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Post by jim@NAL » Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:06 pm

I recently built my daughter a totrod it's like a little go kart that you push along with a rod .it's all from scratch and all from wood .
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Re: Totrod

Post by Peter Butler » Wed Nov 28, 2018 10:10 pm

That looks great Jim, she's a lucky girl and I bet she loves it!
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Re: Totrod

Post by Big Jim » Thu Nov 29, 2018 8:17 am

Superb.
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Re: Totrod

Post by IanC » Thu Nov 29, 2018 9:37 am

Wonderful. As kids we used to make our own carts from discarded pram wheels and other bit's 'n' pieces. Great fun it was too.
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Re: Totrod

Post by FWLR » Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:27 pm

Brilliant build Jim.

We only had the chassis off one of those prams that had the leather straps to hold the body on.....No floor for us, we did have brakes though that were fitted to the chassis......hair raising it was. But we didn't care or know any better........ :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Totrod

Post by IanC » Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:23 am

FWLR wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:27 pm Brilliant build Jim.

We only had the chassis off one of those prams that had the leather straps to hold the body on.....No floor for us, we did have brakes though that were fitted to the chassis......hair raising it was. But we didn't care or know any better........ :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: Yes, I'd forgotten about brakes. I don't think we had any apart from the person on the back wearing out his shoes on the tarmac! Happy days.
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Re: Totrod

Post by FWLR » Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:40 am

IanC wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 9:23 am
FWLR wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 5:27 pm Brilliant build Jim.

We only had the chassis off one of those prams that had the leather straps to hold the body on.....No floor for us, we did have brakes though that were fitted to the chassis......hair raising it was. But we didn't care or know any better........ :lol: :lol: :lol:
:lol: Yes, I'd forgotten about brakes. I don't think we had any apart from the person on the back wearing out his shoes on the tarmac! Happy days.
Thats why I always drove....Well nearly always.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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