what do you people think of this THING!

[hero dave]

this is a go kart I made for my kids.... it was almost as fun as working on my sonoma! i'm to big, I can't drive it comfortably! it was a riding lawn mover that I widened and lenghtened. it is 94 inches long and 57 inches wide. powered by a 10 hp techumsie engine and a 5 speed belt drive transmission. the frame is 1 1/2 square tubing and the metal is .032 stainless steel, comletely hand formed my me and my hammer/vice/dollies ect... door open suicide and the interior is green leather (it was free) with black padded carpet. has a cool am/fm tape sterio and 2 6x9 blazer speakers and a 10" mtx subwoofer with a 200 watt bazooka amp. engine cooling is air cooled but I added a 16" electric fan. my daughter (7yrs) and my youngest son (3 yrs) love the hell out of it. my daughter taped the flames I just painted them. pretty good of a 7 year old! heck she's better than me! let me know what you people think! I was going to make a small s10 but I wanted it to be unusual!

[firefighter]

That thing is bad AZZ. Make one for me. Please. lol

[87wildside]

That's awesome!

Persio, you aint gonna fit in that....lol

[Jongo88]

That rocks man.. You need to make fat man size so we can race them... lol

[firefighter]

That's awesome!

Persio, you aint gonna fit in that....lol

Not by a long shot. I would need the aforementioned fat man size. lol

[hero dave]

I thought about making one for us "adults" using a 650 or something, then make them street legal. think about it.... conveiniance of a car.... MPG of a bike. don't get me wrong I can sit in it but only me would be in it! oh btw it took about two years to finish it. about 9 months to build the car, a year under a tarp when I was building the s10 and then about a month to finish it.

[Cameo_S10]

Cool man!:cool:

[firefighter]

How much money you got into it?

[hero dave]

total $$ in it is probably around $800 but that is EVERYTHING....welding gas, cut off wheels, paint, engine, tranny, wheels, steering linkage....most of it is riding lawn mover steering. somethings are just leftovers from other "pojects"

[Bone Crusher]

thing is awesome

[rentedmule]

LOL, I love it!

[oddball]

THAT is just too cool!Need fat guy version w/ a sporty under the hood.XL1000 would do nicely!

[ShowNgo4fun]

That is something to be proud of! When the kids grow up that kart is what they will remember most of all. Priceless! Great looking too!

[hero dave]

let me know if you want me to build you one! I'll build another if I get enought support!

[spideyjected]

That thing is cool!

[stealthsuper]

That is bad ass, and to think I had a freakin Big-Wheels growing up. LOL

[hero dave]

yea...I thought that myself....my Dad always told me that he would make a gokart for me and my brother but he seemed to work all the time.... needless to say it never happened. I want my kids to like "mini-trucks" and rods hoping that this will spark the interest. I think it worked on two of them!

[ShowNgo4fun]

Can you build one that looks like a first gen blazer? I think S10planet needs a mascot.

[stealthsuper]

Can you build one that looks like a first gen blazer? I think S10planet needs a mascot.

X 2 :usa2:

[Big Mack Daddy]

X3

[Mikz86TA]

Its cool. Wish I had one when I was a kid =)

[stealthsuper]

Man, the neighborhood kids would hate you and your Big Wheels/Go Cart/ Buggy Street Rod.

[hero dave]

heck most of the people that have those type of things take them to car shows and don't let the kids near it! I want them to have fun with it!!!

[ShowNgo4fun]

heck most of the people that have those type of things take them to car shows and don't let the kids near it! I want them to have fun with it!!!

Youve got me looking at trying my hand at a custom car cart. I found a running yerf dog go cart with suspension for $350. Then I would have to get fabricating. Did you take pictures along the way? Post some up of the build if you have them.

[hero dave]

I do have pictures along the way! they are somewhere on the computer.... along with about 2 yrs of other picts. do you want me to tell you how I did it? the biggest thing is to get metal that is workable. I chose stainless because of the rust propertys, ease of welding and plain strenght of the stuff. it was also one of the eaziest things to find here. let me know, and I'll see if I can find pictures.

[bespurcell]

Sweeet! I always wanted one as a kid. I've actually got an old rider that was given to me. I was planning on fixing it up for the kids. Nothing that fancy though.

[hero dave]

it was fun to do!!! almost so fun I thought about building a REAL one....but then the wifey said I would have to sell the sonoma.... CANT do that!

[csl2006]

nos or bust!

[hero dave]

nos on a gokart?!

[ShowNgo4fun]

I do have pictures along the way! they are somewhere on the computer.... along with about 2 yrs of other picts. do you want me to tell you how I did it? the biggest thing is to get metal that is workable. I chose stainless because of the rust propertys, ease of welding and plain strenght of the stuff. it was also one of the eaziest things to find here. let me know, and I'll see if I can find pictures.

If you find the pics let me know. Any tips on how you did it woul be helpful in deciding if its something I want to get started on. Did you use an english wheel or was it all hammer?

[Bootlegger's Deluxe]

where do u put the cases of booze?

[ShowNgo4fun]

where do u put the cases of booze?

Same place you put the women, under the cover!

[hero dave]

well you put the booze in the trunk....er hood....the front of the thing! its like a fiero!

[hero dave]

didn't have acess to an english wheel...even though it would of been alot eazier! I did it all by hand. I also use a 6 inch vise, and a home made break. (two 2x4 with a couple of hinges) but mostly I rapped it around the frame that I made tacking it every 3-4 inches....slowly hammering and forming it as I went. the hardest part was getting the two sides to match, and the bending of the square tubing on the back round. that was a vise and my fat A$$ pushing on it...ripped the vise of the wall a few times :( but an easy fix!

[csl2006]

dave....yes nitrous......just think you could have the fastest hand built mini car....could even go to the salt flats and run it for land speed.