said no and she doesn't need a $500 stroller either. At that I just agreed and went on!!!! Send me an email and I will take some higher resolution shots this weekend and send them to you next week. I will get some of the inside as well. tracy_turner@praxair.com
I just checked and Be Bops Gl*** works sells headlight kits for the bodies. I am not sure if they are working lights or just the lenses. You might give them a call, or they may be at the Turkey Run. www.bebops-gl***works.com
Below are some pictures of a pedal car of mine when I was a youngster. My father, may god rest his soul built this for me to bring me around car shows with and swapmeets. He bought the body of it at wick's road one year, and built it with a little help from my uncle on the painting. Just thought I'd show you along with everyone a different type of pedal car/stroller -Good luck with your current stoller build, happy holidays. -Rick
I went for the open wheel style. Runs working leaf up front and coil-over rear with fake drum brakes all around. Kid likes to run his fingers over the slicks when being pushed. Steers from the handle bars to keep us out of trouble
Kalie, Did you get it done in time to make it to the show this past weekend? Lets see some shots of it.
Rick: That looks like the body of one of the cars that was at Disneyland in the 1950's.It was a ride called Autopia and was featured in Rod and Custom around 1956.The body is a replica of an Austin A40.
My buddy's about to have his first kid and my wife and I have talked about building them a stroller from speedway's pedal car kit. I figured I could build a ch***is with a stroller handle on it and then, when the kid gets older, the body could be swapped onto the pedal car ch***is that comes with the kit. Does anyone know of someone who's done something similar?
yep, I got it semi complete....well....cruise worthy anyway, the details wernt done but the bulk of it was safe for the little guy...granted he got more looks than my truck but I didnt notice heck he got more pics of him in my truck than I did....well thats cause I was out tryin to score a tri-power (which I did) anyway, it was two nearly all night jam sessions in a row to get the little blighters rod done, the interior aint perfect, but I did it and it looks presentable, the front full moons were constructed out of the pan lids we used to boil the lil' dudes milk in...there are a few bugs I gotta work out with the suspention but it cruised at least 5mph with no problems it got shot in the same satin as dads full size, full stripe job and details to come....
thanks man I had more fun strollin round with the troll than I've had in a long time....he digs the thing.....and as you can see he loves to "drive" the real thing as well....whenever he gets cranky at the house all you gotta do is take him out to the garage and let him "drive" he honks the horn, twists the knobs he can reach and in general has a good ol' time...looks like I may have gotten a car kid...hopefully it stays that way
this is the one I built my daughter.. she was about 9 months old at this point.. the seat is a booster chair the handle terminates in a mount for a GM steering wheel ( i tore apart an old column for the splined shaft..) this way I get to drive too.. some days I run the 50 chevy wheel seen here.. some days.. one of my "olds accessory" wheels. I used air hose quick couplers to allow the handles to "disconnect" for easy travel. pneumatic wheels provide all the necessary "suspension"
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