Kart Rods

[Desertduler]

Sorry to hear about your mom Kelly that is a tough one.
Good to see you back!

 

[firemanjim]

So sorry to hear about your mom. I know it's rough dealing with. My mother has been in remission for a few years now, but it wasn't looking so good 3 years ago.... They gave her a "date".... Then came back and said," o we were wrong! your gonna make it..."
A coworker is going through the same thing right now. The Dr.'s gave his mom 6 months...
I couldnt imagine what you're going through, and I'm sure you have a "shoulder to lean on", but in any case, I'm here for you man, if you just wanna shoot the breeze....or whatever...... Jimmy

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Thread closed at OP's request. Will be re-opened upon his return from a hiatus. We wish you well, Kelly.

 

[Kelly Wood]

Ah... after a time you just have to get back to things.

With the racing season coming to an end... it was time to bring out the rides and take a fall cruise. Sarge & Urban defiance are just fine after a long break, running still quite well... now sitting in their little portable garage.

Back to business. On with the Baroness soon.

 

[KartFab]

Your back! YAY!

 

[itsid]

Welcome Back Kelly.. we missed you

'sid

 

[Kelly Wood]

Thanks.

Ahem...

Continuing on...

With my mom passing, my dad has continued on and doing fine. He's decided to clean some things up... and weirdly, my other two brothers didn't want these... so I got them.

I used to actually step into the dump truck, feet side by side and ride them down the driveway when I was like... 8.

Yup, count them... 7 of my childhood Tonka's.

Wonder what I'll do with them...

 

[itsid]

Odd.. I have one of those as well.. I'll see if I can find it somewhere.. I also had a big crane on a rail.. I think that was a Tonka as well...
And a Safari Jeep...

I got carried away
Nice!

'sid

 

[landuse]

Welcome back Kelly

 

[Kelly Wood]

Thanks!

Update:

Lunchtime drawing time!

2 versions. V1, a shorty.

V1.1, the usual stretched version.

Hm... I'll type more later about this one... LOL If the dump is on the back, it'll have to be bigger than the stock one... maybe have some mods to do. If on the front... makes a nice tray for stuff... like a cell phone with someone's app on it.

I'm diggin both actually... but the shorty might be interesting.

 

[machinist@large]

I like both concepts; I guess it will come down to what you can scrounge up that meets your personal coolness factor....

I'm glad you're back Kelly..... Pat

 

[Kelly Wood]

Nice place for UKF! I've found an abandoned Piggly Wiggly near me. Haven't had time to try it out against Neighbor Complaint/Police Response time yet though.

That's funny.

Average NCPR here is about 30 min... and that's corked. Uncorked is about 10.

btw. I'm on facebook should anyone want to find me there. https://www.facebook.com/kelly.wood.16100921

 

[itsid]

I like the stretched version better (well.. from the drawings )

'sid

 

[Kelly Wood]

Yup, as usual, we'll see how it goes... I'm leaning for a stretch job like the others for stability... and the front being a combination like the short one. The dump needs to be part of the front... for a neat little cubby hole up front for stuff... plus it makes it long enough.

So, onward.


I did a once over on the Tonkas I have and decided to ultimately keep one set of the two I have... which means... figure out which ones to save, and which ones to use for parts on the others and this build...

First up, find the dump truck that's the most beat up and use it.

And that must have been my favorite because I remember chucking one of these dump trucks off my garage as a kid... and lighting fireworks in the drivers seat... and dumping oil in the back... and... Oh heck... Wait, did I attempt to set this one on fire? Nope. Whew.

Too bad they don't make stuff like this anymore... perfect for the Kart Rod. Authentic, tough... and it gets a new life. I'm sure it always wished it could have a heart (an engine, be a real boy...) and it's gonna get one.

Found it, disassemble, clean up, bend back into shape...

and I don't even have a kart frame yet for this one.

Anyway, parts, check.

We'll hook these two together and put an inner frame into it for the front clip... then some nifty additions.

The engine will be yellow most likely... Air filter cover and engine cover could see other tonka parts.

Please bow your heads in a moment of silence. A few Tonka's are going to lose their lives in this build... and one already did.

Know what amazes me? See the little exhaust stacks on this? They're rubber... and still flexible, not a crack in them, totally fine... after 40 years. Why don't we make stuff like this anymore?

 

[landuse]

They sure made toys to last in those days. Now they make them to break in a week so that you come back and buy another one

 

[whapit]

looks the part, keep up the good work.

 

[Orange Krate]

Man, Daisy's motor would be so sweet on that!

 

[Kelly Wood]

Hi, sorry I've not been around too much but... well, life gets in the way sometimes.

The Kart Rods are on hold for a bit while things here get rearranged, etc.

My daughter is now racing JR Rotax and with the introduction of the Briggs LO206 at the track, the competition has been immense and I've been racing too.

Next year, there should be a good 30 racers in my class alone.

We got our butts handed to us last year and only pulled 4th for the season and that included 3 Rain races (rained all 13 hours) too.

Yup.

So a few pics. My two rides for the racing this year. The Tonykart and the thrasher. I still throw a few "old school looks" into whatever I drive.

I'll return soon.

Kelly

 

[landuse]

Nice to have you back Kelly

 

[Poboy kartman]

Nice to have you back Kelly

Yep....I was just thinking about you a day or too ago.....glad to hear you haven't crashed and burned......welcome back!!!!