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My daughter loves to drive this one-of-akind toy car equipped with a real 3-hp. gas motor. I built it out of old lawn mower parts as a Christmas gift to my 6-year-old daughter. I used 3/4-in. dia. pipe to build the car's frame and 3/8-in. plywood covered with sheet metal to make the body. I salvaged the wheels from a pair of old riding lawn mowers. The rear axle was salvaged from a mower, but the front axle was home-built. The car's Briggs & Stratton rope-start motor, forward-and-reverse transmission, and differential were also salvaged from an old mower. It didn't cost much to build and is so easy to drive that my daughter was driving it on her own in about 15 min. It goes about 5 mph. She just puts it in gear and pushes on the gas pedal. The rear hood hinges behind the seat for easy access to start and service the motor. The motor, equipped with a centrifugal clutch, belt drives a forward and reverse transmission. A disk brake engages a sprocket on the differential. (Gary Moffett, Rt. 1, Box 452, Connersville, Ind. 47331)
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Mower Lift FARM HOME Lawn Mowers (31h,38) 15-5-34 My daughter loves to drive this one-of-akind toy car equipped with a real 3-hp. gas motor. I built it out of old lawn mower parts as a Christmas gift to my 6-year-old daughter. I used 3/4-in. dia. pipe to build the car's frame and 3/8-in. plywood covered with sheet metal to make the body. I salvaged the wheels from a pair of old riding lawn mowers. The rear axle was salvaged from a mower, but the front axle was home-built. The car's Briggs & Stratton rope-start motor, forward-and-reverse transmission, and differential were also salvaged from an old mower. It didn't cost much to build and is so easy to drive that my daughter was driving it on her own in about 15 min. It goes about 5 mph. She just puts it in gear and pushes on the gas pedal. The rear hood hinges behind the seat for easy access to start and service the motor. The motor, equipped with a centrifugal clutch, belt drives a forward and reverse transmission. A disk brake engages a sprocket on the differential. (Gary Moffett, Rt. 1, Box 452, Connersville, Ind. 47331)
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