Evolution of a young hillclimber.

[sachilles]

I'm not sure the snow can melt quickly enough.

Immediate needs:
A little carb tuning.
A chain guard.
Seat belt(s)

On the list but not really needed, but wanted.
New paint and customization.

[Ryed]

Looks like a fun project. Will Andrew be able to reach the pedals?

I wouldn't be much help in the "immediate needs" category, but would be happy to help with paint/customization once the temperatures cooperate.

[sachilles]

I measured him up this morning, and need to make sure he can reach the pedals. If not, they make pedal extensions. Its a fairly small cockpit.

[walterclark]

You need someplace for stickers...like this:

[sachilles]

Maybe Sherm has a spare body, it would probably fit.

[sdwarf36]

Maybe Sherm has a spare body, it would probably fit.

I'd love to help-But I actually found a use for all the piles of old sheet metal had stacked up over the years. Practice for the sheet metal brake. I saw how expensive some of the shelves + things for a trailer are. 'Hey-I could make that' mode took over. So I cut up some stuff from the pile + folded it up.
I've made shelves + fire ext. holders for others so far-but I've saved the good raw materials for myself.

[sachilles]

I was only joking.

Those some pretty cool shelves!

[Rabbit Farmer]

I'm not sure the snow can melt quickly enough.

What about bring it out on the lake? Some super studs would be fun.

[sachilles]

It's been a little while on this one. My new job has been keeping me far to busy.
I'm very proud of Andrew. It's easy to get sentimental about your first race car. Earlier this summer, he gave up the race gator to a deserving little tike. They haven't quite put it up to full speed yet.
He did it with out his go kart being ready. It took a while, but it is finally drivable.

We haven't really named it yet, but I'm thinking we should called the lawn killer.
It's drivable, but it needs some work. Right now it is only one wheel drive, which just causes the tire to spin, and dig up the lawn.
Also need to upgrade the seat belt to a five point harness, as he had his first off tonight. Glad it has a cage and we insist on a helmet, yet just a lap belt belt isn't quite enough. It will also keep him in place better.
The gas peddle needs to be shimmed up so it's at a better angle.

[sachilles]

You may notice some differences in the kart from the first picture posted. Obviously a little paint was involved. Andrew wanted to some orange highlights. As time marches on we may add a little more. We tried some of that rubber wrap stuff on the floor piece. I'm not all that happy with it.

The key to being a good racer, is knowing the machine and becoming one with it. So working on it is paramount. We thought it was time for Andrew to have a set of tools of his own. He doesn't particularly care for using mine, especially when he can just look at me with puppy dog eyes and get his own set. Well, if you are going to own tools you better use them.
Those with a decent set of eyes will notice that the engine is different than in the first picture. The original ran, but poorly. It was kind of annoying, and I also found the plug cross threaded amongst a few other maladies. So, would you believe you can get an electric start motor on ebay for 200 bucks? Me either, so I ordered it up, ups delivered. Added some oil and gas and she started right up. Runs great. I had to drill a couple holes to hook it up to a cable throttle otherwise it's needed no work.