Endless Sphere

Is this what you need? http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/side.jpg This is the Cushman before I changed the suspension: http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c1.jpg This is after: http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c4.jpg http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c9.jpg http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c10...

I put the steaks on this one. It has been very handy. It is used at the metal shop and to go back and forth between shop and house. It has been used to haul many things and often loaded and unloaded with forklift. The new truck will have aluminum diamond plate bed with stake bed; no need for dump th...

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I just got done welding up the steering rack. It was a rack form an MG which I cut down to the proper width:

Front suspension, working on MGB steering rack now:

I am still here. Slow as ever. I have a 100 other things I am doing so this is taking a while. I have been building automatic turn signal controller circuits which has consumed a bit of time. I am currently building front a-arms then shock mounts for the front: http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Buil...

Nothing quite like this . Just cars up to now:

See if you had any updates. By the way the h is missing in Cushman in the title, that would make someone searching for a cushman to not find it. I changed the spelling; thanks. Not too much to update. Some small things doen, getting front upright parts cut, gathered, setting up rear brakes. Mostly ...

There is an old story about the reason the Space Shuttle Booster rockets are the size they are. It turns out they had to be transported by rail...through a mountain. The hole in the mountain determined by the size of a train and train tracks. The size of the tracks determined by Horse and buggy. The...

Laying everything out to sort out the suspension attatch points:

I have a kiln I converted for powdercoating. I made a circuit which automates the powdercoating. I blast the parts, spray the part, drop it in the kiln rack and hit go. I come back 45 min latter and the process is done. Makes it easy to powdercoat all the parts as I go. http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/...

JD, I was treading your design objective whcih brought me back to some poitns I have always thought about. One problem in looking at reducing energy consumption in travel.....is the layout of our cities. We get in a small car, get on roads, highways necxt to large trucks (like the Ford F350 I own), ...

Thanks Drew, I am going to clean out the axle this weekend and see if I can get it together. Seems like I am always one part short. I gues I will soon find out if I have all the seals and such.

Gary

The key to reversing the 2-speed gearbox was cutting up a worm gear from an axle (ebay): http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/Build11.jpg Almost complete. Little work left on the input shaft/bearing housing but enough I can use it for frame mockup: http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/Build12....

Lower 4-link attatchment, Disc brake bracket, Coil over shock bracket:

Still waiting on a few key parts but starting on working through some of it. This is basically the plate which will hold the motor with a Lovejoy type connection. Sill waiting on a key piece which mated a Lovejoy to the proper spline. The gear box is turned around. Instead of a 1/2 reduction it will...

I hate to talk bad about someone elses project but...with the "strong construction" of the frame it is a perfect ramp. When a car goes up the ramp, the bumper is going to turn the cockpit into a gillateen. Remember the "Slicer" in Gone in 60 seconds 2": http://www.imcdb.org/...

Still gathering parts. All 4 rims are blasted and powdercoated black with the tires mounted. Got a drive shaft which is going to work in this configuration. Also waiting on some machine work for the transmission input shaft.

Since this vehicle is largely form scratch it takes a while to gather and prepare comonents. Some parts still on order. I have decided on wheels and tires. The rears are 22x11x8 which is in the black rim. The black rim was one of the rusty turf rims you see stacked behind it. Yesterday I broke one d...

Axle looks better cleaned up:

Bracket cleaned from first axle half:

This will be the beginning of a build based on some Cushman parts and a motor I got from Drewjet. I did not want to take his thread so I thought I could make a few post here. I am starting with an axle from a Cushman Truckster. I may use the steering box but little else. The rest of the vehicle was ...

Thanks Drew, I will send a PM

Drew, interesting build. I am looking at doing something similar. I have a Haulster I use here but would like to make a nicer vehicle. I have a Truckster I pulled the drive train from. I ams ourcing electric motors now so your information is quite helpful. It looks like you are using the transmision...