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Where Do
Old Bumper Cars Go?
The ones
in Coney Island and Rockaway Park back in the 20’s thru tthe 50's ran
on electric .
Had a pole on the back going to a metal electrical
charged overhead plate.
THESE
ARE
Remember driving the
bumper cars at amusement parks or
a fair, don't you? They were so
much fun.....
Well,
now what do you do with old Bumper Cars?
(and
check out the license plates!)
WHO
KNEW?
Yes, you
read that right; these little beasties are street legal.
They
run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage
bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in
too long. There are seven of these little monsters floating around
California and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a
builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the
Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the
trash heap.
They
were originally powered by two cylinder Harley David son
Motorcycle
engines but they rattled like heck because of the two
cylinder
Vibration and Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or
Kawasaki 750's
And a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH,
which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.
By the
way, they are almost indestructible in accidents!
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00007.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00009.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00006.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00008.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00005.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00003.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00004.jpg
Never seen anything like this.
Old Bumper Cars Go?
The ones
in Coney Island and Rockaway Park back in the 20’s thru tthe 50's ran
on electric .
Had a pole on the back going to a metal electrical
charged overhead plate.
THESE
ARE
Remember driving the
bumper cars at amusement parks or
a fair, don't you? They were so
much fun.....
Well,
now what do you do with old Bumper Cars?
(and
check out the license plates!)
WHO
KNEW?
Yes, you
read that right; these little beasties are street legal.
They
run on either Kawasaki or Honda motorcycle engines and co-opt vintage
bumper car bodies into the most awesome form of mini-car we've seen in
too long. There are seven of these little monsters floating around
California and they're all the creation of one man, Tom Wright, a
builder in the outskirts of San Diego who figured the leftovers of the
Long Beach Pike amusement park needed a more dignified end than the
trash heap.
They
were originally powered by two cylinder Harley David son
Motorcycle
engines but they rattled like heck because of the two
cylinder
Vibration and Tom replaces them with four cylinder Honda or
Kawasaki 750's
And a couple have been measured as capable of 160 MPH,
which is terrifyingly fast in machines with such a short wheelbase.
By the
way, they are almost indestructible in accidents!
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00007.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00009.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00006.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00008.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00005.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00003.jpg
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz340/machman_73/ATT00004.jpg
Never seen anything like this.
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