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sr73bu
04-26-2011, 04:25 PM
I took a few weeks off from my chevelle (before i start the long road of body & paint) to get a few things done around the house and to "fix" up this 59' Murray pedal car for my son Jack. I found it last week on craigslist after looking quite a bit. It was originally a firetruck, but i decided to make a hot rod out of it for him. I originally intented to build a frame and make it a gasser style push car. After seeing that he could actually pedal it, i decide to scrap the gasser idea and leave it a pedal car... with a removable handle to help push him along at car shows.... I wanted to make it look like a well worn kustom hauler, like we see at many shows... complete with a heavy metal flake dash. Kind of a "in-complete resto" from the 60's. anyway... Enjoy!

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Primed, painted then red scuff pad to get the right look... just got to know when to stop

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every cotter pin/ nut a bolt was replaced with stainless parts... the dogdish caps were lightly sanded and cleared to capture the "patina"

-Sean

tommycomfort
04-26-2011, 05:20 PM
Super cool!

LeighP
04-26-2011, 05:30 PM
Now thats a real nice job!

mc84_zz4
04-26-2011, 05:37 PM
Passing the car fever down in the family!
I'm sure your kid's going to love it! :twothumbs:

oestek
04-27-2011, 11:25 AM
That's killer. I had one as a kid! Got more pics?

Yelcamino
04-27-2011, 01:09 PM
That is super cool! Nice job!

colt zantop
04-27-2011, 04:53 PM
very cool! I want to do something similar in the near future!

Chevrolaine
04-27-2011, 05:37 PM
Awesome, Great job!

srh3trinity
04-27-2011, 07:47 PM
That is awesome!

oestek
05-05-2011, 07:43 PM
46571

Here's me on the way to a fire, circa 1974 maybe?

sr73bu
05-07-2011, 05:35 PM
46571

Here's me on the way to a fire, circa 1974 maybe?

Way Cool Kevin! haha.... i'll try to get some more pics posted for you. My wife is sewing a mexican blanket seat cover to go with the whole theme and I still need to add a push bar to help him along...

-Sean