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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. 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.

In the U.K. a soapbox car is called a buggy, trolley, cart or cartie. .

In addition to being something often built by children, there are organised competitions and races ("soapbox or billycart derby") that often engage the enthusiasm of adults. However, these things are usually entered into in a spirit of fun rather than serious competition.

Thought I should post this as Aussiegirl, Amerikan, and myself were having a discussion concerning “racing carts”, orange grates with roller skates originally, to todays racers.

                          

AmeriKan:

OK....thanks, jmac....now I know what a Billy cart is....same as a Soapbox!!!  Of course, everyone

knows what a Soapbox is....right?! 

jmac:

 

Hey AmeriKan,Jmac..Well some of us don't!!!!...LOL...... what is a soak box.???..I wonder.???.I thought we had finished this discussion...on the Billy cart thing...Jmac... your description is way too sophisticated for me...our Billy cart was ..made from the fruit box (wooden) ..steered with a bit of rope..but it did go very fast...and yes you were correct ..I did have skinned arms and legs and sometimes my face was a bit graised as well..my brother didn't seem to get many bruises...wonder why???..It was such fun..Those were the days!!!Hum!!!..Blessings to all....

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Silly girl, its not a soakbox, it was called a soapbox. I tried to explain the make-up of the racer in my last post. I don't know if oranges are still shipped in crates, but the racer was buildt like an orange crate. You could build it out of one by four lumber. 1 x 4 inch boards, and use wagon wheels (little red wagon), the front wheels were hooked to sort of a steering apparatus, usually a rope (like you said).

I think we better have someone else check out that grape juice--lol--no Mama slaps here now!!!!

Love Ya Girl,

Jack                                              

Now to the soakbox. You know I coundn't leave this alone. Far away and a long ago, my best memorys of a soakbox used to be a place where they might put a feller who had too much of a special kind of grape juice, makes one wonder!!!    LOL.