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G'day all,
I thought I'd put some of my work on the forum.
I build 2/3 scale cars and motorcycles from recycled materials mainly wood.
I started about 10 years ago building Billycarts (that's Australian for a soapbox racer).
After making what I thought was a pretty darn good one, my son nicely suggested he thought I could do better.
That sent me down the path of wondering just how much could I make one look real.
One of my favourite Hot Rods when I was a kid was Ed Roth's Outlaw.
To build it I used MDF,Plywood, pine, PVC pipe and just about every thing else I could find to help form different shapes.
The body is made of plywood, MDF, pine and some PVC. The front end is pine.
The engine is MDF and lots of odds and ends like coat hanger wire, bits of broom handles and old telephone line.
The back wheels are from a Mini and the front are bicycle wheels.
The radiator is made from plywood and cardboard.
The hole thing is about 6 feet long.
Anyway I hope you like it.
Trevor.
I thought I'd put some of my work on the forum.
I build 2/3 scale cars and motorcycles from recycled materials mainly wood.
I started about 10 years ago building Billycarts (that's Australian for a soapbox racer).
After making what I thought was a pretty darn good one, my son nicely suggested he thought I could do better.
That sent me down the path of wondering just how much could I make one look real.
One of my favourite Hot Rods when I was a kid was Ed Roth's Outlaw.
To build it I used MDF,Plywood, pine, PVC pipe and just about every thing else I could find to help form different shapes.


The body is made of plywood, MDF, pine and some PVC. The front end is pine.
The engine is MDF and lots of odds and ends like coat hanger wire, bits of broom handles and old telephone line.


The back wheels are from a Mini and the front are bicycle wheels.
The radiator is made from plywood and cardboard.
The hole thing is about 6 feet long.

Anyway I hope you like it.
Trevor.