mini rat.....

i didnt know what to post this under "bikes" or "rods"....... check this out it was built by Ventura college metal shop....

I want one!!!

Dirty58,
I want one!!! With these gas prices that sucker would be a *perfect* commuter car! ; - > Where is Mel Gibson!?

BoB

that's sweet !

That's a pretty interesting project. And a cool deal for students to work on. I'm glad they narrowed the cab to be more in scale with the powertrain. I think I would have rather seen them use some type of differential rather than that chain driven live axle with a single brake though.

Thaty really is something different.I think we are going to see more and more creativity in powerplants in the future as this rod craze grows.

Wow..........

That is really cool, and very creative. It is always great to see people thinking "outside the box".
Thanks for sharing the photos...'22

I would love to do something like that. Especially with gas prices.....20 gal. fuel cell on that thing and you would just about be able to go cross country without a gas stop...OK, maybe 2 depending on speed...

That thing is definately different... Hats off to the instructor and the students

It's hard to belive they used a Laverda 3 cylinder.........not something you find at a yard sale.............Very nice motor with good torque, I like it!

Remember the Honda 600? It had a 600cc 2 cylinder air cooled engine. 4 spd crash box. Top speed was 75 mph and it got 44 mpg. Cost new was $1295.....My very first new car.

Me too!

gassersgarage said:

Remember the Honda 600? It had a 600cc 2 cylinder air cooled engine. 4 spd crash box. Top speed was 75 mph and it got 44 mpg. Cost new was $1295.....My very first new car.

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Gasser,
I had a yellow coupe, my 1st new car (just saw the sales contract the other day)! We called it the "Yellow Submarine". Gas was 35 cents a gallon & it only took $1.25 to fill it up. It used to make the gas jockey's mad because I'd say "fill 'er up" & it'd only take $1... so I just started asking for a dollars worth! Mine got 48 mpg. It was front wheel drive & in the rain I'd go around corners & put up the emergency brake & slide around the corners with the front wheels grabbin' asphalt... that was a blast! My buddies were just talkin' about how I scared hell out of them doin' that!

BoB

Tripper said:

Gasser,
I had a yellow coupe, my 1st new car (just saw the sales contract the other day)! We called it the "Yellow Submarine". Gas was 35 cents a gallon & it only took $1.25 to fill it up. It used to make the gas jockey's mad because I'd say "fill 'er up" & it'd only take $1... so I just started asking for a dollars worth! Mine got 48 mpg. It was front wheel drive & in the rain I'd go around corners & put up the emergency brake & slide around the corners with the front wheels grabbin' asphalt... that was a blast! My buddies were just talkin' about how I scared hell out of them doin' that!

BoB

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I had the yellow sedan. My sister bought (I put up the down payment) a red one. It was a great "No frills" car. At the same time, I had a 500 4 Honda motorcycle. It got the same mileage as the car. Every now and then I see 1 for sale. About $6k.

Does anyone have a pic of this ride?

35Mastr said:

Does anyone have a pic of this ride?

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This is the 600 Sedan

600cc air cooled 2 cylinder with a crash box 4 speed

There is a guy here in Montgomery that has one of those for sale...