What Do You Do With Old Bumper Cars?

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It's easy for a gear-head to be discouraged about the state of the world, especiallyin times of Carpocalypse and Cash for Clunkers. But occasionally a bright light of

awesome renews the spirit. Road-legal bumper cars do just that. 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

living on 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 Harley motors but they rattled and Tom replaces them with 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.

Daydreamer

[bongobobny]

Yes I have seen these before but was not aware of just how fast they could go! Love to own one...

[pcombe]

I love it!

[tom w]

if it looks cool we will figure a way to ride it.

put wheels on it and we will race it.

bet if you wreck it turning the wheel wont get it going again.

[oneup]

YEAH thats a cool story. hes done an awesome job, i want one..

[Rod69]

Hard to imagine going 160 on them, but very nice cars.

[Doug D.]

There's no purpose like re-purpose! Very innovative, and very cool!