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Just a wagon on air. But not that kind...
Figured I'd put together a build on this little project since I'm spending so much time on it at the moment. Not the Avant/Touring kind of wagon, but of the Flyer variety. Gotta teach my kind about Lowness from the start 
The "LoFlyer" thing is pretty popular these days, I see a couple at every car show, so when I built one for my best friend's kid a couple years ago, I wanted to up the game a little from the usual flipped axle and fancy paint type thing, so I did this little box frame deal.
Before:
After:
Then I found out I was having a child of my own, so naturally I had to up the game again to make sure my friend'd kids didn't have cooler shit than mine. So first step was finding a donor. I'm not paying $100 for a new one, since I'm throwing half of it out, and these things are surprisingly hard to snag off CL around here, so I spread the word, and eventually my parents called with a barn find. Literally, they were cleaning out an old relatives place and found this guy half buried in the woods behind the barn:
Next came the concept. Since I love me some low, the logical upping of game from the static slam was to go airride on this bitch. Yeah, this has also been done before, but whatever, it's hella cool. I wanted to make sure the thing not only laid frame, but could also pull right, and support the weight of all the on-board hardware plus a kid and at least a small cooler of beer.
So full independent suspension, four beefy air cylinders required. Basic design, made during a particularly boring meeting:
I'll load up more during pics later today, this thing got aired up for the first time last night, so it's on track to be ready for SoWo!
The "LoFlyer" thing is pretty popular these days, I see a couple at every car show, so when I built one for my best friend's kid a couple years ago, I wanted to up the game a little from the usual flipped axle and fancy paint type thing, so I did this little box frame deal.
Before:
After:
Then I found out I was having a child of my own, so naturally I had to up the game again to make sure my friend'd kids didn't have cooler shit than mine. So first step was finding a donor. I'm not paying $100 for a new one, since I'm throwing half of it out, and these things are surprisingly hard to snag off CL around here, so I spread the word, and eventually my parents called with a barn find. Literally, they were cleaning out an old relatives place and found this guy half buried in the woods behind the barn:
Next came the concept. Since I love me some low, the logical upping of game from the static slam was to go airride on this bitch. Yeah, this has also been done before, but whatever, it's hella cool. I wanted to make sure the thing not only laid frame, but could also pull right, and support the weight of all the on-board hardware plus a kid and at least a small cooler of beer.
So full independent suspension, four beefy air cylinders required. Basic design, made during a particularly boring meeting:
I'll load up more during pics later today, this thing got aired up for the first time last night, so it's on track to be ready for SoWo!
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