Mustang Rocking Horse
-- GaryHammond 2012-08-13 17:31:02
This started out as a fun rocking horse toy for my first grandson, Daniel on his first Christmas in 2002. The Ford Mustang is a great American muscle car and I used to own one, so I thought it would make a perfect rocking horse. Daniel loved it. But then came along two more grandchildren, so I made two more evolutions of this rocking horse. And now, as of 2012, I've got a fourth grandchild and she needs a rocking horse as well!
The rocking horse body is made of wood and mounted on an aluminum frame. The head and tail lights are LEDs that alternate on/off with switches mounted under the body such that they trigger when the car is rocked. There is also a sound chip with a custom recording of Grandpa and Grandmas voices over the top of some engine sounds from my Bradley GT car. The sound is activated by the horn button on the steering wheel.
