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Steve in Tennessee
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|  Subject: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower  January 10th 2013, 9:29 am | |
|  Someone was interested in my two seater. This is a picture before it was finished. It has a 12 HP Briggs engine with and MTD variable speed pulley setup.  Finished car here. We drive it almost every day around our place in the hills of Tennessee | |
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BlackMountian88
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 10:34 am | |
| Wow that's really nice! The wood looks cool. | |
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Jamus
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 11:39 am | |
| Cery cool indeed. We're going to need some closeup shots. | |
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Stretch44875
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 11:58 am | |
| Nice work, looks like you make furniture. Neat little car. | |
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Doug
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 12:19 pm | |
| Looks like something my great grandfather would have made (he was a woodworker). Very cool.
How much does it weigh? _______________________________________________ | |
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Steve in Tennessee
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 1:10 pm | |
| How much does it weigh? A lot! This one is solid oak which is heavy but also strong. I would guess the car with out the riders would be in the 350 pound range. I know I cannot pick up even the front end, I have to use a hoist. I tell people it will go anywhere I can get traction. I thought about locking the differential but decided I didn't want to loose the steering ability. The ground clearance is not all that great either. I will run out and take some more pictures and post them in the next day or so. | |
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Steve in Tennessee
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| | Subject: More Pictures of the Two Seater January 10th 2013, 10:02 pm | |
|  Home-made steering knuckle and axle - 3 layers of hard maple  Springs from Michigan Truck Spring  12 HP B/S Flat Head Motor  Gas Tank and Bed   Tail Gate  MTD Variable Speed Pulley Setup | |
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Doug
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 10:17 pm | |
| It was cool until you mentioned the vari-drive.
Just kidding, thats really what a vari-drive should be in. Looks really good and I like your leaf suspension. _______________________________________________ | |
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gearheadmike
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 10th 2013, 10:30 pm | |
| Really sweet looking! Good job on it  | |
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Craftsman Dude
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 12:14 am | |
| Did you extend the rear axles to make it wider if so may i ask how? Have you thought to pulley swap it and speed it up a lil maybe 10 mph to git around quicker. | |
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Steve in Tennessee
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Location : Central Tennessee
| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 10:45 am | |
| Sorry, I left the picture of the axle extension out. I purchased heavy wall tube. 3/4 ID - 1-1/4 OD to make a splice on each end of the shaft coming out of the trans-axle. I installed an additional 3/4 inch roller bearing next to each wheel.  | |
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Tractor Man Jeff
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 2:52 pm | |
| Very nice build there, and Welcome. My grandfather is a wood worker too. He helped me make my oak sides for my truck bed. Looks like the same wood. Very stout for sure. Definitely the alternative to welding. PS, I scooted your second post into your build post so it doesn't clutter up stuff, and also to make it easier for folks to find you build pictures. Just post additional pictures and other stuff related to your build in here.
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My truck: 1986 Ford F-350 Cab&Chassis, IH 6.9L diesel V8, BW T-19 4 speed with granny gear, 2wd, 9ft Knaphiede westerner flatbed.
My tractor: Craftsman LT1000, 17HP Briggs Now a 20HP Briggs Apposed Twin, 6 speed Dana Trans-axle pulley swapped to 15MPH, golf cart front suspension and tires, ATV tires on the back, Rear ATV rack, front brush guard.
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Steve in Tennessee
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 6:24 pm | |
| I did do a pulley swap on the motor. I think it is about 6 or 7 inches in dia. Ground speed is about twice what the mower was. | |
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AcreFarm
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 8:07 pm | |
| I like that! Very neat indeed. | |
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muddstir
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 11th 2013, 8:29 pm | |
| Very nice. Thats something that I could use.
Does the bed dump on it? | |
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Steve in Tennessee
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| | Subject: Re: Two Seat Car from old MTD Mower January 12th 2013, 5:05 am | |
| No dump at this point. It would not be too hard to do thought. The bed is removable with just two bolts to access the belts. | |
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