By 5pm I was done and had hit the wall wrt taking stuff in, so perfect time bail out and get into the garage to complete the little pedal car.
I wanted to add some sort of structure to the front and found a piece of thick clear perspex that was part of the previous owner of the house's ski-boat.
I measured, and cut it with the diamond blade on the angle grinder, then sanded all the edges smooth on the beltsander.
I had planned on getting Edison's (the little guys name) initial or name onto the kart some or other way.
So I used some gold spraypaint I had bought at a sale in January and sprayed a big patch on the rear in gold. On the front I used masking tape to lay out the "E" after the gold dried, it was covered with 2 coats of gloss black at the rear and once that dried, the front got 3 coats to, over the masked section.
Fortunately the day has been hot and dry, so the coats dried reasonably fast.
Next up was a small plate that came off a scooter years ago, Blue plastic, covered in grey undercoat and then Yellow, Red and Black, as a nod toward the German origins of the kart.
After all the paint had dried, it was time to start the final assembly, and most importantly adding the stickers.
Nicola had searched Ebay to find an skull and chequered flag themed sticker and came up trumps.
The other stickers came from my collection of allsorts.
When completed I took the kart into the house and plonked it on the coffee table for Nicola to inspect...... Happy to report that she was both pleased and a bit impressed with the final outcome.
On the way back to the garage I thought a pic of the unflattering rear would do as well.
I hope you guys have enjoyed this little resto report.
Next up, indoors decorating the weekend.
