Renegade Issue 28

OK, here is the scoop. I started the project in de-

cember 2008, I started with a pile of parts some-

one had gathered and gave up on, I picked it up

out in lakeland fl. I got it home and separated what

i wanted and got ride of the rest, I started with

building the frame, then rear end, front end and

motor, shopping for parts online, or stuff i had in

my garage, only one trip to a junkyard.the steer-

ing I found on ebay out of Minnesota 25 bucks

for it and 50 to ship. a few weeks later i get a call

from the local greyhound bus station saying my

package was there, I thought it must have gotten

delivered there on accident, but turns out grey-

hound also runs a parcel service as well. I could

only imagine A four foot steering column gear box

and steering wheel wrapped in cardboard leaking

grease sitting next to someone on the bus for 2 or

3 days. My cousin helped me on the build. It took 8

months total to build, I reworked the suspension to

get it lower

and added

the spoke

wheels on

the front

s i n c e

the origi-

nal build.

The hel-

met was

a unique

touch, I

used to play army with it when i

was a kid, so time had come to put the finishing

touch on the car, I needed something that would

stick out sort of “make the car” and that helmet

came to mind, That was it! Its was fun to build and

equally as fun to drive, gets a lot of attention too.