Grassroots Speeder on eBay

Definitely someone's labor of love but good grief, why? I don't see how this could reach 187 MPH without a JATO unit and a cliff.

eBay Item number 250366641842

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mike

It's pretty neat, but not something I'd ever want to buy.

ow my eyes.

"Put your hands up and step away from the sheet metal brake"

Good lord that thing would have more round corners if it had been made from legos.

Indy car? Really?

ditchdigger wrote: "Put your hands up and step away from the sheet metal brake" Good lord that thing would have more round corners if it had been made from legos. Indy car? Really?

first thing I though before reading the rest of the thread was he used a lego set as his model for the build.

Want.

He had me at "Automated wrist band remote."

Needs more pelts, though.

jg

I like it. I'd paint it all black and rig up a loudspeaker to play the Imperial March from Star Wars. Preferably on kazoos. That would be awesome.

Where the hell did they get that it's ANYTHING like an Indy car?

"Be the enemy...I mean envy of all your neighbors!" Seriously. I want it just so I can park it in the berkeleying yard. berkeley yeah.

It looks like he stole an air vent from the top of a building and slapped it on there behind the cab.

Why don't I have neighbors like this? I'm missing out on some serious free entertainment. I'm guessing the trampoline was temprarily moved from the front yard to the back for the special photo setting.

This "vehicle" is actually pretty frightening. Totally fit for humongous, sans canopy of course. Its a break away aparently, so if you were in a humongous mood you could go without, but use it on those days you feel like a bit more discreet cruising would be appropriate. If I could just find my polished aluminum goalie mask I could justify a bid or two.

They're claiming 187 miles per hour from the memory function of the speedo—how far off does the speedometer need to be to make that plausible?

I want the Zap-Em van!

What does it transform into? That is a Transformer, right?

Only 18' long, it must be smaller than it looks. And what the berkeley kind of chassis does it use?

Starting bid 40K. Number of bids 0.

Kind of tells you all you need to know.

That's the ugliest vehicle I ever saw, hands down.

It is kinda cool from a Transformer standpoint, or Legos.

16vCorey wrote: Where the hell did they get that it's ANYTHING like an Indy car?

Its yellow!

If he didn't take it so seriously it'd have a campy sort of cool to it. Seriously, parades, kid's parties, sporting events. Could you line up a set of kegs on those running boards? Hell, I'd trade my spare Miata for it.

Very high rear-end gear 1/1... So the ring gear and pinion gear are the same size?

I'm kind of attracted to it...

That's berkeleying awesome. But it looks like it must weigh 4 tonnes. Needs a jet engine.

I will use this ebay item as evidance whenver all my friends say that ebay hasn't jumped the shark......

Gesh

indy style car?

indy style truck.

is this what my family thinks when i tell them i am going to build my own lotus seven CAR?

Tim Baxter wrote: I like it. I'd paint it all black and rig up a loudspeaker to play the Imperial March from Star Wars. Preferably on kazoos. That would be awesome.

LMFAO!

Yeah I'd buy it just for the lulz...if he'd take off a zero or two.