how to build a Soapbox car:


you need to cut the wood.






you need to CUT what is not nenecessary.



fit the bearings.





put all together!!!!!!!

The history of soapbox car

A soapbox car (also variously known as a soapbox cart, and especially in Australia, billy cart) is a motorless vehicle capable of holding a driver (usually a child) built for the purpose of racing or recreation. Propelled by gravity, soapbox cars can reach upwards of 50 km/h (30 miles per hour). Originally, soapbox cars were built from wooden soap (or orange) crates and rollerskate wheels, but have grown more sophisticated over time, with materials like aluminum and fiberglass being utilized.In the United Kingdom a soapbox car is called a buggy, trolley, cart. It is also sometimes called a go-cart, although that now more usually refers to a similar vehicle with a motor, spelt "go kart". In Scotland and northern England it can also be called a bogie, cartie/cairtie or guider.

by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapbox_(car)

Photos USP

Now we are at "virada esportiva"

that photo was taken at Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

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Video POLI-USP NSK 46º GP

Introduction

We made this blog to present the progect "Memória e Urbanização" (projeto rolimã). We built a soapbox car, and we made a competition at our school, we went to the soccer museum to learn about São Paulo in the past and we were in a competition at Universidade de São Paulo (USP). We research about soapbox car and billy cart to learn the history of this kind of cart. It was a great project and we loved to do it.