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[NSR] What Do You Do With Old Bumper Cars
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:54 am
by pcbikedude
I was in Julian CA today and ran into these. They owner purchased old vintage bumper cars, restored them, added a motorcycle engine.
All street legal.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:10 am
by Ms_Kady
That's awesome! I want one!
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:38 am
by Kaos
Ohh, thats way too cool. I'd cruise around in those!
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:57 am
by KRUSTYburger
That's possibly the coolest type of vehicle I have ever seen.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:44 am
by fobbish
That is so insanely cool! I think I'd prefer one lower to the ground though.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:29 am
by db
Sweet! Are they street legal? How fast do they go?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:16 pm
by KABarash
How do I get one???? !!!! ????
Some of my best childhood memories, my father used to take me to Coney Island we'd ride the bumper cars ALL day..... Geeze, I miss Dad.
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:52 pm
by rajron
Very cool!
Do you have a link to their company?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:08 pm
by tshall
Reminds me of these:
http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/ma ... 0/ff_ecars
How big an engine in the bumper cars?
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:27 pm
by Howardr
Found some more pictures:
http://jalopnik.com/5344771/street-lega ... e/gallery/
I can't find a web site for the builder. All the articles I found refer to a builder outside of San Diego. One says these things sell for $50,000 a piece! They are sweet looking though.
This site
http://www.lusseautoscooters.com/bcarpics.html
has restored bumper cars as well. Check out the video they have. Looks they put electric motors in them. They are cruising around a gas station parking lot. Original steering configuration. That would be wild!
Howard
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:48 am
by pcbikedude
Yes, they are all street legal. The owner has 8 all together and they were not for sale. The guy I talk to said they all had engines from 750-1000ccs. Most will do freeway speeds. One they had it on the dyno at 110mph. They are registered as cars.
The owner lives within San Diego County. Somewhere.
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:26 pm
by Skootz Kabootz
Man those are the coolest things I have seen in a long time! Boy would I love to have one. If you think scooters create a lot of smiles as they go riding by, imagine being in one of those bumper cars! What fun.
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:53 am
by Anachronism
hawt
Don't give me any ideas...
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:03 am
by Tanuki
I've been wondering what I should do with the motor of my recently deceased scooter - now I just need to find a bumper car.