What to do with old bump-em cars

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What to do with old bump-em cars

Postby Ric » Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:19 pm

Yes, you read that right; these little beauties 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 Davidson 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.

(There's no way these would pass ADRs here!)

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Re: What to do with old bump-em cars

Postby cruisn » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:17 pm

Cool. :D

Looks like the last one above is on his way to the nearest drive through window. :lol:
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Re: What to do with old bump-em cars

Postby SegR » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:47 pm

That's epic. Scary as shit, but epic.
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Re: What to do with old bump-em cars

Postby hamish_023 » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:49 pm

160MPH that would be so funny to watch
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Re: What to do with old bump-em cars

Postby arrow224 » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:51 am

How cool would that be? :D
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