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.