#gokart

Sometimes you find something so super neat and cheap that you need to have it even if you really don't have the time for it.

I found the fiberglass body for a 1957 Powercar Thunderbird Jr for $100. Originally this would have been a very high-end electric kids toy that was made to match that year's Ford Thunderbird.

By the time I got my hands on it the whole chassis and all the detail bits were missing, and it had a half dozen different paint jobs on it. It also has signs of damage and modifications over the years, but nothing catastrophic.

My vague plan is to build a new chassis for it (gas powered for cost/simplicity reasons), and restore the body to look nicer. While it looks ok in pics, the paint is cracked and peeling all over the place.

Edie pulling off some sick drifting