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| BillH | What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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If you're in California, you make them street legal of course.
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 14:47
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| biggrizzly | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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That is too cool! It would be fun to have one just for the local cruise-ins here on Friday nights.
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 14:51
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| DaleD | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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I wonder how they score in crash testing?
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 14:55
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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I like em but I like all kinds of weird sh!+. The last guy needs the freakin seat.
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 15:06
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| BillH | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Probably no worse than getting thrown off a motorcycle.  The last line here is a tad amusing though. 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 replaced 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! |
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 15:22
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| bogus | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Scary cool...
however, being "nearly indestructable" is really troubling... that means the occupent takes all the impact. That would equate to quick death. |
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 15:33
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| 383tpimachine | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Just remember speed kills no one. Sudden stops on the other hand.....
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 15:40
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| BillH | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Oh yea, read the last 2 lines of my signature. |
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 15:54
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| pianoguy | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Those are just as cool the second time around ;-)
http://www.corvette-guru.com/modules/ ... id=108596#forumpost108596 |
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 19:11
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| Ultraman | Re: What Do Ya Do with Old Bumper Cars? | ||
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Were they bashing Harleys? I'll take mine with the Hawg still in it please. Some chrome here and there a Rinehart exaust system, we could make some money with those.
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Posted on: 2010/3/9 20:38
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