Allie's Christmas Hot Rod Radio Flyer wagon (Finished!!))

[Hooch]

a very good friend of mine Aaron and his wife had a baby girl a few months back and Aaron is into hotrods and customs owning a 54 chevy 210 and an old Studebaker pickup so for Christmas another buddy (Trent from Iowa County Customs) and I decided to build a wagon for Allie(I'm sure more for her dad) to ride in at future car shows
starting with a tired old Radio Flyer 90 wagon

[Hooch]

took off the old wagon wheels

[Hooch]

tuned the rust in the bottom up with some duplicolor Rust fix and many coats of clear

[Hooch]

we mocked it up to figure out our ride height with some new harbor freight wheels and tires

[Hooch]

what hot rod wagon wouldnt be complete without a dropped front axle made from prewar womens bicycle handlebars

[Hooch]

custom faux buggy spring made with 1 1/4 x 1/8 steel

[Hooch]

oh this is going to be cool! time to weld some spring eyes on and get building the frame!

[Hooch]

look how tiny it all looks compared to Trent's big hands!

[MplsCoaster]

That is crazy cool!!
You guys got mad fab skills
Can't wait to see it done

[Hooch]

Thanks!

[MagicRat]

YEOW!

WAY COOL.And its a Radio Flyer too!

Yeah keep us posted!

[Hooch]

Thanks!:mrgreen:

[outskirtscustoms]

Awesome, I got an old radio flyer 90 myself, same 5 point "mag" wheels as you had original on that. I'm going to paint them up like old Crager mags, put a little whitewall paint on the tires, then lower it. Another of those projects I'll get around to next year...

[kram]

The dropped axle and buggy spring is super cool. Great idea on using some handlebars for the axle.

[DesignIt]

Awesome! Love that dropped axle and leaf spring!