Well i have finally got around to putting up a few photos of my latest little project.
About a year ago i bought a billycart/hotrod off ebay locally. It was advertised as a chevy confederate roadster cart, anyway got it for $200 and thought i could do something with it one day.
Here is a photo of it with the previous owner, it really wasnt any good for anything but the body as the wheels, frame etc were not too flash.
So a few weeks ago i thought it was time to get stuck into it. i stripped the front and rear axles off as well as the guards and mocked it up with some old torana wheels to get an idea of how i wanted it to look i.e. lower. it actually ended up MUCH lower.
i had a really old go kart frame at home that i had also bought on ebay for about $100 and started to steal all the parts i needed. Bearings, rear axle, front stub axles and steering were all chopped off so i could make the new frame (chassis).
i ordered some 175/50-13 tyres online and got them fitted to the torana rims. cut some 12mm plate and drilled to torana pattern and then welded some studs onto them to mount the wheels to the axle. here is a photo of the wheel and tyre, almost fits inside my 19" commodore rim dish.
I set the body up on some 70mm timber which would set the rinal ride height and cut away the body until the axle sat where i wanted it at the rear. Front wheel was placed approx where i wanted it.
Then i bought some steam pipe bends to make a drop axle., welded it onto the go kart stubs and sourced a couple of scooter front wheels and machined a few pieces to make them fit. i wanted to try and use the existing front drum brake but to make it fit the stub axle would have to be machined down to about 12mm and i thought it might be too thin and eventually bend so it will just run a rear disc.
I had a 5hp briggs FUN POWER and torque converter trans so i sat it in to try and figure out where it would all fit. I cut the timber floor out at the back measured everything and then seat about making a whole new chassis from steel as the existing one was aluminium and i wanted to be able to weld bits here and there.
There it is with the exhaust i started to weld up, second pipe not grafted in yet.
I forgot to take alot of photos while putting the front end together but here are a few shots of it partly finished
and done except for the fake moon tank to hide the steering shaft.
Sits just right i think. oh i havent got a photo but i chopped up and old steering wheel and got a metre of chain from bunnings, welded up my own chain steering wheel.
Yesterday i rolled it outside to get some photos next to my wagon to show the scale, used an old mini beer keg for a moon tank.
Last night i mounted the brake caliper and connected throttle etc so maybe today ill take it out to my mums and give it a run in the paddock, should be good fun in the rain.
will post videos and more photos when i do something new. The plan at this stage is also to make a mini old school caravan from polished aluminium but with sides and no top to house a seat and esky. A mate of mine Jordan and i plan to take it to chopped rod and custom in october.
