1930s French Racer Pedal Car Plans: DIY Vintage Style (Digital Plans)

The Pedal Racer is a pedal car for the ages! In this case, perhaps the younger ages, but the wonderful lines of the Pre-War French race cars are rolling pieces of sculpture which we think are pretty much timeless! Not surprising, seeing as how the Bugatti family had many great sculptors and designers, creating art pieces ranging from furniture to amazing racing cars and elegant boulevard machines! Our Pedal Racer tries to capture a little of this iconic French style with elements from the Type 35's, a bit of Type 59, and a little of bit of some others. It's a classic racer you can keep in your garage, ready to hit the track when speed-minded youngsters come around!

The drive system is lever-type, rather than chain, for easy maintenance and safety.

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The seat is adjustable to fit different drivers (in fact, our office manager at the time we built the Pedal Racer was a petite woman and she used to have fun tearing around the driveway in the car!)

The Pedal Racer is a winner, both with drivers and their shop crews (or builders, in this case!)
The Pedal Racer requires no welding skill, as is usual for our projects. All of the materials are easy to find at hardware stores and home centers, and no special tools are required to build the car. The body of the Pedal Racer is largely aluminum (as a proper racer should be!), with structural elements of plywood and lumber.

The iconic cast aluminum Type 35-style wheels are made of plywood for ease-of-construction while keeping a good visual style.

The detailed digital plans include drawings and a complete building guide showing how we built our Pedal Racer, and they also have full-size patterns for many of the parts including the iconic Type 35-like wheels!

Get the plans with everything you need to get building your pur-sang Pedal Racer today!

Our plans are incredibly detailed and easy to follow. These are the new digital plans, complete with step-by-step directions, diagrams, photos, and materials list. There are lots of full-size patterns, also, so cutting the important parts is accurate and simple. The full-sized patterns are still part of the new digital plans, but now arranged to be printed on Letter-sized paper and tiled together to create the full curves of the original large sheets. These plans make it easy for beginner builders to complete a project to be proud of!

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Buyers, Please READ THIS: We have had FAR Too Many people order these plans thinking that they are getting a Completed Pedal Car. This is absurd, but they do, at least once a month. We have been willing to refund these orders, despite Etsy's own policy of not refunding digital orders! But no longer — If you order these plans, I'm afraid we will no longer be refunding people who were confused. It is stated many times on this listing that these are PLANS, not a completed project. Thank you for understanding, and for actually reading this!

This Etsy listing is for the PLANS only, not the completed project. The plans contain building text description of how we built ours, and drawings and photos so YOU can build your own copy of this project. Measurements are in the US/Imperial system, and in English.