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So you really want an ATV for your hunting spot, but just don't have the money to buy one. You could keep hoofing it, which would keep you healthy. You could steal one, which would probably land you in the klink, or you could do what this guy did and just make your own.

From this story (Lost in Translation Warning: The grammar in the linked story reads a bit like a cheap toy instruction manual.) on chinahush.com:

Chinese folks have always had the self-entertaining mindset to compare little things to big renowned things even just for the slightest resemblance. We had a post last year talking about a homemade knockoff Lamborghini by a 25 years old guy. Recently a chef from Zigong City, Sichuan Province became famous on the Internet for spending only about 4000 yuan in designing and handcrafting what netizens called a knockoff “Hummer."

The 2 meter long, 1.5 meter high homemade auto took Qu Zhibo 3 years to build since he was busy running his own restaurant. Small as it is, it has everything an auto needed, it burns gasoline and can be driven in the similar manners of a normal car. The only difference lies in the starting – one have to start the kart from behind before jumping into the driver seat to drive, since the engine that remodeled from a motorcycle locates at the end.

From distance, the kart looks like Hummer or Jeep used in America military field operations. “I am a military fan, my design is inspired by armored command vehicle. I am thinking painting it camouflage to make it look more of a real thing.” Said Qu. As for craftsmanship, everything from engine cover, seats, car skin etc are completely handmade by Qu himself, except for steering wheel, tires, tank and engine which are bought parts.

Four thousand yuan is about $600 American. Think you could make something similar for about the same money? Would your buddies on your deer lease laugh at you if you showed up driving it?

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from smccardell wrote 21 weeks 17 hours ago

Notice he is going down hill....that's probably the only way it actually runs for $600!

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from jcarlin wrote 21 weeks 17 hours ago

"From distance, the kart looks like Hummer or Jeep used in America military field operations".

From a distance, I bet it looks more like I left my kid's 6v powerwheels jeep out in the rain.

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from ckRich wrote 20 weeks 6 days ago

Challenge accepted.

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from Puffy wrote 20 weeks 6 days ago

Like most items made in Far East, this thing is definitely lacking in the "fit and finish" department...and a lot of other departments too; reliability, performance, etc. I'd definitely call it a DIY-D...Do It Yourself DON'T. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but engineering is the father of quality and precision. Nuff said.

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from Nyflyangler wrote 20 weeks 6 hours ago

ATV? No. Go-kart frame with a jeep style body set up high on a box. Yes.

I'm sure it runs. It's not like it's hard to build go-karts. Kids have probably built millions of go-karts over the last sixty years.

I'd be careful how I painted it. The People Liberation Army could mistake it for an invasion and hose him down with AK fire.

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from dleurquin wrote 17 weeks 3 days ago

If it works for him, it's fine with me.

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from Puffy wrote 20 weeks 6 days ago

Like most items made in Far East, this thing is definitely lacking in the "fit and finish" department...and a lot of other departments too; reliability, performance, etc. I'd definitely call it a DIY-D...Do It Yourself DON'T. Necessity may be the mother of invention, but engineering is the father of quality and precision. Nuff said.

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from ckRich wrote 20 weeks 6 days ago

Challenge accepted.

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from smccardell wrote 21 weeks 17 hours ago

Notice he is going down hill....that's probably the only way it actually runs for $600!

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from jcarlin wrote 21 weeks 17 hours ago

"From distance, the kart looks like Hummer or Jeep used in America military field operations".

From a distance, I bet it looks more like I left my kid's 6v powerwheels jeep out in the rain.

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from Nyflyangler wrote 20 weeks 6 hours ago

ATV? No. Go-kart frame with a jeep style body set up high on a box. Yes.

I'm sure it runs. It's not like it's hard to build go-karts. Kids have probably built millions of go-karts over the last sixty years.

I'd be careful how I painted it. The People Liberation Army could mistake it for an invasion and hose him down with AK fire.

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from dleurquin wrote 17 weeks 3 days ago

If it works for him, it's fine with me.

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