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In the summer of 08 I started mowing lawns as an extra form of income for the house. In that time I came across one customer that had a go kart sitting out behind their house not driven for years. I asked if they would be interested in selling it to me and they did. I took it home and had to get a new motor, and torque converter for it. I drove that thing around with my kids for the rest of the summer, they loved it.
It started getting cold outside and the lawn mowing business dropped out. There I was with a lot of time.
I started thinking of how fun it was to drive that go kart around and thought to my self " I would like to try to build one" , so I started to search the internet and I was coming across a lot of designs that I didn't like, there were the real plane frame ones , I didn't like those because they were to generic looking, Then there were the off road ones, I didn't like those because they were to springy looking, then there were the racing ones and those don't work very good on grass and dirt roads.
I then started my search in designs of futuristic looking cars, and then it happened ( I saw the movie trailer for batman the dark knight) Oh…. that car would be cool to build as a go kart, then I thought " hey the first dark knight movie came out in 05 so there has to be some one out there that has built a go kart version of it"
I started my search, and searched some more, Nothing. "What!!! No one has done this", I told my girl friend about it and then I said " I'm going to do it" "I'll be the first one" . "Ya right" she said "you've never done that stuff befor"
The build of the T-kart started in November of 08, I started building it up in a CAD program called Solid Works.
Taking measurements of my own body and estimating placement of parts and structure I started designing.
First was the arms/front and how they would hold the tires and structure in relation to the look of the car. Then came the rear end, then the mid-frame, and Finally the panels.
In the time I was designing this, it came to mind that I should see if others would be interested in building one also. That is when I decided that I was going to sell the plans , so I had better do a good job.
The weather started getting warmer. I started a build log on Chickslovethecar.com (http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Topic73566-27-1.aspx)
Feb. 9, 2009 Time to attack.
The lawn mowing season hadn't started yet, so I had time to start and get a good amount don.
I started working on the middle frame of the kart. When I got that done I would go into the house and post pictures of my progress on the build log. That is what I did for 5 months strait, everyday. I knew the lawn mowing season would be starting up so I was on a time limit.
The popularity started early, two months after I started my build a fellow member of the build log (Conrad) informed me the it was being carried by Google (search tumbler go kart). A few weeks went by and I decided to start posting videos.
Not to much attention at first until I made my video of me driving it. Then after I had it done I started to sell the plans on Ebay. Then it happened, someone, big, saw my eBay listing and the video that I put on it and then everything went crazy.
August 10th (my 36th birthday ) 2009 the views of the video of me driving it started to skyrocket. The video was getting posted to big websites like
Cinematical http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/13/fan-made-create-your-own-batman-tumbler-go-kart/
Comicsalliance http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/08/19/man-builds-the-dark-knight-batmobile-in-go-kart-form/
Mtv http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/08/19/homemade-tumbler-batmobile-yes-please/
This went bigger then I thought or could have imagined, and the rest is history.
I now have a website www.tmanskarts.com two youtube channels (tully712 and Tmanskarts). The build log of the kart at ( http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Forum27-1.aspx) Listed as T-man's Tumbler Go-kart and another build log where my new designs will be ( http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Forum17-1.aspx ) Listed as T-man's karts .
It started getting cold outside and the lawn mowing business dropped out. There I was with a lot of time.
I started thinking of how fun it was to drive that go kart around and thought to my self " I would like to try to build one" , so I started to search the internet and I was coming across a lot of designs that I didn't like, there were the real plane frame ones , I didn't like those because they were to generic looking, Then there were the off road ones, I didn't like those because they were to springy looking, then there were the racing ones and those don't work very good on grass and dirt roads.
I then started my search in designs of futuristic looking cars, and then it happened ( I saw the movie trailer for batman the dark knight) Oh…. that car would be cool to build as a go kart, then I thought " hey the first dark knight movie came out in 05 so there has to be some one out there that has built a go kart version of it"
I started my search, and searched some more, Nothing. "What!!! No one has done this", I told my girl friend about it and then I said " I'm going to do it" "I'll be the first one" . "Ya right" she said "you've never done that stuff befor"
The build of the T-kart started in November of 08, I started building it up in a CAD program called Solid Works.
Taking measurements of my own body and estimating placement of parts and structure I started designing.
First was the arms/front and how they would hold the tires and structure in relation to the look of the car. Then came the rear end, then the mid-frame, and Finally the panels.
In the time I was designing this, it came to mind that I should see if others would be interested in building one also. That is when I decided that I was going to sell the plans , so I had better do a good job.
The weather started getting warmer. I started a build log on Chickslovethecar.com (http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Topic73566-27-1.aspx)
Feb. 9, 2009 Time to attack.
The lawn mowing season hadn't started yet, so I had time to start and get a good amount don.
I started working on the middle frame of the kart. When I got that done I would go into the house and post pictures of my progress on the build log. That is what I did for 5 months strait, everyday. I knew the lawn mowing season would be starting up so I was on a time limit.
The popularity started early, two months after I started my build a fellow member of the build log (Conrad) informed me the it was being carried by Google (search tumbler go kart). A few weeks went by and I decided to start posting videos.
Not to much attention at first until I made my video of me driving it. Then after I had it done I started to sell the plans on Ebay. Then it happened, someone, big, saw my eBay listing and the video that I put on it and then everything went crazy.
August 10th (my 36th birthday ) 2009 the views of the video of me driving it started to skyrocket. The video was getting posted to big websites like
Cinematical http://www.cinematical.com/2009/08/13/fan-made-create-your-own-batman-tumbler-go-kart/
Comicsalliance http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/08/19/man-builds-the-dark-knight-batmobile-in-go-kart-form/
Mtv http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/08/19/homemade-tumbler-batmobile-yes-please/
This went bigger then I thought or could have imagined, and the rest is history.
I now have a website www.tmanskarts.com two youtube channels (tully712 and Tmanskarts). The build log of the kart at ( http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Forum27-1.aspx) Listed as T-man's Tumbler Go-kart and another build log where my new designs will be ( http://www.chickslovethecar.com/board/Forum17-1.aspx ) Listed as T-man's karts .
The Story of the T-kart ( tumbler )
The links and videos will stay up for the benifit of those who have purchased the plans.
Thanks everyone, it was a good run.
Thanks everyone, it was a good run.
I have decided that do to low sales, T-kart Plans are no longer for sale.
The T-kart
A rendition of the batmobile tumbler in the dark knight movies.
A rendition of the batmobile tumbler in the dark knight movies.
T-kart Plans are sold. 10 sets were being offered World Wide. Last one sold Sep. 2 2010
Till next time everyone keep checking back for when they are available again.
Last set went to Carol in sunny Australia , Thanks Carol
Till next time everyone keep checking back for when they are available again.
Last set went to Carol in sunny Australia , Thanks Carol
$34.99 USD
T-kart Plans ( Batmobile ) are not available
