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"Couchmobile" Wows Parade Goers
couch to go into town?
If so, you'll like this "couchmobile" created by Morgan L'Argent, Minneapolis, Minn. He added a pair of motors to an old 2-seater couch. "It was just something fun to do," he says.
Two 24-volt electric motors, one on each side, control it. L'Argent can go forward, backward or even
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"Couchmobile" Wows Parade Goers AG WORLD 28-4-22 couch to go into town?
If so, you'll like this "couchmobile" created by Morgan L'Argent, Minneapolis, Minn. He added a pair of motors to an old 2-seater couch. "It was just something fun to do," he says.
Two 24-volt electric motors, one on each side, control it. L'Argent can go forward, backward or even spin in place using a remote control car controller with two joysticks, each of which controls one motor.
When not "moving," it looks and acts like a regular couch.
Although not street legal, he put a fake license plate on the front for fun.
L'Argent says the mobile couch goes faster than walking but slower than running.
"When I built this I wanted to make everything enclosed so when it's not moving, you can't tell anything's been changed, " he says.
When people see it, their jaws drop, he says. Others make comments such as "Can I have a ride?" or "Where's the TV or beer?"
L'Argent says he plans on creating a webpage that describes how to create a couchmobile.
Once posted, a link will be found at www.artcarparade.com.
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