kids
Re: kids
your wish is my command 
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Young Farmer
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Re: kids
Reminds me of Christmas '68. I had just started as farm manager and the farm workshop was opposite our house. We, or father Christmas had given our eldest a pedal tractor for christmas. Mid morning he came in in floods of tears, his tractor was broken . He had taken it into the workshop and "mended" his tractor with a 2lb hammer. Plastic and hammers don't mix very well, Dad then had to make it better. A steel patch and several years of fun followed. Hammers were put out of reach.
Re: kids
I made my daughter a Lightweight...and in her excitement , she drove it into me,right on my shin, bless her 
Falling forwards on to the bonnet... i went through the windscreen and broke the pillar Didn't stop the fun though !
Falling forwards on to the bonnet... i went through the windscreen and broke the pillar
Didn't stop the fun though !
Re: kids
£50 -- for a big leisure battery. A few relays and an on/off/on switch ( which is the forward /reverse "gearstick") Secondhand plywood. The rest is junk from the tip . 2 electric golf caddys /caddies?? motors, wheelchair speed controller / brake .Lights i made -stainless food bowls and LED's 
We've still got it,but it looks a bit sad...its sat outside 4 winters 
and it was only thrown together quick ..
Still has a charge
, i tried it the other day ! Good, them leisure batteries !
Its called an Apache , the plans were in 1994 Model Engineer which i have if you want copies.I just modified it to look like a Lightweight. As it happens i'm short of work , and i'm making another right now . . All new stuff so far - 40 quid plywood, 22 quid -wheels (ebay) , axles -i made , wheelchair motor i had .. I reckon £200 with all new stuff.
We've still got it,but it looks a bit sad...its sat outside 4 winters and it was only thrown together quick ..Still has a charge
, i tried it the other day ! Good, them leisure batteries !Its called an Apache , the plans were in 1994 Model Engineer which i have if you want copies.I just modified it to look like a Lightweight. As it happens i'm short of work , and i'm making another right now . . All new stuff so far - 40 quid plywood, 22 quid -wheels (ebay) , axles -i made , wheelchair motor i had .. I reckon £200 with all new stuff.
Re: kids
Rich, you could part-x it for an MR2. You wouldn't ever have to replace the alternator on itzipgun wrote:£200 with all new stuff
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: kids
I like the 'Transit Tipper Playpen' was it a factory option ? 
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles