In November, I decided I wanted something to ride on my small property and the surrounding county roads. Money was a real issue, and I love designing and building things. I told my wife it might take 2 years to finish it. I have a 40+ year old arc welder, and crude power tools. I discovered the long overhead tube on our old garage door looked pretty good, despite being rusty. It is 1” diameter with a .100 wall thickness. I wanted to base my design on an old Cushman type scooter of the 40’s and 50’s. I made a rough sketch and made a wooden board to make a jig to hold all the pieces so I could weld it. I made my own tube bender out of a piece of 6” well casing with 2 ears welded on it. When the first bend came out nice, I knew I was in business. I went to a garage door place and after visiting with them a while, they gave me access to their dumpster which had several 17’ pieces of the tubing. A stop at a local welder got me some scrap pieces of steel. Another stop at a heating and cooling place got me some heavy gauge sheet metal from old heat exchanger units.
Cost so far , zip.
I just used the Looks about right method and went from there. Long story short, I worked around the clock
And finished it 22 months ahead of schedule! I made every thing on the scooter except of course wheels, sprockets etc.. It has the $99.00 Horrible freight 6.5 hp motor that runs fantastic. The tires are 16x4 on the front, and 16x8 on the rear. It rides really smooth and quiet.
Cost so far , zip.
I just used the Looks about right method and went from there. Long story short, I worked around the clock
And finished it 22 months ahead of schedule! I made every thing on the scooter except of course wheels, sprockets etc.. It has the $99.00 Horrible freight 6.5 hp motor that runs fantastic. The tires are 16x4 on the front, and 16x8 on the rear. It rides really smooth and quiet.
more pictures on your next project build:thumbsup:
