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I'm sure it'll have one eventually :D

 

I moved the seat back to the original location now that he's 3 and can reach the pedals (Powerwheels say it's for ages 3+).  still haven't been able to find the time to wire in the lights.  also,t hebattery is not doing well.  seems someone (cough*his grandpa*cough) forgot to plug it in to the trickle charger while I was in michigan and that plus the cold half-killed it.

 

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and since it's a Jeep, a breakdown is inevitable (pretend or not).  gotta keep up on those fix-it skills :D

 

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admit it, you wish you had one of these when you were 3 :D

 

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got nothing against that plan, but being an uncle is pretty sweet and I'm going to enjoy it for all it's worth.  :D 

 

later today I hope to find some time to get the lights wired in.

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the drivetrain and body is all plastic.  no gas engines until I can make a steel subframe.

 

 

in the mean time I've added handles (like the ww2 flatties), a smaller Jeep emblem, and we're going over the benefits of recovery straps. :D

 

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putting the ol' jeep to work. :D

 

 

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just got done swapping the 19tooth gears for 16tooth units.  if my math is right, this should help out with more torque for hill climbs.   :dunno:   will find out tomorrow when he gets here for a test drive.

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he has noticed that it goes just a bit slower.  hasn't dampened his enthusiasm though.  :D  so far the Jeep has made it up all of the places that it previously stalled.  :yes:   I wanted to go even deeper to 14 tooth gears but these came out of the dune buggy I already had (but he hasn't seen yet).  can't beat free!  later on I'll swap the 19s into the buggy and then it'll be even faster. :banana:

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forgot to add this image.  the plastic hub was never intended to endure a crushing bandclamp around it and the little fingers kept bending, so I've strengthened it inside with a bit of pipe from my plumbing box.

 

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you can easily lock out high speed and reverse with a single screw and then bring them into play later once they've mastered driving around at 2.5 mph. :thumbsup:   and they are impossible to tip by a small child.  they don't have the power to exceed any tipping point and they weigh a surprising amount for a chunk of plastic.

 

 

on a side note, he took his brother for a spin yesterday. . :MJ 1: .   I'm told photos are on their way.

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yesh, i'm totally envious. :D  but I don't want Alec feeling left out sooo...

 

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I picked this up the other day.  It's an older model but is in better shape than Zayne's was.  It's even got doors and push button shifting!  fancy! 

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