Tyrrell p34 go-kart build.

[bradwsm]

Haha! Hilarious!!!! Not that bad! Lol

 

[bradwsm]

Main frame is 95%. Need to mount pedals and shifter and that's about it. Starting rear frame Monday.

 

[Denny]

Looks great Brad! That is so friggen cool!

 

[bradwsm]

Rear frame progress. Need to build front engine mount/ diagonal support, rear wing mount, and shifter linkage.

 

[Functional Artist]

Nice...really nice!
...but, kinda too nice?

Is it really "backyard built"??

May I ask ya to "show" us
...some of "your work"???

I'm NOT trying to be NEGATIVE (-)
...but, we have seen & examined a lot of mini-vehicles
...both DIY/backyard built & factory built
&
The design & execution of your full-size to mini-car concept(s)
...the "spot on" component choices
...the nice-n-crisp bends, in the Aluminum
...all of the super tight-fitting joints
...the near perfect rivet lines (nary a rivet "out of place" &/or any "bad holes")
...& the factory like, bolting tabs etc.

IDK

 

[bradwsm]

I will post a "factory" tour tomorrow! I will take it as a compliment! I spend a ton of time researching details of the real car then search the Internet for things that are as close as I can get. All the aluminum is infact cut with a Ryobi battery jig saw. I have no metal brake, drill press, or lathe. All hand tools. I did buy a harbour freight manual pipe bender which is cool!

 

[Edwin Spangler]

I will post a "factory" tour tomorrow! I will take it as a compliment! I spend a ton of time researching details of the real car then search the Internet for things that are as close as I can get. All the aluminum is infact cut with a Ryobi battery jig saw. I have no metal brake, drill press, or lathe. All hand tools. I did by a harbour freight manual pipe bender which is cool!

Thats awesome man. I thought that was a joke!

 

[bradwsm]

This is my shed on the side of my house. I have to pull it out on the plywood in all the pics to work on it!

 

[bradwsm]

Here is a quick factory tour.
Here is the tool room.
Front half is chassis storage and engine room in the rear! Lol

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

I am way too lazy to search this forum and see if you've mentioned that powerplant. What is powering this one?

 

[Hellion]

Here is a quick factory tour.

Hory shet. I had no idea you had such a hardship space-wise with the fabrication side of things. When I saw the Ferrari posed in that clean garage, naturally thought that was your workspace, just tidied up for photos. You better hide the shed photos, man. It’s like seeing how the sausage is made, to use the expression.

Fine work. The complexity of the Tyrrell is just so much more-ness to a replica like this.

 

[bradwsm]

I am way too lazy to search this forum and see if you've mentioned that powerplant. What is powering this one?

Honda St1300 v4

 

[bradwsm]

Hory shet. I had no idea you had such a hardship space-wise with the fabrication side of things. When I saw the Ferrari posed in that clean garage, naturally thought that was your workspace, just tidied up for photos. You better hide the shed photos, man. It’s like seeing how the sausage is made, to use the expression.

Fine work. The complexity of the Tyrrell is just so much more-ness to a replica like this.

Haha! I know! The clean garage is my mother in laws. She let me keep the nearly complete cars there. She doesn't want any dirty work going on!! Lol

 

[Functional Artist]

I will take it as a compliment!

Yes, a HUGE compliment
...as that "is" some beautiful work

But, I question:

When you say that you DID all of "this"
...with "this" bucket of tools
...& simply on a piece of plywood...IDK

May we see your workbench??
...or can/did you do all of "this" on a milk crate???

 

[bradwsm]

I have been working on it every day for the last few months. My work bench is a small step up from a milk crate, dry steel storage in the back!

 

[Master Hack]

have been working on it every day for the last few months

First post is May 7. You work in a time warp. You have made more progress in a few months, than most of us make in a year or more. You must be retired and dont sleep. Yer neighbors must hate hearing that jig saw @ 2 AM!

 

[Denny]

I’m still impressed! I don’t care what anybody says. How long have you been researching the prints?

 

[Edwin Spangler]

You have plans for two other cars after this, correct?

 

[Whitetrashrocker]

Ive come to a conclusion.
Brad is either:

1. A 12 year old Indian kid banging out parts on the ground, with a stick, and holding it with his barefoot toe vise.

Or B. A Nasa engineer at jpl making cnc parts in his state of the art secret machine shop.

 

[Master Hack]

Ive come to a conclusion.
Brad is either:

1. A 12 year old Indian kid banging out parts on the ground, with a stick, and holding it with his barefoot toe vise.

Or B. A Nasa engineer at jpl making cnc parts in his state of the art secret machine shop.

Could be either AND he’s just f…n with us to see just how gullible we really are.
All the while making our junk look like a 12 year old Indian kid made it.