Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Welding at last!

Okay, the plasma cutter and welder are hard at work. Still working on wheelbase, front axle came out nice.

Only odd thing is scooters let the bearings float from side to side to align with the disc brake caliper. Interesting, should be fine once the calipers are mounted.

Looks like the Sceadu, only with skinny tires.
And, cut the scooter in half and a quick test fit!

Now to install the steering from the scooter and decide what to use for front shocks and where to place them. Using the scooter makes all the support items much easier than the Sceadu design.

Stay tuned for the next phase!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

more stuff

Now have a second scooter, of course you need 2 front tires to make a 3 wheeler. Have the first scooter engine all rebuilt and ready to go. So now its time to lay it out! Pictures soon.

So Toyota is looking at a three wheel electric, but only seats one. Again, their customer have no friends to take for a ride? The see through doors are interesting.

Here is a new idea, wait 1960's. This might be the car that sparked my interest all those years ago,
turbo-phantom

Okay, now I need to decide to make a more exact Sceadu with scooter power, or modify the floor to not have the two humps to stradle for the bottom frame? Stay tuned.