Crave inaugurates its DIY Weekend series with a look at the Hennepin Crawler, a funky (and functional) four-wheel art car that took six months to build.
Here, a recycled swing bench seat sits atop the giant rear wheels awaiting its padding base.
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Mountain bike tires
Members of Krank-Boom-Clank, a kinetic industrial arts collective in Santa Rosa, Calif., cut knobby 26-inch mountain bike tires and attached them to the outside of the Crawler's big wheels.
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Drum attached to cable
As with an antique boat, a drum is attached to cable to steer the front tires. Krank-Boom-Clank used about 90 percent found parts to make its contraption.
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Transfer axle
A shot of the transfer axle, starting with the pillow block and stretching down the axle that transfers pedal power from four riders to a single motorcycle chain for driving the main axle.
