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winchman
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 Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:19 am Post subject: My latest project, I bet no one else has one? |
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Our daughters doing her Art A level.
The topic is Fun Fair, so she comes to Dad, " Can you get me a Dodgem?"
So the garage is now filled with a 1974 Reverchon Atlanta and having spent the last 30 years near the sea its putting up quite a fight
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Never found the need our Series Land Rovers shift any pesky modern efforts that pass as cars these days out of the way if they dare get too close
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Rick
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:48 am Post subject: Re: My latest project, I bet no one else has one? |
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| winchman wrote: | Our daughters doing her Art A level.
The topic is Fun Fair, so she comes to Dad, " Can you get me a Dodgem?"
So the garage is now filled with a 1974 Reverchon Atlanta and having spent the last 30 years near the sea its putting up quite a fight |
Photos required 
I've three ride-on cars from fairground rides, but no dodgems as yet.
RJ
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buzzy bee
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There is a Dodgem with a petrol engine that drives round most of the Cheshire Rallies of an evening, when the public's gone home.
Had a Few interesting nights on the Dodgems last season... Say no more, lol |
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winchman
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| D4B wrote: | | http://youtu.be/oiI0l_tgKZY |
I wonder what they used as a donor?
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winchman
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| Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:14 am Post subject: Re: My latest project, I bet no one else has one? |
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| Rick wrote: | | winchman wrote: | Our daughters doing her Art A level.
The topic is Fun Fair, so she comes to Dad, " Can you get me a Dodgem?"
So the garage is now filled with a 1974 Reverchon Atlanta and having spent the last 30 years near the sea its putting up quite a fight |
Photos required
I've three ride-on cars from fairground rides, but no dodgems as yet.
RJ |
This is how it started.
Going to collect a trailer to make it mobile, got a quote for Vinyl wrapping it once its done
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winchman
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Well I have made a start
1/3 of the paints off.
Chain link steering wheel is half made
Making a trailer for it this week
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winchman
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Well the bodys off, trims removed holes filled, old paint removed.
Steering wheels made
Got to tackle the head light surrounds now
Dropped the body off at the vinyl wrappers yesterday just waiting for the phone call to collect
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winchman
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Well its almost done.
Off to College this week ready for the art exam, its what to do with it after that's the current issue.
Wish I had room to keep it
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I don’t like to say but I think you might have a fundamental problem with the electrical pick up!
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winchman
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LOL you are just being negative we will soon bodge that, its a tradition to take a picture with a brush in the holes as it fits and we have nothing else yet, I better get off this PC and paint the floor and finish wiring the lights up
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Peter_L
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| P3steve wrote: | | I don’t like to say but I think you might have a fundamental problem with the electrical pick up! |
Why, the brushes look just fine to me.  |
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Penman
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Hi
What voltage do those run on and did the pick up from overhead and earth through the metal surface of the "rink"?
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winchman
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
What voltage do those run on and did the pick up from overhead and earth through the metal surface of the "rink"? |
From memory its 110v ac.
The live is the pick up that makes contact with chicken wire on the ceiling, the Dodgem base has a wire wheel type pick up that makes contact with the floor.
If you have one with the motor its quite simple to convert to battery power
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